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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Tadano Ltd., Kagawa, JP;
The School Corporation Kansai University, Osaka, JP;
Iwao Ishikawa, Kagawa, JP;
Takayuki Kosaka, Kagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kubota, Osaka, JP;
Shigenori Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Yuhei Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Nakahara, Osaka, JP;
TADANO LTD., Kagawa, JP;
THE SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A ground surface estimation method includes: a continuous region recognizing step for recognizing, when a difference in altitude value between a representative point of one grid and a representative point of another adjacent grid out of the plurality of grids is equal to or less than a threshold, the one grid and the other adjacent grid as a continuous region that is a region where the one grid and the other adjacent grid are continuous; and a ground surface estimation step for estimating a continuous region having the largest number of grids among the continuous regions as a ground surface.