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XIII Congress of the 
International Society for Photogrammetry 
Helsinki, 1976 
Commission V 
Invited Paper 
Dn. TaArcu: OsuiMA 
Hosei University 
Tokyo 184, Japan 
Recent Development of 
Industrial Photogrammetry in 
Japan 
Close-range photogrammetry has been applied to the 
dynamic measurement of rotating tires, the determination of 
the subsidence of launching ways, the investigation of marine 
propeller cavitation, and the measurement of architectural 
models. 
INTRODUCTION 
T= AUTHOR BEGAN to study the applica- 
tion of photogrammetry to industrial proj- 
ects in 1949. At first, this research was 
applied mainly to the compilation of topo- 
graphic maps for dam construction. In the 
same year, the Indian Mission for Archaeol- 
ogy and History engaged in studying the his- 
torical monuments and remains of medieval 
times in India; the author directed this pro- 
gram. It was continued to 1964 and during 
this period four study groups were organized. 
In 1962, the author was engaged in projects 
relating to the application of photogrammet- 
ric techniques to engineering projects. 
Among these were applications of photo- 
grammetry to automobile models for obtain- 
ing body line drawings and for checking the 
complicated surface of hydraulic turbine 
runners. The results of this project were pre- 
sented as a paper at the I.S.P. Congress in 
1964. Since then, various achievements have 
been made in the field of industrial photo- 
grammetry in both software and hardware. In 
1966 at the Commission V Symposium during 
the LS.P. meeting in Tokyo, the author pre- 
sented a paper on short-range photogram- 
metry for objects in motion and this was the 
first proposal for four-dimensional photo- 
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grammetry in the field of industrial photo- 
grammetry. A specially designed stereo- 
camera was developed to deal with objects in 
motion by shooting continuously at intervals 
of one and two seconds. The details of these 
studies were presented at the I.S.P. congress 
in 1968 as an invited paper. As a result, in- 
dustrial photogrammetry in Japan has been 
widely expanded in engineering projects. 
Various cameras such as the movie camera 
and the precisely adjusted amateur camera 
have been developed along with the software 
which could be applied to the actual en- 
gineering works. This paper deals with some 
recent achievements in Japan. 
EXAMPLES OF INDUSTRIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY 
IN JAPAN 
ANALYTICAL SHORT-RANGE PHOTOGRAMMETRY 
FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF A TIRE ROTATING 
AT HIGH SPEED 
In conjunction with the increased speed of 
motor cars due to the construction of super 
highways, the development of new tires has be- 
come an urgent problem. The measurement 
of tire deformation by the classical method is 
very difficult to carry out in a laboratory be- 
cause of the high velocity. The short-range 
photogrammetric method cannot be replaced 
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