FullView = Real time 3D terrain generation from airborne photographs and CAD inputs, based on the use of interactive computer game graphics technology

我们正在开发小型无人驾驶飞机，用于世界各地的科学，商业（石油和矿产勘探和生产）和国家（边境巡逻和救灾工作管理）应用。石油生产涉及到对石油管道的监测，以发现泄漏。灾难包括大范围的洪水、飓风、地震和丛林大火。这个拟议的市场证明项目是关于基于多人电脑游戏图形技术和互联网连接开发创新软件的市场机会和可行性。它将利用来自机载和陆基平台的静止图像和视频图像，自动生成和更新地形的实时3D视图。感兴趣的各方可以以与在线电脑游戏监控发展的玩家大致相同的方式查看不断发展的3D表示。例如，如果洪水影响了大片建筑区域，飞机就会在被洪水淹没的区域纵横交错。每架飞机都会定期传回一张高分辨率的照片。fullview软件将使用每张新图像来创建或更新洪泛区的3D视图。警方、消防队和救护车服务部门可以通过互联网访问这种实时3D视图，有助于救援工作的管理。为了扩大市场规模，该软件还可以作为3D CAD软件使用。人们可以使用从物体不同角度拍摄的照片来创建一个物体，也可以使用标准的3d CAD方法，例如2D设计的挤压，来创建其他物体。就像玩家玩在线电脑游戏一样，人们可以在家里一起进行3D设计。基于我们在WaveMaker微波电路布局软件开发和国际营销方面24年的经验，我们建议调查全球市场的性质以及开发该软件的财务和技术可行性。

We are developing small unmanned aircraft for use throughout the world in scientific,commercial (oil and mineral exploration and production) and state (border patrol andmanagement of disaster relief efforts) applications.Oil production involves the monitoring of oil pipelines to detect leaks. Disasters include widescale flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes and bush fires.This proposed Proof of Market Project is about the market opportunities for and the feasibilityof developing innovative software based on multiplayer computer gaming graphicstechnology and Internet connectivity. It will make use of still and video imagery, typically butnot necessarily, from airborne and land based platforms, to automatically generate and updatea real time 3D view of the terrain. The evolving 3D representation can be viewed byinterested parties in much the same way as players in an online computer game monitordevelopments.For example, if there were a flood affecting a large built up area, aircraft crisscross theflooded area. Each aircraft would periodically beam down a high resolution photograph. TheFullView software would use each new image to create, or update, a 3D view of the floodarea. This live 3D view could be accessed via the Internet by the police, the fire brigade andthe ambulance service, contributing to the management of rescue efforts.To increase the market size, this software could also be used as 3D CAD software. One couldcreate an object using photographs from different angles of the object and also use a standard3D CAD approach, such as extrusion of a 2D design, to create other objects. As players do inan online computer game, people could work together, from home, on the 3D design.We propose to investigate the nature of the global market and the financial and technicalfeasibility of developing this software, based on our 24 year experience with the developmentand international marketing of our WaveMaker microwave circuit layout software.