Patent ID: 11869192
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause the computer processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving image data;
estimating a vegetation segmentation mask;
generating a 2.5D Digital Surface Model based on the received image data, wherein the 2.5D Digital Surface Model is a representation of a 3D point cloud as a 2.5D grid format and the representation is generated via a binning process that combines multiple depth images of a same area of interest to merge the multiple depth images into a single depth image;
estimating a relief surface using a digital terrain model, wherein the digital terrain model is a model of shapes of a terrain over a region and across a range of terrain types;
generating a vegetation masked digital surface model based on the digital terrain model, the vegetation segmentation mask and the 2.5D Digital Surface Model;
generating a canopy height model based on the generated vegetation masked digital surface model; and
generating at least one analysis with an analysis module, wherein the analysis module receives the generated canopy height model prior to execution of the analysis module, and wherein the analysis module uses the generated canopy height model in the generation of the at least one analysis.