Photogrammetric Reconstruction of Lightning Discharges

Proc. 32nd Workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (AAPR/OAGM)

Austrian Computer Society (OCG)

Austrian Computer Society (OCG)

A computer vision setup is presented for the automated detection and multi-view 3D reconstruction
of lightning discharges. The system is designed to operate autonomously in a continuous mode and
provide accurate position information of the lightning discharge path and impact point relative to
its surrounding area. Extensive tests in a medium scale laboratory environment show that a relative
measurement accuracy of 1:200 is reachable with VGA resolution cameras.