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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2004
Tom Mcdowall, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jake Auxier, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Mark Rahmes, Melbourne, FL (US);
Ray Fermo, Melbourne, FL (US);
Tom McDowall, Melbourne, FL (US);
Jake Auxier, West Melbourne, FL (US);
Mark Rahmes, Melbourne, FL (US);
Ray Fermo, Melbourne, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A method () for extracting a digital elevation model from a plurality of raw topographical points representing a plurality of frames representing a plurality of perspectives of a multi-dimensional object comprising a surface and above-surface obstructions, comprises steps or acts of: finding the surface () by filtering out data points produced by the above-surface obstructions to provide a plurality of surface data points representing the surface; and filtering the surface data points () with a competitive filter to provide a multi-dimensional surface shell of digital elevation model data points. The above-described method can also be carried out by a specialized or programmable information processing system () or as a set of instructions in a computer-readable medium such as a CD ROM or DVD or the like.