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- Patent Title: Cloud detection from satellite imagery
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Application No.: US16685609Application Date: 2019-11-15
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Publication No.: US11010606B1Publication Date: 2021-05-18
- Inventor: Brett W. Bader
- Applicant: Maxar Intelligence Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CO Westminster
- Assignee: Maxar Intelligence Inc.
- Current Assignee: Maxar Intelligence Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Westminster
- Agency: Vierra Magen Marcus LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/254 ; G06K9/62

Abstract:
Described herein are methods and systems for detecting clouds in satellite imagery captured using first and second sensor arrays that are carried by a satellite and physically offset from one another on the satellite. Movement mask data is produced based first image data and the second image data, obtained, respectively, using the first and second sensor arrays carried by the satellite. Cloud mask data is produced based on spectral information included one of the first and second image data. Cloud detection data is produced based on the movement mask data and the cloud mask data, the cloud detection data indicating where it is likely, based on both the movement mask data and the cloud mask data, that one or more clouds are represented within one of the first and second image data. The cloud detection data can be used in various ways to account for the clouds included within the satellite imagery.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210150182A1 CLOUD DETECTION FROM SATELLITE IMAGERY Public/Granted day:2021-05-20
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