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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Digitalglobe, Inc., Westminster, CO (US);
Inventor:
Michael Aschenbeck, Arvada, CO (US);
Assignee:
DigitalGlobe, Inc., Westminster, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/162 (2017.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/143 (2017.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/4642 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06K 9/6267 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/143 (2017.01); G06T 7/162 (2017.01); G06F 16/9024 (2019.01); G06K 2009/00644 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for automatically determining, on a pixel by pixel basis, whether imagery includes ground images or is obscured by cloud cover. The techniques include training a Neural Network, making an initial determination of cloud or ground by using the Neural Network, and performing a max-flow, min-cut operation on the image to determine whether each pixel is a cloud or ground imagery.