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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:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Zhenkui MA, Kent, WA (US);
Inventor:
Zhenkui Ma, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Federal Way, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06T 7/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/005 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06T 7/408 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20076 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30192 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer system for creating artifact-free aerial images of a region of interest. A computer system receives one or more input aerial images that are obtained at different times. A false-color image is created by applying two or more of the input aerial images to different color channel inputs of the false-color image. Based on the color of the pixels in the false-color image, pixels in the two or more input aerial images are classified as representing clear, cloud or shadow areas. An output image is created by combining pixels that are classified as representing clear areas from two or more of the input aerial images.