#29 SUSB Expo 2014 PIX4D

1. sUSB Esposition
May 9th, 2014
San Francisco
Lorenzo Martelletti
Sales & Business Development
Manager, Pix4D

2. • About Pix4D
• Pix4Dmapper, principles & innovation
• Market application examples
• Cloud services
• Pix4D coming to U.S.
Outline

3. • EPFL spin-off, founded in 2011
• 10y research computer vision and photogrammetry
• Office in Lausanne, Switzerland
• Opening new offices in
U.S. and China (summer 2014)
• 27 people
• 35+ resellers globally
• 20+ OEM partners globally
• +1000 sw licenses sold
• +5000 registered users
• +5000 projects in Pix4D Cloud infrastructure
Pix4D

4. UAV Partners

5. • Low grade sensors onboard UAVs: traditional
photogrammetry tools not suited
• UAV imagery easily available for professionals: lack of
photogrammetry knowledge
• Pix4Dmapper
photogrammetry made easy
UAV focus

6. Pix4Dmapper
Easily convert thousands of aerial images
taken by UAV or manned platforms
into geo-referenced 2D mosaics and 3D models

7. Key benefits
Easiness of use while professionally accurate
Accurate 2D and 3D editing and vectorization
Flexibility of inputs
Scalability
Customer orientation and professional support

8. Innovation: the rayCloud
• Introduced in Pix4Dmapper 1.0
• Connect 3D points with images > rays to the camera centers
• Measure with high accuracy in multiple images
• Improve projection centers and internals

9. Innovation: Index
Calculator
• Pix4Dmapper 1.1
• Processing of multi-band data from multiple
sensors, multiple flights
Precision Agriculture meets Pix4Dmapper:
from UAV imagery to NDVI in one workflow.

10. • Processing of fisheye lenses
• GoPro, support for all models: light, suited for UAV usage
• Close-range objects, buildings, mobile mapping
• Solve low overlapping problems
Innovation: fisheye lens
support

11. Local & Cloud
solution
• Critical factors:
• Data privacy
• Internet availability
• Data transfer time
• Integration as solution
• Mixed local & cloud processing
• Possibility to upload data and/or results
• 4D online data visualization
• Licensing server
• Cloud-based support

12. Disrupting the geospatial industry: UAV
vs TLS
Terrestrial Laser Scanning
5 x 360 deg. scans
UAV & multi-ray photogrammetry
212 images 16MP at 120m (4cm GSD)

13. Disrupting the geospatial industry: UAV
vs TLS
Color coded elevation difference Difference histogram in height
• The mean deviation between the Pix4D surface and the LIDAR surface is about 3 cm.
• 60% of the test points lie within 2 GSD (5cm)
• 70% of the test points are within 3 GSD (5cm)
Published in GeoConnexion (February 2014)

14. Mining, open pit site

15. Mining, stockpile
analysis

16. Natural areas

17. Agriculture, NDVI
analysis

18. Powerline mapping

19. Forestry

20. Geology

21. • General Platform for Pix4D users
• Agriculture Platform
• For consultants (early adopters) and farmers
• Data storage, visualization, analysis
• «Field centered»
• Time analysis
• Multiple data sources
• Learning from data
• APIs available
Announcing the new
Pix4D Cloud

22. Time analysis on PixD
Cloud

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Cloud

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Cloud

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33. Time analysis on PixD
Cloud

34. • U.S. Office opening, summer 2014
Now hiring U.S. Business Development representative
• Alliance with 3DRobotics for a full mapping solution
• Distribution agreement with Droidika, Mexico
Pix4D,
announcements

35. • Pix4D devoted to innovation in the UAV mapping business
• Rapidly growing, flexible to market needs, customer oriented
• Expanding business in U.S. and China
• Starting to address the Ag Market
• We are keen to support UAV makers with software and
knowledge to deliver full solutions to end users
Conclusion

36. Thank you
We are looking forward to working with
you
Lorenzo Martelletti
Sales & Business Development Manager, Pix4D
lorenzo@pix4d.com
www.pix4d.com