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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Ido Omer, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuxiang Liu, Superior, CO (US);
Wolfgang Schickler, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert Ledner, Boulder, CO (US);
Leon Rosenshein, Louisville, CO (US);
David Simons, Louisville, CO (US);
Ido Omer, Seattle, WA (US);
Yuxiang Liu, Superior, CO (US);
Wolfgang Schickler, Broomfield, CO (US);
Robert Ledner, Boulder, CO (US);
Leon Rosenshein, Louisville, CO (US);
David Simons, Louisville, CO (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for atmospheric and solar correction of aerial images are described. An apparatus may comprise an atmospheric and solar component arranged for execution by a logic device and operative to correct solar and atmosphere artifacts from an aerial image. The atmospheric and solar component may comprise an image information component operative to generate an image record for each aerial image of a group of aerial images, the image record comprising statistical information and image context information for each aerial image, a filter generation component operative to generate an atmospheric filter and a solar filter from the statistical information and the image context information stored in the image records, and an image correction component operative to correct atmospheric and solar artifacts from the aerial image using the respective atmospheric filter and solar filter. Other embodiments are described and claimed.