Transcript Folie 1

High-Speed High-Density Data Acquisition in
Airborne Laser Scanning Applications
INTERGEO
September 2011, Nürnberg
Peter Rieger
Andreas Ullrich
RIEGL LMS GmbH
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Range ambiguities in time-of-flight measurements
Known measures in resolving or avoiding range ambiguities
Advantages and disadvantages
Introduction to RIEGL’s novel approach
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RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems
Airborne laser scanning is a rapid, highly accurate
and efficient method of capturing 3D data of large
areas.
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for planes:
for helicopters:
LMS-Q680i / LMS-Q560
• Multiple-Time-Around (MTA)
Processing (LMS-Q680i)
• Full Waveform Analysis for
an unlimited number of
target echoes
• operating flight altitude
up to 5,000 / 3,300 ft AGL
• Laser PRR 400 / 240 kHz
NEW RIEGL VQ-580
• optimized for glacier and
snow measurements
RIEGL VQ-480 / VQ-380
• echo digitization and
Online Waveform Processing
• multiple target capability
• operating flight altitude
up to 2,500 / 1,800 ft AGL
Airborne Laser Scanning
Amplitude
Sm
En
Tm
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Sm+1
Tn
Tm+1 Time
Principle of time-of-flight measurements
from the “IEEE Standard Radar Definitions, IEEE Std 686-1997 (1998)”:
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Definition of „Multiple-Time-Around“
Amplitude
MTA Zone 1:
Sm-3
Tm-3
Sm-2
Sm-1
En-1
En-3
En-2
Tn-3 Tm-2
Tn-2 Tm-1
rm-3,MTA1
rm-2,MTA1
rm, MTA1 
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Sm
En
Tn-1 Tm
rm-1,MTA1
Sm+1
Tn Tm+1 Time
rm,MTA1
c  (Tn  Tm )
2
MTA Zone 1
Amplitude
MTA Zone 2:
Sm-3
Tm-3
Sm-2
Sm-1
En-3
En-2
Tn-3 Tm-2
Tn-2 Tm-1
Sm
En-1
Tn-1 Tm
Sm+1
En
Tn Tm+1 Time
rm-3,MTA2
rm-2,MTA2
rm-1,MTA2
rm1, MTA 2 
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c  (Tn  Tm1 )
2
MTA Zone 2
Amplitude
MTA Zone 3:
Sm-3
Tm-3
Sm-2
Sm-1
Sm
En-1
En-3
En-2
Tn-3 Tm-2
Tn-2 Tm-1
Tn-1 Tm
Sm+1
En
Tn Tm+1 Time
rm-4,MTA3
rm-3,MTA3
rm-2,MTA3
rm2, MTA3 
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c  (Tn  Tm2 )
2
MTA Zone 3
Amplitude
MTA Zone 4:
Sm-3
Tm-3
Sm-2
Sm-1
Sm
En-1
En-3
En-2
Tn-3 Tm-2
Tn-2 Tm-1
Tn-1 Tm
Sm+1
En
Tn Tm+1 Time
rm-5,MTA4
rm-4,MTA4
rm-3,MTA4
rm3, MTA 4 
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c  (Tn  Tm3 )
2
MTA Zone 4
Amplitude
Sm-3
Sm-2
Sm-1
Sm
Sm+1
MTA 1
En-3
En-1
En-2
En
MTA 2
Tm-3
Tn-3 Tm-2
Tn-2 Tm-1
?
Tn-1 Tm
Tn Tm+1 Time
rm,MTA1
MTA 3
rm-1,MTA2
rm-2,MTA3
MTA 4
rm-3,MTA4
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MTA Zone 1, 2, 3 or 4 ?
Maximum unambiguous measurement range Ru [m]
1000
900
c  PRR1
Ru 
2
800
700
600
500
Ru=375m @ 400kHz
400
x
300
200
100
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
Pulse repetition rate [kHz]
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Maximum unambiguous range vs. pulse repetition rate
Known methods in avoiding range ambiguities:
● careful choice of operating altitudes
● Spatial multiplexing:  2 x RIEGL LMS-Q680i
● Wavelength multiplexing: RIEGL VQ-820-G (532nm), RIEGL VQ-580 (1064nm)
Known methods in resolving range ambiguities:
● Spatial analysis based on known distance (RiANALYZE)
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Methods in avoiding or resolving range ambiguities
MTA zone 1
MTA zone 2
MTA zone 3
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Avoiding range ambiguities in flight planning
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Avoiding range ambiguities in flight planning
Spatial separation by scanner orientation
Spatial separation by mirror synchronization
1 PPS
typ. > 1 deg
deam divergence typ. < 0.5 mrad
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Spatial Multiplexing
Wavelength multiplex by using 2+ wavelengths
200nm
400
600
800
1000
1200
UV
305nm
1400
1600
1800
2000
INFRARED
532nm
905nm 1.06μm
diode laser
frequency doubled fiber laser
1.55μm
solid state laser, Nd:YAG,
fundamental wavelength
2.05μm
fiber laser, Er-doped
fiber laser, Ho-doped
fiber laser, Yt-doped
solid state laser, Nd:YAG,
harmonics
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532 nm
1064nm
1550 nm
VQ-820G
VQ-580
Q-680i
Wavelength multiplexing
u
R
,M
TA
1
r2
,M
TA
1
2
Ru
MT
A2
r1,
r2
Ru
3
,M
TA
1
r2
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Resolving range ambiguities by spatial analysis
Method
Advantages
Disadvantages
Complex and dangerous
in difficult terrain
Flight Planning
Spatial multiplexing
Overall pulse repetition rate doubled
Doubling sales for manufacturer
Wavelength
multiplexing
Additional attributes for target
classification, e.g., vegetation indices
+1 scanner → only +1Ru
Higher investment for
customer
Irregular point pattern
Complex system
Spatial data analysis
Algorithms adaptable to application
Tuning of algorithms if neccessary
apriori knowledge of terrain
required
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Advantages and Disadvantages
Amplitude
Sm
Sm+1
Tm
Sm+2
En
En+1
Tn Tm+1
Tn+1
rm,MTA1
Tm+2 Tn+2
τ
rm+1,MTA1
Sm+4
En+2
Δtm+2
Δtm+1
τ = PRR-1
Sm+3
τ
rm+2,MTA1
En+3
Tn+3 Tm+4Time
Tm+3
Δtm+3
Δtm+4
τ
rm+3,MTA1
rm,MTA2 = rtrue
rm+1,MTA2 = rtrue
rm+2,MTA2=rtrue
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New approach, Step 1: Variation of pulse repetition intervals
170
MTA-zone 1
175
180
185
860
880
900
920
i
940
E X MTAj 
MTA-zone 3
930
935
940
945
N 1
EX MTA3  1965.5m
860
880
900
i
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
2
920
940
MTA-zone 22
E X MTA 2  156
.9m
550
555
560
565
X
i 1
925
target range [m]
target range [m]
E X MTA1  1847m
545
2
target range [m]
target range [m]
165
860 2
~
MTAj
880
900
920
940
i
i
1305
MTA-zone 4
1310
1315
1320
1325
E X MTA 4  1825.2m2
860
880
900
920
940
i
New approach, Step 2: Analysis of the influence of PRI jitter
RIEGL LMS-Q680i
RIEGL VQ-580
RiMTA
full waveform
airborne laser scanner
online waveform processing
airborne laser scanner
automated range
ambiguity resolution
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RiMTA
RIEGL LMS-Q680i
PRR = 400kHz
Ru = 375m
1000
MTA 3
Alt AGL [m]
900
800
700
MTA 2
600
500
400
MTA 1
300
200
0
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20
40
60
80
t [s]
100 120 140
One scan stripe transits 3 MTA Zones
RIEGL LMS-Q680i
PRR = 400kHz
Ru = 375m
1000
MTA 3
Alt AGL [m]
900
800
700
MTA 2
600
500
400
MTA 1
300
200
0
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20
40
60
80
t [s]
100 120 140
One scan stripe transits 3 MTA Zones
RIEGL LMS-Q680i
PRR = 400kHz
Ru = 375m
1000
MTA 3
Alt AGL [m]
900
800
700
MTA 2
600
500
400
MTA 1
300
200
0
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20
40
60
80
t [s]
100 120 140
One scan stripe transits 3 MTA Zones
RIEGL LMS-Q680i
PRR = 400kHz
Ru = 375m
1000
MTA 3
Alt AGL [m]
900
800
700
MTA 2
600
500
400
MTA 1
300
200
0
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20
40
60
80
t [s]
100 120 140
One scan stripe transits 3 MTA Zones
RIEGL LMS-Q680i
PRR = 400kHz
Ru = 375m
1000
MTA 3
Alt AGL [m]
900
800
700
MTA 2
600
500
400
MTA 1
300
200
0
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20
40
60
80
t [s]
100 120 140
One scan stripe transits 3 MTA Zones