Automated geospatial image mosaic generation with automatic cutline generation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9135505
APP PUB NO 20140267390A1
SERIAL NO

13952464

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Automatic generation of a mosaic comprising a plurality of geospatial images. An embodiment of the automatic mosaic generation may include automated source image selection that includes comparison of source images to base layer image to determine radiometric similar source images. Additionally, an embodiment of an automatic cutline generator may be provided to automatically determine a cutline when merging two images such that radiometric differences between the images along the cutline are reduced. In this regard, less perceivable outlines may be provided. Further still, an embodiment of a radiometric normalization module may be provided that may determine radiometric adjustments to source images to match certain properties of the base layer image. In some embodiments, when processing source images, the source images may be downsampled during a portion of the processing to reduce computational overhead. Additionally, some highly parallel computations may be performed by a GPU to further enhance performance.

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  • DIGITALGLOBE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Padwick, Christopher G Longmont, US 3 17
Smith,, II James T Boulder, US 13 41
Wallerius, John W Sunnyvale, US 7 53

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