Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining stockpile volume based on digital aerial images and three-dimensional representations of a site
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Application No.: US15656771Application Date: 2017-07-21
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Publication No.: US10235566B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Rodolfo Ruben Alvarez Gonzalez , Manlio Francisco Barajas Hernandez , Leonardo Felipe Romo Morales , David Chen
- Applicant: Skycatch, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: SKYCATCH, INC.
- Current Assignee: SKYCATCH, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Keller Jolley Preece
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/62 ; G06K9/62 ; G06K9/46 ; G06T17/05

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for utilizing digital aerial images to determine stockpile volumes. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods utilize a UAV to capture a plurality of digital aerial images portraying stockpiles on a site. The disclosed systems and methods can generate a two-dimensional representation of the site and a three-dimensional representation of the site based on the plurality of digital aerial images. Moreover, the disclosed systems and methods can apply an elevation filter to the three-dimensional representation of the site to identify potential stockpiles. Further, the disclosed systems and methods can utilize a neural network to analyze two-dimensional features and three-dimensional features of the potential stockpiles to identify final stockpiles. The disclosed systems and methods can then utilize three-dimensional stockpile representations to determine stockpile volumes.
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