System and related methods for synthesizing color imagery
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsJohn J. Burky, Rosemarie Hanus
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Abstract
A system and related method for synthesizing natural color ground or landcover imagery for a predetermined project area, includes the steps of inputting a high-resolution natural color sample of a sample area contained within the project area. Next, a multispectral image of the sample area, where the multispectral image has a plurality of feature types, is also input. This generates a color palette for each of the plurality of feature types. The color palettes are applied to a multispectral image of the project area to generate a low-resolution natural color image which is then combined with a high resolution panchromatic image of the project area to generate a high-resolution natural color image of the project area.
Claims19
A method for synthesizing color imagery for a predetermined project area, comprising:
- inputting a high-resolution natural color sample of a sample area contained within the project area;
- inputting a multispectral image of said sample area, said multispectral image having a plurality of feature types;
- generating a color palette for each of said plurality of feature types based upon said high-resolution natural color sample;
- applying said color palettes to a multispectral image of the project area to generate a low-resolution natural color image of the project area;
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- combining said low-resolution natural color image of the project area with a high resolution panchromatic image of the project area to generate a high-resolution natural color image of the project area.
A method for generating a large-area database of color imagery, comprising:
- extracting a plurality of color palettes from a sample area within a project area of an inputted natural color image of said sample area, and an inputted multispectral image of said sample area, wherein said inputted multispectral image of said sample area provides information characteristics not in the visible range;
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- applying said plurality of color palettes to an inputted multispectral image of said project area to generate a low-resolution natural color image of said project area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.