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US 11,567,055 B1Granted
Soil depth measurement system and method
AssigneeKathleen A. Lohse
InventorsKathleen A. Lohse, Nick Patton, Sarah E. Godsey, Benjamin T. Crosby
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Abstract
A soil thickness/depth determining system and method may be used to predict soil depth/thickness.
Claims4
A soil thickness determining method at any location in a catchment, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a computer system having a processor that executes a soil depth determiner, light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) data for the catchment;
- determining, by the processor, a thickness of mobile regolith (TMR) for one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- generating, by the processor, an average soil thickness based on the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- automatically determining, by the processor, a soil thickness of the location based on the LiDAR data and the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment as
- h
- =
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
- ∇
- 2
- )
-
- ∇
- 2
- +
- h
- _
- where
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
- ∇
- 2
- )
- is the slope of the TMR vs curvature (∇2) and h is the catchment average soil thickness;
- estimating the slope of the TMR vs curvature (∇2) based on standard deviation curvature for the catchment;
- and
- displaying, on a display of the computer system, the automatically determined soil thickness.
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A soil thickness determining method at any location in a catchment, the method comprising:
- obtaining, by a computer system having a processor that executes a soil depth determiner, light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) data for the catchment;
- determining, by the processor, a thickness of mobile regolith (TMR) for one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- generating, by the processor, an average soil thickness based on the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- automatically determining, by the processor, a soil thickness of the location based on the LiDAR data and the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment as an equation:
- h
- =
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
-
- C
- )
-
- C
- +
- h
- _
- where
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
-
- C
- )
- is the slope of the TMR-curvature relationship and h is the average soil thickness found within the catchment;
- estimating the slope of the TMR vs curvature (C) based on standard deviation curvature for the catchment;
- and
- displaying, on a display of the computer system, the automatically determined soil thickness.
29 more elements
A soil thickness determining system, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor and a memory and a plurality of lines of instructions configured to:
- obtain light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) data for the catchment;
- determine a thickness of mobile regolith (TMR) for one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- generate an average soil thickness based on the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- automatically determine a soil thickness of the location based on the LiDAR data and the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment by applying an equation:
- h
- =
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
- ∇
- 2
- )
-
- ∇
- 2
- +
- h
- _
- where
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
- ∇
- 2
- )
- is the slope of the TMR vs curvature (∇2) and h is the catchment average soil thickness;
- estimate the slope of the TMR vs curvature (∇2) based on standard deviation curvature for the catchment;
- and
- a display of the computer system that displays the automatically determined soil thickness.
31 more elements
A soil thickness determining system, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor and a memory and a plurality of lines of instructions configured to:
- obtain light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) data for the catchment;
- determine a thickness of mobile regolith (TMR) for one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- generate an average soil thickness based on the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment;
- automatically determine a soil thickness of the location based on the LiDAR data and the TMR for the one or more planar surface locations in the catchment by applying an equation:
- h
- =
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
-
- C
- )
-
- C
- +
- h
- _
- where
- (
- Δ
-
- h
- Δ
-
- C
- )
- is the slope of the TMR-curature relationship and h is the average soil thickness found within the catchment;
- estimate the slope of the TMR vs curvature (C) based on standard deviation curvature for the catchment;
- and
- a display of the computer system that displays the automatically determined soil thickness.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.