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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Henry Ponti Medeiros, Fox Point, WI (US);
Walter Miller McDonald, Shorewood, WI (US);
Jamir Shariar Jyoti, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Spencer M. Sebo, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/7086 (2022.01); G01C 13/00 (2006.01); G01P 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/7086 (2013.01); G01C 13/006 (2013.01); G01P 5/001 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30181 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described here are systems and methods that utilize visual imagery and an optical flow-based computer vision algorithm to measure river velocity in streams or other flowing bodies of water. The systems and methods described in the present disclosure overcome the barriers of conventional flow measurement techniques by providing a fast, non-intrusive, remote method to measure peak flows.