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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Barbara Hanna, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Bing-bing Chai, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Stephen Hsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Barbara Hanna, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Bing-Bing Chai, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Stephen Hsu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing wide area terrain mapping. The system comprises a digital elevation map (DEM) and mosaic generation engine that processes images that are simultaneously captured by an electro-optical camera (RGB camera) and a LIDAR sensor. The image data collected by both the camera and the LIDAR sensor are processed to create a geometrically accurate three-dimensional view of objects viewed from an aerial platform.