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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Xiaqing Wu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lin Yang, Birmingham, AL (US);
Inventors:
Xiaqing Wu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lin Yang, Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00657 (2013.01); G06K 9/4642 (2013.01); G06K 9/6223 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments determine the species of trees present in an aerial image. Tree crowns are detected in a received image, and represented as histograms of their color, texture and entropy features. Similar trees are clustered together. Using classification techniques, each cluster is assigned the closest species. The species information for each tree may be used in a rendering of the tree in geographical information systems.