Simulation and analysis of full-waveform laser data of urban objects

Author

Jutzi, Boris ; Stilla, Uwe

fYear

2007

fDate

11-13 April 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The analysis of data derived by full-waveform laser scanning systems is of great interest. In this study, we use a simulated surface response to estimate the slope of a plane surface by full-waveform analysis. For analysis the transmitted waveform of the emitted pulse is used to estimate the received waveform of the backscattered pulse for a known surface. We simulated a plane surface with different slopes. Typical spatial beam distributions are considered for modeling, namely Gaussian and uniform. The surface response is determined and the corresponding received waveform is calculated. The normalized cross-correlation function in between the estimated and the measured waveform is used to determine the slope of the surface. The similarity of the estimated and the measured received waveform is compared and discussed.

Keywords

data analysis; estimation theory; geophysical signal processing; object detection; optical scanners; Gaussian modeling; backscattered pulse; data analysis; full-waveform laser scanning system; normalized cross-correlation function; simulated surface response; spatial beam distribution; uniform modeling; Analytical models; Laser modes; Pattern analysis; Predictive models; Remote sensing; Response surface methodology; Signal sampling; Surface emitting lasers; Surface reconstruction; Surface waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Urban Remote Sensing Joint Event, 2007

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0712-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0712-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URS.2007.371809

Filename

4234408