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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Inventors:
James Duncan Revell, Bristol, GB;
Roderick Buchanan, Warton, GB;
Assignee:
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); B64D 43/00 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); B64D 43/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30261 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for detecting and ranging cloud features. The method comprises: obtaining image data (e.g. using a camera (); classifying, as a cloud feature, an image segment (-) of the image data; determining a plurality of moments of the image segment (-); using the determined plurality of moments, determining a geometric representation of that image segment (-); and, using the geometric representation, determining a distance between the cloud feature represented by that image segment (-) and an entity that obtained the image data.