Method and apparatus for enhancing 3D model resolution
AssigneeIntermap Technologies Inc.
InventorsNathan Zachary Mercer, Stephen Charles Griffiths, Michael John Wollersheim, Trevor Roy Miller, Qiaoping Zhang
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AssigneeIntermap Technologies Inc.
InventorsNathan Zachary Mercer, Stephen Charles Griffiths, Michael John Wollersheim, Trevor Roy Miller, Qiaoping Zhang
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Systems and methods of enhancing the resolution of digital terrain models (DTM) for location-based applications and analyses. The DTM enhancement process takes the signature of the input image (e.g., via the input image and a noise surface file with similar characteristics as the sensor used to capture the input image) and applies it to the DTM without including large features such as buildings. The disclosed methods include utilize a process similar to that used for enhancing a DSM based on mapping the changing intensity from the image file to changes in elevation in the DSM using a regression over a local neighborhood of pixels. Further, the disclosed methods do not rely on information about the sensors and are extendable to be able to utilize any types of images. Additionally, the disclosed embodiments are sensor agnostic and can be applied on any type of image collected by any type of sensor.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions configured to cause at least one computing device to perform a method comprising:
A computer system comprising:
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