A survey system for accurately surveying an area includes a coordinate acquisition section that acquires a set of three-dimensional coordinates of a survey point or a base station used for determining sets of coordinates of the area, as a set of measurement coordinates, a comparative coordinate acquisition section that acquires at least a height-direction coordinate value of a set of comparative coordinates indicating a position within a predetermined range from the acquired set of measurement coordinates; and a determining section that calculates a difference between a height-direction coordinate value of the set of measurement coordinates and the height-direction coordinate value of the set of comparative coordinates and determines that at least any one of the set of measurement coordinates and the set of comparative coordinates are incorrect when the difference is larger than a predetermined value.

An augmented-reality system is combined with a surveying system to make measurement and/or layout at a construction site more efficient. A reflector can be mounted to a wearable device having an augmented-reality system. A total station can be used to track a reflector, and truth can be transferred to the wearable device while an obstruction is between the total station and the reflector. Further, a target can be used to orient a local map of a wearable device to an environment based on a distance between the target and the wearable device.

A method is provided for supporting one or more ground vehicles on a mission that includes traversal of a ground region. The method includes accessing geospatial data produced from an aerial survey of the ground region, and performing an analysis of the geospatial data to produce terrain data that describes the ground region. The terrain data is weighted based on constraints of the one or more ground vehicles, and an order of priority of criteria of the mission. A map is constructed in which the ground region is expressed as a geospatially-mapped array of the weighted terrain data, and the map is searched for a path that meets the criteria of the mission. The path is described by a series of waypoints that define a route across the ground region, and an indication of the route is output for the one or more ground vehicles to traverse during the mission.

One or more information maps are obtained by an agricultural work machine. The one or more information maps map one or more agricultural characteristic values at different geographic locations of a field. An in-situ sensor on the agricultural work machine senses an agricultural characteristic as the agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts a predictive agricultural characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values in the one or more information maps and the agricultural characteristic sensed by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.

The present invention relates to a method for constructing pedestrian map data by using pedestrian road data acquired via a mobile device possessed by a pedestrian moving on a pedestrian road and providing, as a compensation, a reward according to the acquired pedestrian road data, and a system therefor, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring pedestrian road data for a pedestrian route of a pedestrian by using sensors provided within a mobile device possessed by the pedestrian; constructing, for each layer, pedestrian map data for the pedestrian route by using the pedestrian road data; and, when the acquisition of the pedestrian road data is completed, paying a differentiated reward according to location information of the pedestrian road data and the distance of the pedestrian route.

A computer implemented method of creating a simulated realistic virtual model of a geographical area for training an autonomous driving system, comprising obtaining geographic map data of a geographical area, obtaining visual imagery data of the geographical area, classifying static objects identified in the visual imagery data to corresponding labels to designate labeled objects, superimposing the labeled objects over the geographic map data, generating a virtual 3D realistic model emulating the geographical area by synthesizing a corresponding visual texture for each of the labeled objects and injecting synthetic 3D imaging feed of the realistic model to imaging sensor(s) input(s) of the autonomous driving system controlling movement of an emulated vehicle in the realistic model where the synthetic 3D imaging feed is generated to depict the realistic model from a point of view of emulated imaging sensor(s) mounted on the emulated vehicle.

An image processing apparatus (10) includes an interface (12) configured to acquire a surrounding image of a moveable body (1) and a processor (12) configured to overlay a display indicating a course trajectory of a specific portion of the moveable body (1) in a travel direction of the moveable body (1) on the surrounding image at a position corresponding to the height of the specific portion from a road surface (3). The processor (12) is configured to change the display indicating the course trajectory when an obstacle, included in the surrounding image and present in the travel direction of the moveable body (1), and the course trajectory of the specific portion are in contact.

Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting a legend are provided. One system comprises a display unit; a user input device configured to receive a first input indicating a first altitude value; one or more processors; and a memory configured to store one or more programs, the one or more programs being configured for execution by the one or more processors and including instructions for: retrieving weather information corresponding to the first input; generating a command signal for displaying a legend having a color-code or shading-code associated with a plurality of attributes included in the retrieved weather information; and displaying the legend, on the display unit, in association with the retrieved weather information.

Systems and methods for operating an agricultural system are provided herein. The method can include presenting an image of a field on a display of an electronic device. The method can also include detecting a geographic position of the electronic device and an imager direction of the imager. In addition, the method can include determining a tilt orientation of the electronic device. The method can further include determining a field of view based on the geographic position, the tilt orientation, and the imager direction. The method can also include determining one or more features of an object within the image of the field and comparing the one or more features to stored feature data. Lastly, the method can include detecting a change in the one or more features of the object.

An augmented-reality system is combined with a surveying system to make measurement and/or layout at a construction site more efficient. A reflector can be mounted to a wearable device having an augmented-reality system. A total station can be used to track a reflector, and truth can be transferred to the wearable device while an obstruction is between the total station and the reflector. Further, a target can be used to orient a local map of a wearable device to an environment based on a distance between the target and the wearable device.