US Patent 9916640 Automated sliver removal in orthomosaic generation

Patent 9916640 was granted and assigned to DigitalGlobe on March, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

DigitalGlobe

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

9916640

Patent Inventor Names

Nathan Swanson0

Date of Patent

March 13, 2018

Patent Application Number

15040780

Date Filed

February 10, 2016

Patent Primary Examiner

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Feng Niu

Patent abstract

Techniques for automatically removing slivers from orthomosaics. First, slivers may be identified, which may be based upon user-configurable characteristics such as width and length. Second, slivers may be replaced with portions of another image, such as an older image. Third, boundary slivers may optionally be removed. Fourth, remaining boundary or interior slivers can be inflated by expanding the sliver until it is no longer a sliver, which may include replacing a portion of an adjacent image portion with older imagery.