Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for three-dimensional modeling of building roofs using three-dimensional point cloud data. Point cloud data of a roof of a building is received, and roof data points are selected or extracted from the point cloud data. Semantic type classifications are calculated for each selected roof data point. Roof styles are determined from the semantic type classifications, and a synthetic model of the roof and building is rendered based on the determined roof style.
Abstract:
A data set may be compressed by predicting a value for the values of the data set. A comparative value may then be determined between a predicted value and an actual value for the particular points of the data set. The comparators for the particular points of the data set may then be encoded.
Abstract:
A data set may be compressed by predicting a value for the values of the data set. A comparative value may then be determined between a predicted value and an actual value for the particular points of the data set. The comparators for the particular points of the data set may then be encoded.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for refining building alignment in an aerial image. At least one candidate shifting vector and matching score value are determined for a local building. At least one dominant shifting vector is determined for at least one random group of neighboring buildings of the local building. At least one optimized matching score is calculated using the at least one candidate shifting vector for the local building and the at least one dominant shifting vector for the at least one random group of the neighboring buildings. A final shifting vector for the local building is found using the at least one optimized matching score.
Abstract:
An approach is provided to efficiently and accurately process and align of one or more portions of a plurality of data point clouds. A processing platform may cause a segmentation of at least one first geo-registered point cloud and at least one second geo-registered point cloud based, at least in part, on an application of a ground surface threshold to one or more respective points in the at least one first geo-registered point cloud and the at least one second geo-registered point cloud. The processing platform may further cause a processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more respective points that are above the ground surface threshold to determine a horizontal offset for a horizontal alignment of the at least one first geo-registered point cloud and the at least one second geo-registered point cloud. The processing platform may also cause a processing and/or facilitating a processing of the one or more respective points that are below the ground surface threshold to determine a vertical offset for a vertical alignment of the at least one first geo-registered point cloud and the at least one second geo-registered point cloud.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for identifying anomalies or changes in road conditions on a roadway location. An initial low rank data matrix of initial vehicle probe data at a plurality of different times for a roadway location is provided, where the initial low rank data matrix represents a baseline of road conditions for the roadway location. A plurality of additional vehicle probe data from at least one vehicle at the roadway location is received. The additional vehicle probe data is added to the initial vehicle probe data of the initial low rank data matrix. The updated data matrix with the compiled probe data is decomposed into a low rank data matrix and a sparse data matrix. A change at the roadway location is identified based on the probe data in the sparse data matrix.
Abstract:
Systems, devices, features, and methods for detecting common geographic features in images, such as, for example, to develop a navigation database are disclosed. For example, a method of detecting a common text pattern, such as for a road or path sign, from collected images includes collecting a plurality of images of geographic areas along a road or path. An image of the plurality of images is selected. Components that correspond to an object about the road or path in the selected image are determined. In one embodiment, the determined components are independent or invariant to scale of the object. The determined components are compared to reference components in a data library. If the determined components substantially match the reference components, the object in the selected image is identified to be a common pattern, such as for a standard road or path sign, corresponding to the reference components in the data library.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatus, and methods are provided for producing an improved panoramic image. A three-dimensional point cloud image is generated from an optical distancing system. Additionally, at least one two-dimensional image is generated from at least one camera. The three-dimensional point cloud image is colorized with the at least one two-dimensional image, thereby forming a colorized three-dimensional point cloud image. An equal area projection panoramic image is synthesized from the colorized three-dimensional point cloud, wherein the panoramic image comprises a plurality of pixels, and each pixel in the plurality of pixels represents a same amount of area.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for iris recognition using natural light. A method is provided for receiving, at a user device, a plurality of iris images. The iris images are captured using natural light. The method also includes generating a composite iris ring based on the plurality of iris images, receiving an iris pattern, comparing the composite iris ring to the iris pattern, and determining a match probability based on the comparison of the composite iris ring to the iris pattern.
Abstract:
Structure boundaries may be determined by receiving a plurality of three dimensional (3D) data points representing a geographic area. The 3D data points may be projected into a two dimensional (2D) grid comprised of area elements. A structure boundary may be determined based on an analysis of the area elements.