Outdoor Map Construction Based on Aerial Photography and Electrical Map Using Multi-Plane Laser Range Scan Data

Taketoshi Mori; Takahiro Sato; Aiko Kuroda; Masayuki Tanaka; Masamichi Shimosaka; Tomomasa Sato; Hiromi Sanada; Hiroshi Noguchi

doi:10.20965/jrm.2013.p0005

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JRM Vol.25 No.1 pp. 5-15

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2013.p0005

(2013)

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Outdoor Map Construction Based on Aerial Photography and Electrical Map Using Multi-Plane Laser Range Scan Data

Taketoshi Mori^*, Takahiro Sato^, Aiko Kuroda^,
Masayuki Tanaka^, Masamichi Shimosaka^, Tomomasa Sato^**,
Hiromi Sanada^, and Hiroshi Noguchi^

^*Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

^**Graduate School of Mechano-Informatics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Received:

July 19, 2011

Accepted:

January 6, 2012

Published:

February 20, 2013

Keywords:

personal mobility, electric wheelchair, annotated map, mobile robot localization, outdoor navigation

Abstract

This research is on personal mobility that estimates its self position on a sensor data map created from sensor data, acquired from laser range scan sensors and/or other sensors, and annotates various multiple items of information on a digital map. This paper describes a method of creating an edge-based grid map from both aerial photography and an electricalmap for this purpose and a way and its realization to estimate position and to construct outdoor maps from multi-plane laser range scan data on the grid map. Since threedimensional scanning is rather difficult and the scan rate is low, we used two-dimensional scanning that enables movement without slowing it down by scanning multiple horizontal and/or slanted planes. Experimental results show that the system is able to ensure the accuracy of accumulated error within 2 m by integrating aerial photography and electrical maps plus multiplane scanning.

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T. Mori, T. Sato, A. Kuroda, M. Tanaka, M. Shimosaka, T. Sato, H. Sanada, and H. Noguchi, “Outdoor Map Construction Based on Aerial Photography and Electrical Map Using Multi-Plane Laser Range Scan Data,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.25 No.1, pp. 5-15, 2013.

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[2] [2] T. Mori, T. Sato, H. Noguchi, M. Shimosaka, R. Fukui, and T. Sato, “Moving objects detection and classification based on trajectories of LRF scan data on a grid map,” IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 2606-2611, 2010.

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[15] [15] H. Koyasu et al., “Recognizing Moving Obstacles for Robot Navigation using Real-time Omnidirectional Stereo Vision,” J. of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.14, No.2, 2002.

[16] [16] K. Kawabata et al., “Self-Localization Method Utilizing Environment-Embedded Information and Range Sensory Information,” J. of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.18, No.2, 2006.

Outdoor Map Construction Based on Aerial Photography and Electrical Map Using Multi-Plane Laser Range Scan Data

Taketoshi Mori*, Takahiro Sato**, Aiko Kuroda**, Masayuki Tanaka**, Masamichi Shimosaka**, Tomomasa Sato**, Hiromi Sanada*, and Hiroshi Noguchi*

Taketoshi Mori^*, Takahiro Sato^, Aiko Kuroda^,
Masayuki Tanaka^, Masamichi Shimosaka^, Tomomasa Sato^**,
Hiromi Sanada^, and Hiroshi Noguchi^