Return to the scene of the crime — in 3D
Return to the scene of the crime — in 3D 11/24/2011 | Tom Cheshire Wired.co.uk Applications: All and Forensics & Accident Recon. Over the past four years, Liscio, based in Toronto, has worked on nearly 60 cases around the world. Police use his reconstructions to test their theories of a crime. “You can start running […]
Animation of Experimentally Derived Structural Resonances
Animation of Experimentally Derived Structural Resonances 01/15/2009 | Shawn Richardson and Mark Richardson, Vibrant Technology, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA Applications: All, Engineering & Science, and Industrial Measurement The vibration response of a model airplane is animated as the result of real-world experimental study of modes. The structural data is captured in 3D by PhotoModeler. local […]
Analysis of Bell Vibrations
Analysis of Bell Vibrations 03/01/2007 | H. Spiess, B. Lau, P. Wriggers, Institute of Mechanics and Computational Mechanics, U. of Hannover, A. Schneider, R. Bader, Institute of Musicology, University of Hamburg, and M. Wiggenhagen, Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation, U. of Hannover Applications: All and Engineering & Science The finite-element-analysis FEA of bell vibrations required […]
Photographs Generate Accurate Field Measurements
Photographs Generate Accurate Field Measurements 05/01/2006 | Frank Hartley Offshore Magazine Applications: All, Engineering & Science, and Industrial Measurement Another method to collect field measurements for equipment in the field, and a direct way to generate new 3D CAD models, is to take some pictures. Shan Pehlman, design engineer with CDI Corp., says he derives […]
Semi-Automated Crush Determination Using Coded and Non-Coded Targets with Close-Range Photogrammetry
Semi-Automated Crush Determination Using Coded and Non-Coded Targets with Close-Range Photogrammetry 03/01/2007 | Dan Mills and Gary Carty, DCM Technical Services Inc. Accident Reconstruction Network Applications: All and Forensics & Accident Recon. Vehicle crush measurement (which is typically used to determine vehicle speed (or change in velocity : delta-v) at time of impact) has traditionally […]
Metric Potential of a 3D Measurement System Based on Digital Compact Cameras
Metric Potential of a 3D Measurement System Based on Digital Compact Cameras 06/03/2009 | Enoc Sanz-Ablanedo, José Ramón Rodríguez-Pérez, Pedro Arias-Sánchez and Julia Armesto; Geomatics Engineering Research Group, University of León, and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Engineering, University of Vigo Applications: Accuracy, All, and Industrial Measurement What is unique in this study is […]
Police Take Accident Reconstruction To Skies
Police Take Accident Reconstruction To Skies 01/03/2008 | The Boston Channel WCVB TV Boston Applications: All and Forensics & Accident Recon. “The Massachusetts State Police are using new technology to get traffic moving sooner after a crash. …” (article link is a cached version of the external site which is no longer active unfortunately (and […]
Person identification by gait analysis and photogrammetry
Person identification by gait analysis and photogrammetry 01/01/2005 | N. Lynnerup, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and J. Vedel, 3D Photo, Aarhus, Denmark Journal of Forensic Sciences Applications: All and Forensics & Accident Recon. Using PhotoModeler and surveillance video, the authors perform measurements of height, and measurements of angle for gait analysis. […]
Using Close Range Photogrammetry to Measure the Position of Inaccessible Geological Features
Using Close Range Photogrammetry to Measure the Position of Inaccessible Geological Features 02/01/2011 | Assoc Prof. Dr. Murat Yakar, University of Selcuk, Turkey Journal of Experimental Techniques Applications: All and Geology & Mining Investigations of major geological formations are very important since they provide vital information in terms of monitoring of feature changes. This article […]
Accuracy Study Project of Eos Systems’ PhotoModeler
Accuracy Study Project of Eos Systems’ PhotoModeler 1995 | Dr. Klaus Hanke, University of Innsbruck, Austria Applications: Accuracy and All Dr. Hanke did a sample architectural-like measurement project with two different cameras a 35mm film camera scanned on a flatbed office scanner and a medium format metric camera scanned with Pro-PhotoCD. local copy