Flyability ELIOS 3 User Manual
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- Page 1 FLYABILITY ELIOS 3 INSPECTOR 4 USER MANUAL VERSION 1.3 FLYABILITY SA +41 21 311 55 00 — SALES@FLYABILITY.COM ROUTE DU LAC 3 | 1094 PAUDEX | SWITZERLAND...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
1.4 Installing Inspector 1.5 Drone Firmware 1.6 Firmware upgrade 2 Login screen 3 Home Screen 4 Inspections Screen 5 Import Screen Elios 2 Elios 3 6 Menus 6.1 Notification 6.2 Help 6.3 Settings 6.4 User 6.5 About 7 Drone Screen... -
Page 3: Elios
Inspector 4 13.6 Accuracy Flyaware ™ SLAM engine 14 Exporting data 14.1 Export Inspection Report 14.2 Export multiple frames for photogrammetry 14.3 Export multiple frames for GeoSLAM Inspector has a new point cloud visualizer User settable references available in 3D map Inspector 4 Page 3 of 43... -
Page 4: Overview
1.1 Inspector Inspector 4 is the official Flyability software used to analyze the inspection footage gathered by Elios 3 & Elios 2 drones. It is not compatible with Elios 1 data, so the previous version of Inspector should be used here instead. -
Page 5: Installation
flyability.com. Run the installer and follow the instructions displayed. The mapping and localization features are available for free to all Elios 3 users as the mapping and localization are performed by the drone itself during flight time. For Elios 2 users, it requires the purchase of an Inspector Premium license to create maps of inspection using the mapping algorithm embedded in Inspector. - Page 6 Inspector 4 The current version of Avionics on the aircraft ; ● When the new version of Avionics is ready for transfer. ● In case of an older aircraft or those not maintained for a long time, the use of an SD card for firmware upgrade can still be mandatory.
- Page 7 Inspector 4 Figure 1: Elios 3 Firmware Update Inspector 4 Page 7 of 43...
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Page 8: Login Screen
Inspector 4 2 Login screen Figure 2: Login Screen You will be asked to log in the first time you open Inspector. If you don’t have credentials, you will need to create an account online. Be sure to have internet access the first time Inspector is started. Inspector 4 Page 8 of 43... -
Page 9: Home Screen
Inspector 4 3 Home Screen Figure 3: Inspector 4 Home Screen This section will display recent updates and information concerning our products and software, as shown in figure 3 as (1). ECENT LIGHTS This is a list of projects which have been opened or imported on your computer. Flights can be sorted according to: last open date, flight date, or flight name, as shown in figure 3 as (2). -
Page 10: Inspections Screen
Inspector 4 4 Inspections Screen Figure 4: Inspector 4 Inspections Screen Like the Home Screen, this lists all flights found on your computer, with the difference that they will appear grouped by mission name. This makes it easier to find all flights from a specific inspection. NSPECTIONS This is a list of inspections which have been opened or imported on your computer, as shown in figure 4 as (1). -
Page 11: Import Screen
On Elios 3, for the connection process to start, plug the USB-C cable, and power-up your drone by plugging in a battery pack and then pressing the power button, as this will access the Elios 3 data directly. After you plug the drone, you will automatically be redirected to the import page to get the data of your drone. -
Page 12: Elios
Wrong cable: Always use the appropriate USB-C cable, which is the one Flyability provided you with. Interference: If you are facing connection issues, we recommend you connect the Elios 3 drone to the computer, via an USB hub, instead of directly using the USB-C cable. - Page 13 5.2 as (4). Copies previously imported onto your PC will not be affected. CAUTION: Data cannot be recovered once deleted. LIOS Figure 5.3: Inspector 4 Import Screen after connection - Elios 3 MPORT This will create for each flight selected a flight project folder in the specified destination, as shown in figure 5.3 as (1), containing the following data:...
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Page 14: Menus
6.4 User This shows the user who is currently signed in, click the exit icon to sign out. 6.5 About Click the Flyability icon in the bottom left corner to review the License Agreement. Inspector 4 Page 14 of 43... -
Page 15: Drone Screen
Inspector 4 7 Drone Screen Figure 7: Inspector 4 Drone Screen This page will show once the drone will be done connecting via the USB-C cable. This is where you will be able to check: The firmware version. The drone serial numbers. The drone storage and available space within the SSD and the camera card. -
Page 16: Preview Screen
Inspector 4 8 Preview Screen To open a flight, click on its thumbnail in the Home or Inspections Screen, use the ‘Open flight’ browser, or double click the .efly project file. This will open the preview screen. Figure 8: Inspector 4 Preview Screen On the preview screen you will see a preview of the 3D map and a preview of the points of interest taken during the flight, along with annotations already made in post processing. -
Page 17: Flight Screen
Inspector 4 9 Flight Screen Figure 9: Inspector 4 Flight Screen The flight screen shows the flight video, along with the Points of Interest (POIs) in the timeline at the bottom. The data and controls overlaying the video image can be toggled on and off by clicking the video area. Double clicking toggles full screen mode. - Page 18 Inspector 4 Export the flight report ; Export points from the scene. ONTROL Zoom in during playback. LTITUDE AND RIENTATION Displays the altitude and orientation of the drone as shown on the cockpit display in flight with up orientation corresponding to the initial orientation of the drone when powered up and can be reset in flight if needed.
- Page 19 Inspector 4 Click the Camera icon to save the current video frame as a jpeg file. All video’s controls : AMERA TILT ANGLE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT Displays the camera pitch angle and distance to the object in view, as shown on the cockpit display during flight.
- Page 20 Inspector 4 ’ RONE OSITION The drone’s current position in the video is represented in the 3D model by a white icon which indicates the position and field of view of the drone. The POI’s are likewise represented by green icons. (10) The data in the lower left corner indicates the x, y, and z position of the drone, as well as its absolute distance and heading with respect to its starting position or to the last “Reference reset"...
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Page 21: Mapping A Flight With Mapping
Inspector 4 10 Mapping a Flight with Mapping Before being able to map a flight, you need an Elios 2 or Elios 3 drone with a license for Mapping (previously called Datamap). In Inspector, under the camera view : Click on the Mapping tab (1) to access the mapping feature. You can either map the entire flight (default setting), or specify a start and stop time (2). -
Page 22: Managing Points Of Interest
Inspector 4 11 Managing Points of Interest Points of Interest (POI) can be created during flight by pressing the POI button on the controller. They can also be created later in Inspector by clicking the button above the timeline, or right-clicking on the timeline. Figure 11: Inspector 4 POI’s Clicking on a POI in the video timeline (1) opens the POI edit menu. - Page 23 Inspector 4 This allows you to modify the brightness and contrast of the POI image. HERMAL AMERA MENU This allows you to show the thermal camera images over the video images. NDISTORT Figure 11.2: Inspector 4 Undistort Due to the fish-eye effect of the optical camera, the image is distorted. Meaning the straight lines appear to be bent in the image.
- Page 24 The button is grayed out in case of unreliable camera distance data. Figure 11.4 Inspector 4 Add Measurement THE USER MUST ASSESS IF THE MEASUREMENT MAKES SENSE BY UNDERSTANDING ITS LIMITATIONS FLYABILITY DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY OF MEASUREMENTS Inspector 4...
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Page 25: Managing The 3D Live Map
Inspector 4 12 Managing the 3D Live Map ELPER PANEL FOR NAVIGATION SHORTCUTS This button displays the mouse and keyboard shortcuts for moving the 3D camera around. Figure 12: Helper Panel EASUREMENT TOOLS These options allow the user to measure distances between two points, or surfaces between multiple planar points. -
Page 26: Camera Locking
Inspector 4 Distance measurement: This activates the distance measurement mode, in which every two clicks will show the measured distance between two points of the scene. Area measurement: This activates the area measurement mode, in which a number of consecutive clicks will select an area and display both the distances between points, and the surface value, as long as the points are approximately located on a flat plane. -
Page 27: Point Shading
Inspector 4 Independent: The camera can move anywhere and has no restrictions. Around drone: The camera can rotate, but will always be locked towards the drone. This option is ideal to focus on the drone’s current position without having to search for it. Drone camera: The camera is in first-person view (FPV), and is locked in the position of the actual camera of the drone. -
Page 28: Point Colors
Inspector 4 Figure 12.6: Point shading - Part 2 OINT COLORS Figure 12.6: Point Colors This setting controls the color of points and has the following options: Inspector 4 Page 28 of 43... -
Page 29: Point Slicing
Inspector 4 Original: The original color of points as stored in the dataset. This usually corresponds to the intensity colors as displayed in previous versions of Inspector. Distance: The color of points changes depending on their distance from the user camera. This can be a useful depth indicator in a scene. -
Page 30: Point Size
Inspector 4 The map slicing slider cuts the point-cloud at specified minimal and maximal boundaries. This can be used to only visualize certain floors of buildings, or hide the ceiling to get a better view inside. The slider has non-linear scale to provide better resolution in denser areas, and also to avoid wasting input distance for outlier points. -
Page 31: Point Opacity
Inspector 4 Figure 12.11: Point Size - Part 2 OINT OPACITY Figure 12.12: Point Opacity This slider changes the transparency of point-clouds. This can be used to see any objects (ex: drone, trajectory, points of interest) through the point-cloud. Inspector 4 Page 31 of 43... -
Page 32: Render Quality
Inspector 4 Figure 12.13: Point Opacity - Part 2 ENDER QUALITY Figure 12.14: Render Quality By default, Inspector is optimized to only show regions of the point-cloud with high density when close to the user’s camera, while more distant regions are down-sampled to lower densities. This is mostly hidden from the user, and can only be seen when moving quickly through the dataset. -
Page 33: Objects In The Scene
Inspector 4 BJECTS IN THE SCENE Figure 12.15: Objects in the scene This panel can be used to show and hide different objects in the scene. This includes a flat grid structure of selectable size, as well as all point-cloud maps and trajectories that are currently available. Inspector 4 Page 33 of 43... -
Page 34: Flying Tips For Mapping
Figure 13: Takeoff & landing APPING Both Elios 2 and Elios 3 must land close to the take-off position. While landing, the drone should face the same direction as during take-off. The software should recognize the similarity in the video images and snap closed the flight path, reducing position errors that may have accumulated during the flight. -
Page 35: Image Quality - Mapping
Inspector 4 13.2 Image Quality - Data Map Mapping The software tracks visual features on the video images to estimate the velocity and direction of travel. It is important that the image is properly lit at all times. Also, it is easier to track features close to the drone than far away. -
Page 36: Accuracy
Inspector 4 13.6 Accuracy The Accuracy of the model depends on the flying style, flight path and the environment. Typically, the accuracy is within 10% of the length of the flight path, but it can change from one flight to the next depending on the flight path, flight speed and dust conditions. -
Page 37: Flyaware ™ Slam Engine
This top view of the blue point cloud shows the extent of the deformation in the model. The error is 2.38m (4.4% of the gallery length). To compare and evaluate the global accuracy and georeferenced accuracy of the Elios 3’s point clouds, identical captures were processed using both FlyAware and GeoSLAM Connect. GeoSLAM 3D mapping experts and the Flyability product team carried out tests within an industrial factory. -
Page 38: Exporting Data
This will automatically create a Pix4D project with the exported frames. ROCESSING TEMPLATE Flyability created two processing templates which are optimized for Elios 3 footage of indoor environments. The Fast template yields faster results but requires more overlap between images. The Robust template is computationally slower but will typically match more images from a given dataset. -
Page 39: Export Multiple Frames For Geoslam
Inspector 4 Figure 14: Inspector Export Frame 14.3 Export multiple frames for GeoSLAM LIOS Once we are done importing the flight, a BAG file will be created in the flight folder. Through the “Export to GeoSLAM” you will be able to take the BAG file, and copy it into the selected destination folder. Then it is up to you to load the file into GeoSLAM itself. -
Page 40: Inspector Has A New Point Cloud Visualizer
Inspector 4 Inspector has a new point cloud visualizer The new point cloud visualizer is a lot more versatile and feature rich. You can colorize the points in the pointscloud according to height, intensity, distance or time. The drone model is visualized for a better sense of scale and shading was added as well to improve the understanding of the scene. -
Page 41: User Settable References Available In 3D Map
Inspector 4 User settable references available in 3D map In both Cockpit and Inspector the position of the drone in x,y,z coordinates relative to the take-off location are now shown. This is in addition to the direct line of sight distance between the drone and take-off location and the total flight path length of the drone which were already shown in the previous release.. - Page 42 Inspector 4 Inspector 4 Page 42 of 43...
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