2014 - 2015

Sirovision
Release 6.1.9.0

Release Notes

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CONTENTS

WHAT’S NEW IN SIROVISION 6.1? ............................................................... 3

New methodology to georeference underground 3D images using a levelled crosshair laser. 3

Figure 2 : The crosshair laser unit on a Manfrotto 410 geared head and Manfrotto 476 tripod. 4
Figure 3 : 9 red laser dots projecting a crosshair 4
New Stanford *.PLY and Wavefront *.OBJ data export formats added. 6
Figure 5 : The new *.PLY and *.OBJ 3D image export options as displayed in the export wizard. 6

Updated support for the latest Nikon and Canon cameras ................................ 6

TECHNICAL NOTE 7
Windows 10 7
Graphics Cards 7
Matlab 2016a 7
Figure 6 : The Sirovision installer lists all prerequisite programs that must be installed for Sirovision
V6.1 to function properly. 7

ISSUES RESOLVED IN SIROVISION V6.1....................................................... 9

WHAT’S NEW IN SIROVISION 6.1?

New methodology to georeference underground 3D images using a levelled

crosshair laser.

Figure 1: A 3D image showing a crosshair laser and single laser dot required to
georeference a 3D model.

A new methodology has been developed to enable the client to capture the
images required to produce a fully georeferenced 3D mosaic of the
underground heading in less than 5 minutes. This new method
eliminates the requirement for theodolite survey support in order to
georeference underground 3D images captured by the Sirovision stereo
camera.

This method is simple and fast to setup and requires:

1. A specially constructed robust crosshair laser unit to project 9 red

dot lasers in a crosshair distribution on the face wall. This laser
must be set on a tripod and manually levelled for tilt and elevation.
Distance to the face should be between 3 to 8 meters.
2. A single alignment dot laser projected on to the face wall from a
known location and with a known bearing, elevation and distance.
Most mines already have these set up in order to plot grade lines.

Once setup, the client can photograph the whole heading as normal
without having to set out and survey control points.
Figure 2 : The crosshair laser unit on a Manfrotto 410 geared head and
Manfrotto 476 tripod.

Figure 3 : 9 red laser dots projecting a crosshair

On average, the crosshair laser method georeferences 3D mosaics

within 5 centimetres of the traditional theodolite control point
method.
Figure 4 : A 3D mosaic georeferenced using a crosshair laser and single
known dot laser
NEW STANFORD *.PLY AND WAVEFRONT *.OBJ DATA EXPORT
FORMATS ADDED.
3D images generated in Sirovision can now be exported in Stanford *.PLY and
Wavefront *.OBJ file formats.

Both formats are very commonly used and importable in to other major
mining, CAD and GIS software packages.

Figure 5 : The new *.PLY and *.OBJ 3D image export options as displayed
in the export wizard.

UPDATED SUPPORT FOR THE LATEST NIKON AND CANON

CAMERAS
The latest SDKS from Nikon and Canon have been added to enable
compatibility with their latest cameras as of December 2015. This
enables RAW images from the latest Nikon and Canon cameras to be
read in to Sirovision and converted in to TIFF images.

Any camera and lenses can be custom calibrated for use with Sirovision
using a new procedure where the client captures and sends sample images
to Datamine who return a custom calibration file for each camera and lens
combination.
TECHNICAL NOTE

WINDOWS 10
Sirovision has been fully tested and is compatible with the new Windows 10 operating
system.

GRAPHICS CARDS
After installation, if the host computer has an NVidia graphics card, the first time
the program is opened, the software checks that the CUDA library is at least
Version (8.17.12.6776). If it is not, a message displays informing the user to
update their graphics driver, so that the latest CUDA library is installed. This is not
an error message and does not mean your graphics card is incompatible.

As a rule, always update your computer to use the absolute latest graphics card drivers
available, even if it is a new computer.

MATLAB 2016A
Matlab 2016a is a prerequisite program that must be installed in order for
Sirovision V6.1 to function correctly. The Sirovision installer will run a check
whether this software is already installed and install it if required.

Figure 6 : The Sirovision installer lists all prerequisite programs that must
be installed for Sirovision V6.1 to function properly.

Matlab 2016 is an 800MB installer and can take up to 15 minutes to install. Once
complete, open CONTROL PANEL and select PROGRAMS & FEATURES and check
that MATLAB RUNTIME 9.0.1 has been installed.
Figure 7 : Check that MATLAB RUNTIME 9.0.1 has installed
ISSUES RESOLVED IN SIROVISION V6.1

The following cases have been resolved for this version:

Issue ID Type Description of Change

SRVS-523 Imp. Performance issues related to the Texture

Atlas facility have been investigated and
resolved.
SRVS-524 Bug An issue whereby the fine-tuning of GCP
positions did not update the view as expected
has been resolved.
SRVS-526 Bug Mapping a plane as a trace no longer
produces an unexpected “NaN” persistence
value.
 2014 - 2015

Datamine Software
Level 10, 167 Eagle Street
Queensland 400Q
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +617 3248 0000

www.dataminesoftware.com