WG Correspondence

Our mission:

The working group will address Beijing Congress Resolution V.2 “Image engineering”. There are strong, natural links with other WGs in Commission V. Fundamental to optical 3D measurement is the technology of the imaging sensors used in the measurement process. Image sensor technology has been developing rapidly for many years with different geometries, radiometric characteristics and potential for photogrammetric processes. This working group will investigate the potential of a wide range of sensors that are available, from design, to calibration and application. It is often not only an individual sensor that is important in a measurement process but multiple sensors that are used to create a measurement system. The integration and application of these systems is therefore of interest to this working group.

Terms of Reference:

• Design, characterization, calibration and evaluation of imaging sensors for close range photogrammery and terrestrial application
• Evaluation of image sensors (CCD, CMOS, IR-Bolometer), thermal systems and time-of-flight based range image sensors
• Evaluation of non-standard imaging principles (panoramic cameras, fisheye systems, catadioptric sensors and other omni-directional vision techniques)
• Integrated sensors / sensor fusion (synchronization and metric aspects, alignment of different sensors)
• Geometric and radiometric properties of image data, quality standards, and factors (environmental and others) affecting data quality
• Multiple camera / multiple sensing systems and solutions for outdoor applications (surveillance and traffic object recognition)

• Events 2009

Working Group Officers:

Chair	Co-Chair	Co-Chair	Secretary
Ralf Reulke Institute of Computer Science, Computer Vision Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin Germany Tel.: +49 30 2093 3044 Fax: +49 30 2093 3045 E-mail: reulke@informatik.hu-berlin.de http: www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~reulke	Michael A. Chapman Department of Civil Engineering, Geomatics Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3 Canada Tel:  +1 416 979 5000 ext 6461 Fax: +1 416 979 5122 E-mail: mchapman@ryerson.ca http: www.ryerson.ca/civil/	Martin Smith School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Nottingham University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD United Kingdom Tel:  +44 0 115 95 13885 Fax: +44 0 115 95 13881 E-mail: martin.smith@nottingham.ac.uk http: www.nottingham.ac.uk/iessg/	Andreas Luber Institute of Transportation Systems German Aerospace Center Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin Germany Tel.: +49 30 67055 317 Fax: +49 30 67055 202 E-mail: andreas.luber@dlr.de http: www.dlr.de/fs