Patent ID: 9305241
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G01S,G06K,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method of reducing a point cloud data set comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, a point of a point cloud data set, the point comprising three-dimensional coordinates, wherein the point is received in the order the point was detected; mapping, by the one or more computing devices, the point's coordinates to a location to determine whether a different point's coordinates have already been mapped to the location; discarding by the one or more computing devices, the point when a different point's coordinates have been mapped to the location; when a different point's coordinates have not been mapped to the location and a number of points added after discarding is equal to a predetermined number of points: when a different point's coordinates have not been mapped to the location and the number of points added is less than the predetermined number of points: indicating, by the one or more computing devices, that the point occupies the points added in the order the point was received and that the point's coordinates are mapped to the location.