Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080273759 | Geospatial Modeling System Providing Non-Linear Inpainting for Voids in Geospatial Model Terrain Data and Related Methods - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial model database for inpainting data into at least one void in geospatial model terrain data based upon propagating contour data from outside the at least one void into the at least one void. | 11-06-2008 |
20080285885 | Geospatial Modeling System Providing Non-Linear Inpainting for Voids in Geospatial Model Cultural Feature Data and Related Methods - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor. More particularly, the processor may cooperate with the geospatial model database for inpainting data into at least one void in geospatial model cultural feature data based upon propagating contour data from outside the at least one void into the at least one void. | 11-20-2008 |
20080319723 | EXEMPLAR/PDE-BASED TECHNIQUE TO FILL NULL REGIONS AND CORRESPONDING ACCURACY ASSESSMENT - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial data storage device, and a processor cooperating with the geospatial data storage device for selectively inpainting data into at least one void in geospatial model data using a partial differential equation (PDE) algorithm and an exemplar algorithm. | 12-25-2008 |
20090085915 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING USER-SELECTABLE BUILDING SHAPE OPTIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device, a user input device, and a display. A processor may be included for cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device, the user input device and the display for displaying a geospatial model data set on the display including at least one group of building data points, and displaying a plurality of user-selectable different building shapes on the display based upon the at least one group of building data points. The plurality of user-selectable different building shapes may have different respective feature detail levels. The processor may further replace the at least one group of building data points with a given one of the user-selectable different building shapes based upon user selection thereof with the user input device. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089017 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING INPAINTING AND ERROR CALCULATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device for identifying a plurality of localized error regions within a geospatial model data set, calculating an overall error value for the geospatial model data set, and inpainting at least one of the localized error regions and re-calculating the overall error value, and stopping inpainting when the overall error value is below an error threshold. | 04-02-2009 |
20090089018 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING BUILDING GENERATION BASED UPON USER INPUT ON 3D MODEL AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device, a user input device, a display, and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device, the user input device and the display for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) geospatial model data set on the display, displaying a building boundary around a user-selected building area responsive to the user input device, and generating a histogram of height values within the selected building area. The processor may also be for determining a building height based upon the histogram of height values, generating a building shape based upon the user-selected building area and the determined building height, and replacing data within the user-selected building area based upon the building shape. | 04-02-2009 |
20090106000 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM USING VOID FILLING AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device and a processor cooperating therewith for determining a void within a geospatial model data set defining a void boundary region, and selecting at least one raw fill region from within the geospatial model data set for filling the void. The processor may also cooperate with the geospatial model data storage device for adjusting elevation values of the at least one raw fill region based upon elevation differences between corresponding portions of the void boundary region and the at least one raw fill region, and updating the geospatial model based upon the adjusted elevation values of the at least one raw fill region. | 04-23-2009 |
20090210205 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING SIMULATED TREE TRUNKS AND BRANCHES FOR GROUPS OF TREE CROWN VEGETATION POINTS AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device containing geospatial model data including a plurality of groups of tree crown vegetation points and a display. The system may further include a processor cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device and the display for displaying a simulated tree trunk beneath a group of tree crown vegetation points, and displaying at least one level of simulated tree branches for the simulated tree trunk. Each tree branch may be positioned based upon determining a branch distal reference point beneath a cluster of tree crown vegetation points from among the group of tree crown vegetation points. | 08-20-2009 |
20100241406 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING BUILDING ROOF TYPE IDENTIFICATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor. The processor may cooperate with the geospatial database for identifying a building roof type defined by building roof data points as being from among a plurality of possible building roof types. This may be done based upon applying multi-directional gradient calculations to the building roof data points. | 09-23-2010 |
20110144962 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING ENHANCED FOLIAGE VOID REGION INPAINTING FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model database and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model database. The processor may be configured to determine void regions in a geospatial data set including foliage data points and bare earth data points, where each void region has a boundary and at least one bare earth data point therein. The processor may also be configured to inpaint additional bare earth data points into each void region based upon bare earth data points outside the boundary and the at least one bare earth data point therein. | 06-16-2011 |
20120179432 | GEOSPATIAL MODELING SYSTEM PROVIDING POISSON-BASED VOID INPAINTING AND RELATED METHODS - A geospatial modeling system may include a geospatial model data storage device and a processor cooperating with the geospatial model data storage device for inpainting seam-smoothed, void-fill data into a void in a geospatial data set for a geospatial region. The processor may select raw void-fill data from the geospatial data set, and generate the seam-smoothed, void-fill data by applying Poisson's equation to the raw void-fill data using boundary conditions based upon data along a corresponding interface between the void region and adjacent portions of the geospatial region. | 07-12-2012 |