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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2020
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Exton, PA (US);
Stéphane Côté, Lac Beauport, CA;
William Guimont-Martin, Quebec, CA;
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
In one example embodiment, a software application obtains a set of images that include an aerial cable and generates a 3D model from the set of images. The 3D model initially excludes a representation of the aerial cable. The software application processes each image of the set of images to extract pixels that potentially represent cables and determines a position in 3D space of the 3D model of a pair of attachment points for the aerial cable. The software application defines a vertical plane in 3D space of the 3D model based on the pair of cable attachment points. For each of one or more images of the set of images, the software application projects at least some of the pixels that potentially represent cables onto the vertical plane. The software application then calculates a curve representation (e.g., a catenary equation) for the aerial cable based on the pixels projected onto the vertical plane, and adds a cable model defined by the curve representation to the 3D model to represent the aerial cable.