AERIAL

SPHERICAL

PANORAMAS

Introduction to Aerial Spherical Panoramas

using MultirotorPlatforms

AGENDA

Hardware

Software

Workflow

Security

MIKROKOPTER SETS BY MIKROKOPTER.DE

Kopter Basic kit price

QuadroKopter L4-ME -> payload 400g ~900

HexaKopter -> payload 800g (my current setup) ~1300

OktoKopter -> payload 1000g ~1500

XL-Kopter

QuadroKopterXL -> payload 1000g ~1400

HexaKopterXL -> payload 1500g ~1900

OktoKopterXL -> payload 2000g ~2150

If you use higher payloads the components could be overloadedand damaged, a propeller could break and the copter will crash!

There are few other companies on the market which offer RTF sets, mikrokopter.de offers only kits for self assembly

http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/QuadroKopterhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/HexaKopterhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/OktoKopterhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/QuadroKopterXLhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/MK-HexaXLhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/MK-OktoXLhttps://www.mikrocontroller.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=80&zenid=5cbfc9007685cf115c1800bb5a728ca8

QuadroKopter

HexaKopter

OktoKopter

http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/QuadroKopterhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/HexaKopterhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/OktoKopter

READY TO FLYhttp://shop.aerodron.ch

http://www.kopterworx.com

http://www.service-drone.de

http://shop.aerodron.ch/http://www.kopterworx.com/http://www.service-drone.de/http://www.service-drone.de/http://www.service-drone.de/

MIKROKOPTER COMPONENTS

Frame

Flight Control ME

Gyro Scope

Acceleration Sensor

Height Sensor

Power distribution board

& Brushless Controller

Brushless Motors

Receiver

Battery

Camera mount

GPS

http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/GyroScopehttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/AccelerationSensorhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/heightsensor

SCHEMATICS

ADDITIONAL HARDWARE / SOFTWARE

GPS-System NaviCtrl

MKGPS

Wireless Communication Bluetooth

Jeti down link / JetiBox

Transmitter (2,4gHz)

Charger & Balancer

Video Downlink& FPV (5,8gHz)

Simulator

Mikrokopter Tool

http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/NaviCtrl?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=linkto:"en/NaviCtrl"http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MKGPS?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=linkto:"en/MKGPS"http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/BTM-222http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/Senderhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter-Toolhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter-Toolhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter-Tool

FIRMWARE FEATURES

Care-Free

Altitude lock

Camera control

Trigger

Nick & Roll stabilization

GPS Navigation (Firmware 0.84)

Dynamic Position Hold

Coming Home

Waypoint

Point of Interest

Follow-Me

Mikrokopter Tool (Windows Tool for parameter

settings, debugging and flashing all MK hardware)

http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/CareFreehttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/CareFreehttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/CareFreehttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/heightsensorhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/heightsensorhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/heightsensorhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/Fototechnikhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/Fototechnikhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/CameraTrigger?highlight=(camera)http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/Firmware-0.82?highlight=(camera)http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/Firmware-0.82?highlight=(camera)http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/Firmware-0.84?highlight=(firmware)http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/Firmware-0.84?highlight=((----(-*)(/r)?/n)(.*)KategorieFirmware)http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/PointOfInteresthttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/PointOfInteresthttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/PointOfInteresthttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/FollowMehttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/FollowMehttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/FollowMehttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter-Toolhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter-Toolhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopter-Tool

CAMERA MOUNT

Automatic pitch and roll compensation by servo

Manual +-90 tilt movement possible

Camera trigger via flight control -> shutter cable

Roll

servo

Tilt servo

+10 to -90

Camera: Lumix GF1

8mm Panasonic lens

Alpha Gel

Anti-vibration

dumper

DROIDWORX CAMERA MOUNTS

http://www.droidworx.com.au

http://shop.aerodron.ch

Fr. 890.00

Pro Mount AV200

AV200 + 360 pan RTU

Price per Unit: 1.295,00

http://www.droidworx.com.au/http://shop.aerodron.ch/

TRANSMITTER COCKPIT HeightCompassCamera

trigger

Lock

Altitude

Care

free

Coming

Home

Position

Hold

GPS

Off

Camera Tilt

+10 -90

AERIAL SHOOTING

Preflight Check should be done before lifting off

Lift off the copter at preferred height of 40-160m

Enable GPS Position Hold

Observe the Jetibox display and rotate the copter in

90steps, trigger the camera and take 4 pictures

(i.e. at 0,90,180,270)

Tilt the camera to -90 and take the

Nadir picture

Land the copter and turn it off

Take 4 Zenith pictures at

~ 0,90,180,270

pointing the camera up ~70 plus one ~90

HeightCompass

Copter

Battery

Distance

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Load the 5 aerial pictures into PtGui

Assuming RAW images have been processed with LR

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Set Optimizer to Heavy + lens shift

Align Images

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Use Mask to remove

objects like motor

and propeller

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Add additional CP and add

Green masks to areas

you want to preserve

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Align and optimize the spherical panorama

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Add 3 Zenith pictures

Advantage of having enough overlap to remove lens

flares and ground objects

Move the 3 pictures manually using the panorama

editor into the right position

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Mask ground objects and lens flares

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Check the panorama in Editor

STITCHING WORKFLOW USING PTGUI

Create Panorama

1. JPG version to review any stitching errors

2. Final PSD version

SECURITY

A Mikrokopter is not a toy! Responsibility, patience,

the willingness to read a lot of documentation and a

casualty insurance are required before taking off.

Find some experienced people and ask them for

help if you dont have any RC experience!

Never start without a valid insurance.

Make sure to apply to your local governmental rules,

especially when flying near airports.

Never fly above people

and stay away from children!

REFERENCES

Mikrokopter Wiki

Flight Instructions

Other companies:

http://www.coptersale.de/ (based on Mikrokopter)

http://www.copterworks.com/

http://www.droidworx.com.au/shop/

http://www.photoshipone.com/

http://www.photohigher.co.nz

Low Cost Copter:

http://www.multiwiicopter.com/

http://multicopter.org/wiki/TT-Copter

http://www.kkmulticopter.com/

Note: Few parts of this presentation is copyrighted by above

mentioned companies. Do not distribute this PPT except

Panotools attendees!

http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/MikroKopterhttp://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en/FlightSchool?highlight=(camera)http://www.copterworks.com/http://www.copterworks.com/http://www.copterworks.com/http://www.droidworx.com.au/shop/http://www.photoshipone.com/http://www.photohigher.co.nz/http://www.multiwiicopter.com/http://multicopter.org/wiki/TT-Copterhttp://multicopter.org/wiki/TT-Copterhttp://multicopter.org/wiki/TT-Copterhttp://www.kkmulticopter.com/