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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2002
Hiromichi Yamamoto, Chofu, JP;
Kohzo Homma, Chofu, JP;
Satoru Kitagata, Kamakura, JP;
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Space Software Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A satellite image analysis and processing apparatus includes a DEM extraction unit for extracting digital elevation model information having topography data and steeple-shaped building data; a topography situation recognition unit for discriminating a kind of topography and recognizing a topographic situation from the topography data of the digital elevation model information; a steeple-shaped building recognition unit for recognizing shape and location information of steeple-shaped buildings from the steeple-shaped building data of the digital elevation model information; a time series recognition unit for recognizing a change with time; and an altitude visibility information preservation unit for preserving altitude visibility information obtained by combining information acquired by the topography situation recognition unit, information acquired by the steeple-shaped building recognition unit, and information acquired by the time series recognition unit in an altitude visibility information database provided in the altitude visibility information preservation apparatus.