Bird's-eye view image generating device, map data generation system, bird's-eye view image generating method of bird's-eye view image generating apparatus and bird's-eye view image generating program

摘要

An objective is to provide a road image including no features such as trees and tunnels hiding or covering a road surface. A mobile measuring apparatus (200) installed in a vehicle may acquire a distance and orientation point cloud (291), a camera image (292), GPS observation information (293), a gyro measurement value (294), and an odometer measurement value (295), while moving in a target area. The position and attitude localizing apparatus (300) may localize the position and attitude of the vehicle based on the GPS observation information (293), the gyro measurement value (294) and the odometer measurement value (295). The point cloud generating apparatus (400) may generate a point cloud (491) based on the camera image (292), the distance and orientation point cloud (291), and a position and attitude localized value (391). The point cloud orthoimage generating apparatus (100) may extract points close to a road surface exclusively from the point cloud (491) by removing points higher than the road surface, orthographically project each extracted point onto a horizontal plane, and generate a point cloud orthoimage (191). The point cloud orthoimage (191) may show the road surface including no features covering or hiding the road surface.