Patent ID: 11893743
Assignee: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A computing system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory system comprising one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first image, wherein the first image is captured by a camera on an aircraft in flight;
detecting a plurality of edges in the first image based at least partially upon a threshold;
connecting the edges;
identifying a largest contour in the first image based at least partially upon the connected edges;
determining a convex hull of the largest contour, wherein the convex hull represents a portion of a ground region in the first image; and
generating a second image comprising the convex hull, wherein a plurality of first pixels in the second image represent the convex hull, and wherein a plurality of second pixels in the second image do not represent the convex hull.