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Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventor:

Richard W. Ely, Lewisville, TX (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2011.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 17/05 (2013.01); G06K 9/6202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method can include receiving, first and second digital elevation models (DEMs) including first elevation data of a geographic location and second elevation data of the geographic location, respectively, identifying differences between the first elevation data and the second elevation data that are greater than a first threshold, determining, for a point in the second elevation data identified to correspond to a difference greater than the first threshold, a slope of the geographic location around and including the point, and altering, in response to determining the difference is greater than a second threshold determined based on the determined slope, elevation data of the second DEM corresponding to the point.


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