- Message from Iwane Laboratories -

Its been 30 years that we developed our CV Technology and have offered products which are unique and can be termed as technological capital. Gradually we have realized that the range of application of our technology is broad, with each day passing by its becoming broader and its impossible for us to keep a tab on the all the areas of application as long as we keep it exclusive and the social contribution is quite small. We believe that a technology can be refined further and improved by being used universally, thus it will leverage the value also.

- News & Topics -

3DCG automatic generation from real image -3D PCCI-

• The polygon and the texture can be acquired at the same time from the images directly by using our CVTechnology.
• User can obtain three-dimensional coordinates directly from the image by clicking a point on the image.
• The detailed polygon and the textures are generated from all surrounding video image captured not only from street level imagery but also aerial imagery.
• The matching between the polygon and the texture is perfect and the coordinates accuracy and the reality of 3D CG are substantially upgraded.
• The range of 3D CG broadened further because of cost effective methods of making such 3D CG.

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3D PCCI demo movies

Click thumbnail to play the demo movie.

2D PCCI : Programmable Continuous Combined Image

• PCCI is the combination of series of strips of images which are extracted from the continuous Video images in the same direction and can be generated automatically upto infinite length.

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2D PCCI sample pictures

Click thumbnail to open the PCCI image. And drag the image.

ALV for ArcGIS®

Iwane has released Active Link Vision™ (ALV) for ArcGIS®, which runs with ESRI's ArcGIS (specifically ArcMap™) In ALV, 3D geospatial video runs inside the docking window of ArcMap with each frame linked to geographic coordinates. ALV provides real interaction between 2D and 3D environments; users can do measurement, add computer graphics, and tags, and store information in a geodatabase.

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Population of Database

• Data Extraction tools now exist to provide the mechanism to perform the extraction and normalization of textual data from single sources (360 degree Video data).
• The user can populate and categorize the features according to a specific domain (i.e., concept) that has been pre-defined and managed in the form of layers.
• All the features like Carriageway, Earthworks, embankments ,Bridges, Footway/cycle ways, Other highway structures, Street lighting, Drainage, Signs, Traffic Signals, Road markings/studs Safety fencing, Verge and landscaped areas can be populated.
• Existing GIS data can be populated inside the Video, visualized and managed.

Digitization

• Digitization inside the Video, which is a unique feature, has been released by Iwane Laboratories, Ltd. With the help of this tool which is built-in ALV for Arc GIS, one can digitize the feature object in the form of line, polygon and point features.
• The drawing tools are provided for making the lines network and digitization inside the video will reflect on the Map as a 2D feature. Highly accurate street maps can be created by using the Digitization feature of ALV for Arc GIS.

Asset Information

• The integration of GIS and asset management functionality in "ALV for ArcGIS" gives municipalities a distinct advantage in tracking, locating, and managing assets by making critical functionality easily accessible.
• Any kind of object or element can be mapped and managed inside the Video.
• Information like text, pictures, can be added and linked to the object which furthermore can be queried.
• Integration of existing and future management systems and data.

Iwane Mobile Mapping System

With the continued growth of urban centres all around the world, city planners are required to keep up with up-to-date geographical at a faster rate. This has led to the establishment of spatially-referenced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for a variety of municipal applications. This information, however, is expensive to obtain by conventional methods. But using IMMS one can map large area with comparative Low Cost.

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Super Wide Angle Image - update news

website renewed and it came to be able to enjoy the Super Wide Angle Image more interactively.

• Istanbul, Turkey [12.09.08]
• Istanbul, Turkey [01.09.08]
• Amsterdam, Netherlands [28.08.08]
• Bremen, Germany [28.08.08]

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iiCosmo - update news

iiCosmo is the web version of Active Link Vision. You can have a great experience of the parallel world in all surrounding image. iiCosmo has been released as alpha version now.

You can see iiCosmo in the website

• Lake Toya [03.07.08]
• Sakura [10.07.07]
• Ginza [14.05.07]
• Akihabara [01.04.07]

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Active Link Vision - 3D Video GIS -

Arrangement of Various Information in 3D Image in Virtual Space.

This time, our company has launched the "Multi link type Video GIS Active Link Vision". It is an all purpose 3D GIS product that combines various functions used by covering three dimensional, analytical technology in the surround viewed video image that is our original technology.

It is extremely intuitive GIS with various information such as surround viewed photograph taken from life image with three dimensional information, map, aerophotograph, drawing, ledger, and still photograph, etc. combined mutually by link key "CVTag" added to objects or CG icons in the image.

When using the system, it is possible to feel just like strolling in the location freely.

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Next Generation Car Navigator3

New Technology Released! Navigate with the Information of CG in the Real Time Image.

This technology is high accuracy vehicle position which use the three dimensional map called as "Mechanical Map". This includes three-dimensional map and real-time image, without traditional map matching system like GPS, gyroscope and speed pulse. Moreover, it navigates on real-time image. We can assign this technology as an essential technology of the next generation car navigation system. For map matching, the camera is mounted over in the vehicle. It may be a wide angle camera.

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RCG - Real Computer Graphics

With the unique 3D space analysis technique of Iwane Laboratries, it is possible to create CG which is close to reality in the all surround viewed video image.

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Technologies Digest Demo Movie

You can see our technologies digest demo movie.

CV Image ⇒ Shooting Process ⇒ All Surrounding Image ⇒ Stop Vibration ⇒ 3D Coordinate ⇒ 3D Measurement ⇒ Lock on Display ⇒ CG Combination ⇒ CV Tag ⇒ Combination of Real Image & CG ⇒ Active Link Vision ⇒ Super Wide Angle Image ⇒ iiCosmo ⇒ RCG ⇒ Realtime CG Combination ⇒ Ortho Image & 2D/3D Map Making ⇒ Next Generation Car Navigator

» All demo movies.