Image processing of aerial imagery for energy infrastructure analysis
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for processing images to identify Energy Infrastructure (EI) features within aerial images of global terrain, the method to be carried out by at least one processor executing computer instructions, the method comprising:
- receiving a working image comprising at least one aerial image of a first portion of global terrain;
applying an EI feature recognition model to the working image to identify feature-level information on a first EI feature of a first EI feature type at a first confidence level according to image content of the working image;
receiving, from a supplemental information source, information on a second EI feature of a second EI feature type, the second EI feature located within the first portion of global terrain;
updating the feature-level information on the first EI feature to a second confidence level based on the first confidence level and the information on the second EI feature;
modifying, during a training mode of operation, the EI feature recognition model, based on at least one training image of the portion of global terrain and on the information on the first EI feature at the second confidence level.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for processing images to identify Energy Infrastructure (EI) features within aerial images of global terrain is provided. The image processing method identifies information about EI features by applying an EI feature recognition model to aerial images of global terrain. The EI feature recognition model identifies the EI feature information according to image content of the aerial image and according to supplemental information about EI features in the global terrain. The method further uses the results of the identification to update the EI feature recognition model.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for processing images to identify Energy Infrastructure (EI) features within aerial images of global terrain, the method to be carried out by at least one processor executing computer instructions, the method comprising:
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receiving a working image comprising at least one aerial image of a first portion of global terrain; applying an EI feature recognition model to the working image to identify feature-level information on a first EI feature of a first EI feature type at a first confidence level according to image content of the working image; receiving, from a supplemental information source, information on a second EI feature of a second EI feature type, the second EI feature located within the first portion of global terrain; updating the feature-level information on the first EI feature to a second confidence level based on the first confidence level and the information on the second EI feature; modifying, during a training mode of operation, the EI feature recognition model, based on at least one training image of the portion of global terrain and on the information on the first EI feature at the second confidence level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-implemented method for processing images to identify Energy Infrastructure (EI) features within aerial images of global terrain, the method to be carried out by at least one processor executing computer instructions, the method comprising:
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receiving a training image comprising an image time-sequence, the image time-sequence including a plurality of aerial images of a portion of global terrain, each aerial image of the plurality taken at one of a respective plurality of image capture times; receiving, from a supplemental information source, information on EI features located within the portion of global terrain; generating an EI feature recognition model according to the image time-sequence of the training image and the information on EI features located within the portion of global terrain; wherein the information on EI features located within the portion of global terrain identifies the appearance, presence-of or recording-of an EI feature at a historical time that is between the earliest and the latest of the plurality of image capture times. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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