Putting a New Spin on Lidar Imaging

Applications

• Mapping– Distance and Dimensions– Reflectivity

• Autonomous Vehicles– Terrestrial– Maritime– Airborne

• Security– Surveillance

Mobile Mapping

• 3D Capture taken at

posted driving speeds

• Used for:

– Highway infrastructure

– Bridge height analysis

– Foliage intrusion

– Reconstruction

– Disaster scene

– Construction

– Mining

Mandli Communications

NAVTEQ

TOPCON

3-D Road Mapping

Images, courtesy of Mandli Communications

• Object Extraction

3-D Road Mapping

• True Distance and Dimension Data

Autonomous Vehicles

BMW

General Motors

Volkswagen

Ford

Google

Lexus

Autonomous Military Vehicleswww.rec.ri.cmu.edu/projects/upi/videos/index.htm#carson

Normal size passenger car

UGCV PerceptOR

Lockheed Martin: SMSS• Squad Mission Support System• Currently several units in Afghanistan

gcn.com/articles/2011/07/18/tech-watch-geoint-lidar.aspx

Oshkosh: CUGV

Cargo Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Torc: GUSS

Ground Unmanned

Support Surrogate

www.torcrobotics.com

http://www.oshkoshdefense.com/unmanned-ground-vehicle

http://www.qinetiq-na.com/products/unmanned-systems/raider/

QinetiQ:• Raider

Autonomous Military Vehicles

Autonomous Maritime Vessels

http://aaicorp.com/products/uas/unmanned-sur-ves.html

CUSV2 Common Unmanned Surface Vessel 2• Mine Counter Measures• Intelligence, surveillance & reconnaissance• Anti-submarine warfare• Anti-surface warfare

AAI Textron Systems

Maritime surface data collection

• Water absorbs Laser, ideal for Lidar• Objects above water clearly visible

Airborne Terrain Mapping

Stratus Aeronautics:

HDL32 LiDAR sensor on Venturer-0 UAV

http://stratus-aero.com

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