Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (3): 413-425.doi: 10.11947/j.AGCS.2022.20200203

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Spaceborne lightweight image control points generation method

JI Song, ZHANG Yongsheng, DONG Yang, FAN Dazhao   

  1. Institute of Geospatial Information, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
  • Received:2020-05-27 Revised:2022-01-06 Published:2022-03-30
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41971427); The High Resolution Remote Sensing, Surveying and Mapping Application Demonstration System (Phase II) (No. 42-Y30B04-9001-19/21); The Chief Scientist Studio Program of Central Plain Scholar in Remote Sensing and Geospatial Intelligence System (No. 2018007)

Abstract: In order to facilitate on-orbit processing and end-to-end mapping application of intelligent remote sensing satellite system, lightweight and on-orbit global control information has to be provided and effectively used. In this paper, a spaceborne lightweight image control points generation method is presented. Firstly, under the condition of sparse or no ground control points, global image control points are generated through the bundle adjustment of domestic high-resolution stereo mapping satellite images. Then, by describing the local image of the image control point to the feature vector, an on-board lightweight representation mode of image control points is designed, and its storage performance and on-board matching application strategies are analyzed. Finally, the Hash function obtained by hash learning is used to convert the feature vector of image control points into hash code, which can be furtherly applied to generate deep lightweight spaceborne image control points. Experiments of image control point extraction, eigenvector description, lightweight processing and matching performance analysis are completed on multi-type satellite image data in this paper. The on-orbit matching and application feasibility of lightweight image control point is verified, and abilities of lightweight global image control point are concluded.

Key words: intelligent remote sensing satellite system, image control point, eigenvector, Hash algorithm, lightweight processing

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