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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1990
Ronald J Sznaider, Circle Pines, MN (US);
Kavouras, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
To improve the quality of the raster scan display on a video monitor or two-dimensional infrared satellite cloud imagery so as to provide it with a three-dimensional appearance, the satellite data is computer processed to first convert from satellite image to Cartesian coordinates and then combined with localized weather information obtained from ground observations and radiosonde data, such weather information including temperatures, humidity readings, pressures and other earth conditions at gridded locations within predetermined global regions. In this fashion, the satellite cloud base and cloud top temperatures are determined and converted into altitude profiles at each of 640.times.480 pixel locations comprising the satellite imagery. The resulting raster scan bit stream is representative of a 3-D display of the cloud formations. By using time-lapse animation, a four-dimensional presentation, i.e., one including time as a factor, can be displayed.