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US 8,897,483 B2Granted
System and method for inventorying vegetal substance
AssigneeIntelescope Solutions Ltd.
InventorsEhud Ram, Yoram Elichai, Roi Shilo
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Abstract
A system and method for computing an amount of timber that can be harvested from a plurality of trees is provided. An image related to a plurality of trees in a region may be obtained. A digital representation of the image may be analyzed to determine at least one of a presence, a location and/or a height of at least some of the trees. An inventory report related to an amount of timber that may be harvested may be generated based on at least one of the presence, location and/or a height of trees in the region.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, by an image acquisition system, an image of a plurality of trees in a region;
- processing, by a computing device, said image to produce a digital representation of said image;
- analyzing said digital representation to determine, for each tree included in said plurality of trees, a center of a canopy of the tree;
- producing a digital surface model (DSM) related to said plurality of trees wherein said DSM contains at least some treetops of said plurality of trees and wherein said DSM represents a surface elevation from a predefined reference point;
- producing a digital terrain model (DTM), said DTM related to a terrain of a region related to said plurality of trees;
- producing a digital height model (DHM) by subtracting said DTM from said DSM;
- and
- determining a height of the at least some of said plurality of trees based on their respective center of a canopy and based on said DHM.
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A system for inventorying a vegetal substance comprising:
- an image acquisition system to obtain an image of a plurality of trees in a region;
- and
- a computing device to:
- produce a digital representation of said image,
- analyze said digital representation to determine, for each tree included in said plurality of trees, a center of a canopy of the tree;
- produce a digital surface model (DSM) related to said plurality of trees wherein said DSM contains at least some treetops of said plurality of trees;
- produce a digital terrain model (DTM), said DTM related to a terrain of a region related to said plurality of trees;
- produce a digital height model (DHM) by subtracting said DTM from said DSM;
- and
- determining a height of the at least some of said plurality of trees based on their respective center of a canopy and based on said DHM.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.