Panorama Shooting and Hosting Platform for Nature Monitoring

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Soko  Aoki,  Ph.D.CEO  of  Kadinche,  Tokyo,  Japan

Panorama  Shooting  and  Hosting  Platform  for  Nature  Monitoring

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KadincheIT  startup  focusing  on  spatial  expression  technology

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3D  Simulator  (Display  Manufacturer)

Air  Dome  Projection  (University)   R&D  (  Electronics  Companies)  

Panorama  Virtual  Shops  (Retail)

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Conventional  Mountain  Monitoring•  Using  fixed  web  cam  or    DSLR

•  Low  resolution  to  monitor  plants,  animals,  &  snow

•  Low  zoom  lenses  to  cover  whole  area

•  The  system  needs  to  be  controlled  automatically  or  remotely  in  the  mountain  lodge

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Image: Tateyama Murodou Mountain Lodge

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Joint  Project  with  National  Institute  for  Environmental  Studies  Japan

•  Center  for  Global  Environmental  Research

•  Purpose–  Plants  &  Flowers  Monitoring–  Snow  Monitoring–  Animal  Monitoring

•  First  experiment  in  Tateyama,  Toyama,  Japan

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Approach:  Giga-‐‑‒Pixel  Panorama  PhotoStitching  multiple  photos  into  a  high  resolution  image

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1, Shooting

2, Stitching

3, Web Contents Robotic Head, Gigapan, USA

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Tateyama  Murodou  Mountain  LodgeDistance  to  Surface,  Area,  &  Camera  Lenses

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3,000m 600m

Lenses  Focal  Length Area  per  Shot Horizontal  x  Ver7cal  =  Number  of  Photos

Time  of  Shoo7ng  (Approximate)

200mm 180m  x  120m 16  x  5  =  80  Pics 80  Pics  x  10  Seconds  =    14  Min  

100mm 360m  x  240m 9  x  3  =  27  Pics 27  Pics  x  10  Seconds  =  5  Min  

50mm 720m  x  480m 5  x  2  =  10  Pics 10  Pics  x  10  Seconds  =  2  Min  

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System  Architecture2  Cameras,  1  Robot  Head,  1  PC  with  the  Internet

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Camera  1  +  Wide  Lens

Camera  2  +  Zoom  Lens  

Robot  Head

Weather  Decision

Periodic  Shoo7ng

Panorama  S7tching

USB USB

USB

Online Storage

Data  Sending

PC

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Demo  Video

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Feature  1:  Shooting  Area  Configuration•  Pointing  left  above  and  right  bottomto  configure  the  area  of  shooting

•  Number  of  shots  is  calculated  with  the  relationship  with  camera  lenses  and  area

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Feature  2:  Weather  Decision•  One  time  shot  would  be  1  Gigabyte

•  To  reduce  the  size  of  data  to  be  saved  in  the  storage,  we  do  not  shoot  when  the  mountain  is  not  observable

•  Weather  decision  using  the  images  pixel  dispersion

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Feature  3:  Periodic  Shooting•  Periodic  shooting  is  realized  with  Windowsʼ’  Task  Scheduler

•  Periodic  Schedule–  Camera:  Shoot  every  1  hour  from  5  am  to  5  pm–  Uploader:  Upload  data  at  9  pm  everyday

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PanoPlaza:  Panorama  Photo  Hosting  Platformhttp://cloud.panoplaza.com/

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Cloud  BasedAll  the  tools  are  on  the  Internet

IntuitiveTagging  by  Drag  &  Drop

Do  It  YourselfYou  can  start  using  now!

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Result:  Mt.  Tateyama  &  Mt.  FujiStitched  Giga-‐‑‒Pixel  Panorama  Photos

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Mt. Tateyama

Mt. Fuji

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Result:  Resolution  &  Zoom

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5616 x 3744 Pixel 24mm

26798 x 18658 Pixel 200mm

About  5  times  in  Horizontal  &  Vertical  with  Zoomed  Image

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Future  Work•  System  Improvement

–  Stability–  Automatic  Stitching  Feature–  Image  Analysis  Feature

•  Field  Experiment–  1st  Year  (2014)  :  Installation  to  Tateyama  Murodou  Mountain  Lodge

•  Mountain  Lodge  will  be  closed  soon  due  to  Winter  season–  2nd  Year  (2015):  Long-‐‑‒term  monitoring

•  Expansion  for  other  mountains  &  countries

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I  am  also  doingPax  Earth:  Environmental  NGO  in  Nepal  (http://pax-‐‑‒earth.org/)

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Future  Work:  Monitoring  Himalaya

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Image: NASA

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Future:  Panorama  Video

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Using  6  cameras  flying  over  the  surface  of  a  mountain

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Summary•  Panorama  Shooting  and  Hosting  Platform  for  Nature  Monitoring–  Robot-‐‑‒head  Mounted  Panorama  Shooting  Camera–  High  Resolution  Zoomed  Image  of  Mountains  for  Scientific  Research

–  Panorama  Photo  is  Viewable  (Zoomable)  as  Web  Contents

–  Experiment  in  Tateyama,  Toyama,  Japan  with  National  Institute  of  Environmental  Studies

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Anyone  need  Remote  Giga-‐‑‒Pixel  Shooting?

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Thank  you!

Soko  Aoki,  Kadinchesoko@kadinche.com  

http://www.kadinche.com/en/