JP4197539B2 - 3D information display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal that reports a defective part such as a power transmission line with a photograph or the like. Equipment such as a steel tower in which the defective part is generated is displayed in three dimensions, and an actual photograph showing the defect is shown in this 3D. The present invention relates to a three-dimensional information display device that makes it easy to grasp the state of an object by sticking to three-dimensional data.

(First conventional technology)
In recent years, with the spread of electronic still cameras, direct transmission of on-site photographs has been performed as one of the inspection operations. FIG. 22 shows this state. In FIG. 22, an image taken with a still camera 225 is connected to a portable terminal 221 used for patrol work and used. A picture such as a steel tower is displayed on the screen 222 of the portable terminal. Furthermore, a photograph 223 showing the state of the defective part and an ID 224 for identifying the defective part are also displayed.

  When a defective part is found on a patrol site such as a steel tower, the still camera 225 takes a picture of the defective part. This image can be immediately taken into the portable terminal 221 through the serial port of the portable terminal or an IC card. The captured image is displayed on the mobile terminal like a photograph 223 showing the state of the defective part. At this time, if the defective part is the A31 part of the steel tower, A31 is input as a failure part ID in the failure part ID input field below the photograph.

  Such information is sent to a sales office or the like that manages the steel tower using a mobile phone or the like, and measures for recovery are taken.

  FIG. 21 is a block diagram of a conventional image display device. In FIG. 21, the image display device includes an ID input unit 211, a display content generation unit 212, an image holding unit 213, an additional information holding unit 214, an additional information input unit 215, and a display 216. .

  Additional information such as a photograph is input by additional information input means 215 and held in additional information holding means 214. In FIG. 21, 215 corresponds to a still camera, and 214 corresponds to a built-in memory of a portable terminal. The image holding unit 213 holds an image of a steel tower or the like. The ID of the defective portion is input by the ID input means 211. The display content generation unit 212 edits information such as steel towers and additional information such as photographs. The result is displayed on the display 216.

(Second and third conventional technologies)
23 and 24 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the second conventional technique. The method of knowing the current location by connecting GPS (Global Positioning System satellite positioning system) to mobile terminals and displaying map information is used in car navigation systems, and mobile terminals have similar functions. It is included. By connecting a mobile phone to this mobile terminal, it is possible to accurately and quickly transmit patrol information such as a steel tower.

  FIG. 24 shows the state of the screen displayed on the mobile terminal. On the screen, a patrol path 241, a steel tower 242, a power transmission line 243, and a current position 244 are displayed.

  FIG. 23 is a block diagram of a second conventional image display device. In FIG. 23, the image display apparatus includes a position input means 231, a path holding means 232, a terrain information holding means 233, a structure holding means 234, an image information composition means 235, a display content holding means 236, a display And means 237.

  The position input means 231 is, for example, a GPS and inputs the position of the mobile terminal. The route holding means 232 holds information such as the inspection route 241, the structure holding means 234 holds information such as the steel tower 242, and the terrain information holding means 233 holds terrain information such as mountain undulations. These pieces of information become a display image together with information input from the position information input unit 231 by the image information synthesis unit 235, are held in the display content holding unit 236, and are displayed on the display unit 237.

(Fourth conventional technology)
FIG. 25 is a block diagram of a fourth conventional image display apparatus. 25, the image display device includes an image holding unit 251 such as a map, a graph information holding unit 252 such as a rainfall, and a display image generating unit 253 that generates a display image by superimposing the map information and the graph information such as the rainfall. And image display means 254 for actually displaying the generated image.

FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the fourth prior art. In recent years, information such as rainfall has been increasingly displayed on a map in a three-dimensional manner. This is shown in FIG.
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  However, in the conventional image display device, since it is necessary to input the ID of the defective portion, it is necessary to collate each time the ID attached to the photograph and where the ID indicates on a steel tower or the like.

  In the second conventional technology, when patroling, the situation may not be received depending on the location when reporting the situation using a mobile phone to a management office managing a steel tower or the like. Therefore, there was a problem that it was necessary to walk around looking for a place where radio waves could reach.

  Also, if there is an obstacle on the patrol route, the conventional technology cannot know in advance the range in which radio waves can easily reach. There was a problem of having to.

  The fourth prior art has a problem as shown in FIG. That is, there is a problem that if the graph displayed in front becomes higher than the back graph, the back graph becomes invisible.

The present invention is a three- dimensional image display device that three -dimensionally displays a plurality of display objects on image information , and that three-dimensionally displays the image holding means for holding the image information and the plurality of display objects. and numerical information holding means for holding the numerical value information for, determined from the relative positional relationship of the plurality of display objects, the overlap is small viewpoint position of the plurality of display objects, held together with the priority of the viewpoint position A plurality of display objects when three-dimensionally displaying the numerical information held in the numerical information holding means based on the priority order from among the priority holding means and the viewpoint positions held by the priority holding means a viewpoint position determination means for determining the overlap is small viewpoint position of the object, the visual change in the three-dimensional information numerical information held by the numerical information holding means on the image information by the image holding means is held Bei Eteiru a display image generating means for generating image information at a viewpoint position location determination means has determined a.

  With this configuration, even if many three-dimensional displays are made, it is possible to view from the viewpoint that makes it easy to grasp the whole as much as possible.

As described above, the three-dimensional information display device of the present invention has an excellent effect of solving the problems of the conventional three-dimensional information display device and displaying from the viewpoint with the smallest possible overlap of the three-dimensional display.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image display apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the image display apparatus includes additional information including a position indicating means 1 for indicating the position of a defective portion, an image holding means 2 for holding image information such as a steel tower, and an electronic still camera. Input means 3, additional information holding means 4 holding information such as a photo input by additional information input means 3, information such as a photo held in additional information holding means 4 and image holding means 2 Relation information holding means 5 holding the relationship with the image, display content generating means 6 for generating contents to be displayed on the display, viewpoint changing means 7 for instructing the direction for displaying the steel tower, etc., and display 8 It consists of and.

  2 to 6 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the operation of the image display apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 2, an image taken by the still camera 26 is connected to the image display device main body 21 and used. On the screen 22 of the image display device main body, additional information 24 such as a picture of a steel tower or a photograph is displayed. Further, an operation panel 25 for changing the viewpoint of the image and an operation pen 23 for instructing a part of the image displayed on the screen are prepared.

  The state of a defective part such as a steel tower is photographed by a still camera 26. This information is displayed as additional information 24. On the other hand, a picture 22 such as a steel tower is displayed on the main body 21 in advance. The display direction of the steel tower is changed by operating the viewpoint changing panel 25.

  FIG. 3 shows how the viewpoint for displaying the steel tower is changed. By operating the viewpoint changing panel 25, the contents 22 in FIG. 2 are changed to 31, 32, and 33.

  After photographing a defective part such as a steel tower, the display angle is changed by operating the viewpoint changing panel 25 so that the display direction has the same angle as when photographing. Thereafter, the defective part is designated by the operation pen 23.

  FIG. 4 shows a state in which additional information such as a photograph is attached to an image of a steel tower as a result of this operation. The displayed orientation of the tower is shown for two directions 41 and 43. First, if the direction of the steel tower and the direction in which the photo was taken are 41, the photo 42 is pasted on that location. After this, when the steel tower is rotated, the photo rotates as shown at 43.

  FIG. 5 shows a state in which a new photograph 53 is displayed. Thus, since the photograph seen from the various directions of a defective location can be stuck on a steel tower etc., it becomes easy to grasp the state of a defective location.

  FIG. 6 shows how the viewpoint change means 62 renders the image held in the original image holding means 61 as seen from various directions. In FIG. 6, the original image holding means 61 holds three-dimensional information such as a steel tower. The viewpoint changing means 62 transmits the change in angle to the display image generating means 63 such as how many times the display image is horizontally and how many times vertically. Based on this instruction, the display image generating means 63 changes the display image to 65, 66, and 67.

  FIG. 7 shows the contents of the relationship information holding means 5 of FIG. The relationship information includes the type of additional information, the type of object such as the tower to be added, the position of the object such as the number of the arm of the tower, the direction to attach the additional information, etc. Is displayed.

  As described above, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the image holding means for holding the shape data of the object to be displayed on the display, the position indicating means for instructing a part of the image displayed on the display, and the display are displayed on the display. Additional information input means for inputting information to be added to an image, additional information holding means for holding additional information input by the additional information input means, the image holding means instructed by the position indicating means, and the additional information Content information holding means for holding the positional relationship, and contents for displaying the image information held in the image information holding means based on the position information by the relation information holding means and the additional information held in the additional information holding means Display content generating means for generating the image, viewpoint changing means for instructing the display direction of the image generated by the display content generating means, The display is configured by a display for displaying information generated by the display content generation means. In particular, an image holding means for holding shape data such as three-dimensional objects displayed on the display and a part of the shape data are indicated. It has a feature in having a position indicating means.

  The additional information input means inputs additional information such as a photograph. This additional information is stored in a form pasted to a part of the previous shape data. The relationship information holding unit holds the positional relationship between the additional information and a part of the data held by the image holding unit. By rotating shape data such as three-dimensional, it is possible to easily estimate the positional relationship with the additional information.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an image display apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 8, the image display device includes a position information input means 81 for inputting a current position to image information such as a map, an image information holding means 82 for holding information such as a map, a patrol route, and a steel tower, The local information input means 83 for inputting the radio wave status, the local information recording means 84 for recording the information input by the local information input means 83, and the local information and the image held by the image information holding means 82 are combined. The image information combining means 85 for generating a display image, a display content holding means 86 for recording the image information generated by the image information combining means 85, and a display means 87 for displaying the contents.

  9 and 10 are explanatory views of a second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 9, a weak radio wave location 91 and a strong radio wave location 92 are shown, and a pylon 93, a power transmission line 94, a patrol route 95, and a current position 96 are shown.

  Patrols such as the steel tower 93 are regularly performed. In addition, the strength of the radio wave location does not vary greatly from day to day. Therefore, when patrol is performed, how the strength of radio waves changes along the patrol path 95 is automatically measured and the result is displayed on the patrol path 95. By doing so, it is possible to know how far to proceed when communication at a certain point is difficult.

  Similarly, FIG. 10 is a view in which a visible place 101 such as a steel tower 102 is registered in the inspection route 95.

  11 and 12 show the operation of the three-dimensional image display device of the present invention when GPS is used as position information input means. FIG. 11 shows a GPS 117 and a communication device 118 connected to the three-dimensional image display device main body 111. On the display screen 112 of the display device main body 111, a patrol path 113, a steel tower 114, a power transmission line 115, and a current position 116 are shown.

  As the device moves along the patrol path 113, the communication device 118 periodically measures the strength of the radio wave at that location and sends it to the main body 111. As a result, the result of walking in the place of the strength of the radio wave as shown in FIG. 9 is as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 12, a place where the radio wave is strong is indicated by a solid line, and a place where the radio wave is weak is indicated by a wave line. Since such data can be obtained by walking once on the patrol road 121, the communication place may be determined based on this data from the second time.

  As described above, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the position information input means for inputting the current position to the image information such as the map, the image holding means for holding the image information such as the map, and the local information shown on the map Local information input means for inputting information and the like; local information recording means for holding local information input by the local information input means; information recorded in the local information recording means; Image information synthesizing means for synthesizing the generated images, generating a display image, display content holding means for holding the image generated by the image information synthesizing means, and displaying the information held by the display content holding means Local information input by the local information input means and recorded in the local information recording means on a map or the like held by the image holding means. It is possible to paste the. The pasting is performed by the image information synthesis means. This result is held as an image having a specific viewpoint and size determined by the display content holding means and displayed by the display means.

(Third embodiment)
FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a 3D image display apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 13, the image display device includes radio wave source recording means 131, terrain information holding means 132, line-of-sight area calculating means 133, line-of-sight area holding means 134, route information holding means 135, and route information changing means 136. And display means 137.

  The radio wave source recording unit 131 records the position of the antenna. The terrain information holding means 132 holds terrain information. The line-of-sight calculation means 133 calculates the line-of-sight area on the topographic map from these pieces of information. This result is recorded in the line-of-sight holding means 134. The route information holding means 135 records the position of the inspection route. When changing this route, the route information changing unit 136 changes the route. These results are displayed on the display means 137.

  14, FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the operation of the three-dimensional image display apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 14, since the radio wave travels almost straight, the place where the antenna 141 can be seen is where the radio wave is strong like 142, and the place where the antenna 141 cannot be seen is where the radio wave is weak like 143 I think.

  FIG. 15 shows the topographic map color-coded with strong and weak radio waves based on such rules. In the topographic map of FIG. 15, the antenna 151 and the obstacle 152 are shown. In this situation, when it is checked whether the antenna 151 can be seen through the points A153 and B154, the point A153 can be seen, but the point B154 cannot be seen.

  As a result, FIG. 16 shows a distinction between strong and weak radio waves on the topographic map. In the topographic map of FIG. 16, an antenna 161, an obstacle 162, and a place 163 where radio waves are weak are shown. In addition, the original inspection path 165 is drawn on the topographic map of FIG. When a failure occurs on the inspection route 165 as indicated by 164, a detour must be searched. In such a case, it is possible to select the detour A166 and the detour B167 as detours. However, since the detour B167 is considered to pass through the area 163 where the radio wave is weak, the detour A166 is selected as the detour.

  As described above, the third embodiment of the present invention includes a radio wave source recording unit that records the position of a radio wave source that generates radio waves, a terrain information holding unit that records terrain information, and the radio wave source recording unit. A sight area calculating means for calculating the area where the radio wave reaches from the position of the radio wave transmission source recorded in the terrain information and the terrain information recorded in the terrain information holding means, and the sight area calculated by the sight area calculating means A line-of-sight area holding means, a path information holding means for recording a route on the map, a path information changing means for changing the route information, and the terrain information recorded in the terrain information holding means and the line-of-sight area holding means An iron that generates radio waves recorded by a radio wave source recording unit, which is composed of a display unit that displays a recorded line-of-sight area and a route recorded in the route information. And position, such as, on the basis of the information of the terrain, such as the height of the mountain terrain information holding means for holding, outlook region calculating means calculates the prospect area the reach of radio waves.

  The calculated forecast area is held by the forecast area holding means. On the other hand, the route information holding means holds route information such as roads on the map, and the route information changing means changes this route information. The line-of-sight area and the route information are displayed by the display means, and when changing the route, the route can be determined while selecting an area where radio waves can easily reach.

(Fourth embodiment)
FIG. 17 is a block diagram of a 3D image display apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 17, an image holding unit 171 that holds an image such as a map, a numerical information holding unit 172 that holds original data to be displayed as a graph, a viewpoint position determining unit 175 that determines a viewpoint position, and priority of viewpoints Priority order holding means 176 that holds the order, display image generation means 173 that generates a display image, and image display means 174 that displays an image generated by the display image generation means 173.

  18, 19 and 20 are explanatory diagrams for explaining the operation of the three-dimensional image display apparatus according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. When the graphs do not overlap as shown in FIG. 18, the operation is the same as the conventional one. However, if the front graph is higher than the back graph as shown in 191 of FIG. 19 and the back graph becomes invisible, the whole graph is slightly rotated as shown in 192 to make the back graph easier to see.

  FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a range where the graph can be seen. When a graph or the like is displayed on a surface on which a map or the like shown in 202 is arranged, an angle at which more people can easily see is obtained through a questionnaire or the like. 201 shows this viewpoint. It seems to be gradually harder to see as you move away from this viewpoint. If the graph overlaps on the surface 202 on which the map or the like is placed and the rear object becomes invisible, the angle is gradually changed and the viewpoint is changed within the range where the rear object can be seen.

  As described above, in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the image holding means for holding an image, the numerical information holding means for holding numerical information for displaying a graph and the like, and the priority order holding for holding the viewpoint priority order are provided. A viewpoint position determining means for determining a position that is most easily viewable when the numerical information held in the numerical information holding means is represented in a graph among the viewpoints held by the priority holding means, and the image holding means A display image generating means for generating image information from the viewpoint determined by the viewpoint position determining means by changing numerical information held by the numerical information holding means to a graph or the like, and an image generated by the display image generating means The numerical information held by the numerical information holding means is grouped on the image holding means for holding image information such as a map. To display as off.

  Moreover, the display is performed three-dimensionally, and the graph on the map can be viewed from various angles. When looking at this situation, there are stages that range from the viewpoint that most people feel most comfortable to the angle at which they feel it is not easy to see. Therefore, the priority order holding means holds the viewpoint priorities when displaying the map in order from the angle at which it is easy to see.

  If the number of graphs further increases, the objects in the back may overlap and become invisible, so the viewpoint position determining means determines the viewpoint according to the priorities of the previous viewpoints. The above processing is performed numerically, and an image viewed from the finally determined viewpoint position is generated by the display image generation means and displayed by the display means.

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Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Position instruction | indication means 2,171,213,251 Image holding means 3,215 Additional information input means 4,214 Additional information holding means 5 Relation information holding means 6,212 Display content generation means 7,62 View point change means 8 Display
21, 111 Display unit
23 Operation pen
25 Operation panel
26 Still camera
61 Original image holding means
63, 173, 253 Display image generation means
81 Location information input means
82 Image information holding means
83 Local information input means
84 Local information holding means
85, 235 Image information synthesis means
86, 236 Display content retention means
87, 137, 237 Display means
117 GPS
118 Communication equipment
131 Radio source recording means
132, 233 Topographic information holding means
133 Forecast area calculation method
134 Prospect area maintenance means
135 Route information holding means
136 Route information change means
172 Numeric information holding means
174, 254 Image display means
175 Viewpoint position determination means
176 Priority retention means
211 ID input means
231 Position input means
232 Route holding means
234 Structure holding means
252 Graph information holding means

Claims (1)

A three- dimensional image display device that three -dimensionally displays a plurality of display objects on image information ,
Image holding means for holding the image information;
And numerical information holding means for holding the numerical value information for displaying three-dimensional the plurality of display objects,
Obtained from the relative positional relationship of the plurality of display objects, the overlap is small viewpoint position of the plurality of display objects, the priority holding means for holding together the priority of the viewpoint position,
Among the viewpoint positions held by the priority order holding means, viewpoints with less overlap of the plurality of display objects when three-dimensionally displaying the numerical information held in the numerical information holding means based on the priority order Viewpoint position determining means for determining the position;
A display image generating means for generating the numerical information image information viewpoint position where the viewpoint position determination means has determined to change the numerical information on the 3-dimensional information held by the holding means onto the image information by the image holding means is held ,
3-dimensional image display device characterized in that it e Bei a.

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