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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2008
Nico Zimmer, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;
Donald L. Ravenscroft, Broomfield, CO (US);
William G. Lugsch, Golden, CO (US);
Nico Zimmer, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;
Donald L. Ravenscroft, Broomfield, CO (US);
William G. Lugsch, Golden, CO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically updating a graphical information system (GIS) type database using aerial imagery. The method may involve processing a new image to identify at least one target region therewithin; analyzing the target region to determine image invariant moments thereof; using feature vector data to generate a template of a target feature from an old image; analyzing the template to generate image invariant moments thereof; and comparing the image invariant moments of the target region with the image invariant moments of the template to identify a feature change between the target region and the template.