Real-Time Moving Platform Management System

• US 20130113831A1
• Filed: 12/28/2012
• Published: 05/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pictometry International Corporation (Eagleview Technologies, Inc. /Wa/)
• Original Assignee: Pictometry International Corporation (Eagleview Technologies, Inc. /Wa/)
• Inventors: Giuffrida, Frank D., Winkelbauer, Mark A., Mondello, Charles, Bradacs, Robert S., Woodward, Craig D., Schultz, Stephen L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,743,046 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/634
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 11/02 Picture taking arrangements specially adapted for photogrammetry or photographic surveying, e.g. controlling overlapping of pictures
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 17/89 for mapping or imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18506 Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18508 with satellite system used as relay, i.e. aeronautical mobile satellite service
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/005 using at least one opto-electrical conversion device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a method for displaying data products onto a geospatial map in real-time using a computer program. In one version, the method includes the steps of monitoring the one or more directories of one or more computer readable media for newly created data products, automatically reading the newly created data products, correlating positional information of the data products with the geospatial map of the computer program for mapping and exploitation, and rendering information onto the geospatial map indicative of the area covered by each newly created data product.

Claims

1. A method for displaying data products onto a geospatial map in real-time using a computer program, comprising the steps of:

monitoring the one or more directories of one or more computer readable media for newly created data products;

automatically reading the newly created data products;

correlating positional information of the data products with the geospatial map of the computer program for mapping and exploitation; and

rendering information onto the geospatial map indicative of the area covered by each newly created data product.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data product is an oblique image and wherein the information in the step of rendering is defined further as at least a portion of the oblique image pixel content is positioned directly on the geospatial map and aligned with the geospatial position of the image content.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the data product is an oblique image and wherein the information in the step of rendering is defined further as at least a portion of the oblique image pixel content is positioned to appear on or above the geospatial map and aligned relative to the optical axis of the sensor that captured the oblique image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data product is remotely sensed elevation data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data product is an oblique image and wherein the step of rendering information is defined further as rendering at least a portion of the image pixel content onto the geospatial map.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data product is an oblique image and wherein the step of rendering information is defined further as rendering a marker onto the geospatial map.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the steps occurs in real-time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein all of the steps occur in real-time.