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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Airbus Defence and Space Gmbh, Ottobrunn, DE;
Inventors:
Thomas Muensterer, Tettnang, DE;
Patrick Kramper, Kressbronn, DE;
Assignee:
Hensoldt Sensors GmbH, Taufkirchen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/38 (2006.01); G01V 3/12 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 13/89 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/38 (2013.01); G01S 7/41 (2013.01); G01S 7/4802 (2013.01); G01S 13/89 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G01V 3/12 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of processing 3D sensor data to provide terrain segmentation involves processing the 3D data so as to analyze the positions of sets returns from the terrain in the horizontal plane. Returns from an idealized flat terrain form a series of scanlines in the horizontal plane. A return having a significant displacement in the horizontal plane in comparison to other returns in the same scan line is classified as a non-ground return corresponding to an elevated object.