University of Utah Research Foundation

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Konstantin Shkurko

Florian Solzbacher

Tim Garrett

Cale Fallgatter

Timothy John Garrett

A weather-detecting device () can include a substrate () and a detection region () exposed to an environment within which the weather-detecting device () is situated when in use. An array () of heating elements () can be mounted at a first side of the substrate (), with at least one surface of each heating element () in the array () being positioned within the detection region (). A controller can be electrically coupled to the array () of heating elements (), and the controller can individually address each heating element () in the array () to selectively pass electrical current through each heating element ().

Weather-detecting devices and related methods

A technology is described for identifying hydrometeors. A method includes receiving an image of a hydrometeor captured using a camera. The hydrometeor in the image can be identified and analyzed to determine characteristics associated with the hydrometeor. Environmental measurements recorded substantially contemporaneously with the image can be obtained from environmental sensors located in proximity to the camera. A feature vector can be constructed using the hydrometeor characteristics and the environmental measurements. The feature vector can be input to a classification model used to classify the hydrometeor, and the classification model can output a classification for the hydrometeor using the feature vector.

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Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America

Konstantin Shkurko