ILLUSTRATING ELEVATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A MINE WORKSITE
First Claim
1. A method of illustrating elevations in an image corresponding to an area of interest, the area of interest being at least a portion of a mine worksite, the image being generated from data that includes a plurality of elevation values defining an elevation topography for the area of interest, the image portraying the elevation topography and illustrating at least a portion of the elevation values according to a scale of colours, the scale spanning a defined range of altitudes, each colour in the scale being definable by:
- a hue; and
at least one parameter for influencing at least one of a lightness and a darkness of the colour,wherein the scale of colours is defined to progress through a spectrum of hues across the defined range of altitudes, wherein the at least one parameter changes to lighten and darken the colour in a cyclical manner across the defined range of altitudes,the method including the following steps;
(a) determining, by a selection, a first dataset of said data, wherein the plurality of elevation values of the first dataset define an elevation topography for a first area of interest;
(b) for each of the at least a portion of the elevation values in the first dataset, determining a corresponding colour for illustrating the elevation value according to the scale of colours; and
(c) generating a first image portraying at least a 3-dimensional, non-plan view of the elevation topography for the first area of interest, illustrating the at least a portion of the elevation values of the first dataset in the corresponding determined colours.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method and computing system for illustrating elevations in an image corresponding to an area of interest that is at least a portion of a mine worksite. The method includes determining, by a selection, a first dataset that includes a plurality of elevation values defining an elevation topography for a first area of interest. The method further includes, for each of the at least a portion of the elevation values in the first dataset, determining a corresponding colour for illustrating the elevation value according to a scale of colours. The scale spans a defined range of altitudes. Each colour in the scale is definable by a hue; and at least one parameter for influencing at least one of a lightness and a darkness of the colour. The colour scale is defined to progress through a spectrum of hues across the defined range of altitudes. The method also includes generating a first image portraying at least a 3-dimensional, non-plan view of the elevation topography for the first area of interest, illustrating the at least a portion of the elevation values of the first dataset in the corresponding determined colours.
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Citations
20 Claims
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1. A method of illustrating elevations in an image corresponding to an area of interest, the area of interest being at least a portion of a mine worksite, the image being generated from data that includes a plurality of elevation values defining an elevation topography for the area of interest, the image portraying the elevation topography and illustrating at least a portion of the elevation values according to a scale of colours, the scale spanning a defined range of altitudes, each colour in the scale being definable by:
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a hue; and at least one parameter for influencing at least one of a lightness and a darkness of the colour, wherein the scale of colours is defined to progress through a spectrum of hues across the defined range of altitudes, wherein the at least one parameter changes to lighten and darken the colour in a cyclical manner across the defined range of altitudes, the method including the following steps; (a) determining, by a selection, a first dataset of said data, wherein the plurality of elevation values of the first dataset define an elevation topography for a first area of interest; (b) for each of the at least a portion of the elevation values in the first dataset, determining a corresponding colour for illustrating the elevation value according to the scale of colours; and (c) generating a first image portraying at least a 3-dimensional, non-plan view of the elevation topography for the first area of interest, illustrating the at least a portion of the elevation values of the first dataset in the corresponding determined colours. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computing system for illustrating elevations in an image corresponding to an area of interest, the area of interest being at least a portion of a mine worksite, the image being generated from data that includes a plurality of elevation values defining an elevation topography for the area of interest, the image portraying the elevation topography and illustrating at least a portion of the elevation values according to a scale of colours, the scale spanning a defined range of altitudes, each colour in the scale being definable by:
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a hue; and at least one parameter for influencing at least one of a lightness and a darkness of the colour, wherein the scale of colours is defined to progress through a spectrum of hues across the defined range of altitudes, wherein the at least one parameter changes to lighten and darken the colour in a cyclical manner across the defined range of altitudes, wherein the computing system comprises; a display device; a memory system for storing computer executable instructions; a processing system configured to read the computer executable instructions from the memory system, wherein upon executing the computer executable instructions, the processing system is configured to perform the following steps; (a) determine, by a selection, a first dataset of said data, wherein the plurality of elevation values of the first dataset define an elevation topography for a first area of interest; (b) for each of the at least a portion of the elevation values in the first dataset, determine a corresponding colour for illustrating the elevation value according to the colour scale; and (c) generate, on the display device, a first image portraying at least a 3-dimensional, non-plan view of the elevation topography for the first area of interest, illustrating the at least a portion of the elevation values of the first dataset in the corresponding determined colours. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of illustrating elevations in an image corresponding to an area of interest, the area of interest being at least a portion of a mine worksite, the image being generated from a dataset that includes a plurality of elevation values defining an elevation topography for the area of interest, the image portraying the elevation topography and illustrating at least a portion of the elevation values according to a scale of colours, the scale spanning a defined range of altitudes, each colour in the scale being definable by:
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a hue; and at least one parameter for influencing at least one of a lightness and a darkness of the colour, wherein the scale of colours is defined to progress through a spectrum of hues across the defined range of altitudes, wherein the at least one parameter changes to lighten and darken the colour in a cyclical manner across the defined range of altitudes, the method including the following steps; (a) determining the dataset; (b) for each of the at least a portion of the elevation values in the dataset, determining a corresponding colour for illustrating the elevation value according to the scale of colours; and (c) generating an image portraying at least a 3-dimensional, non-plan view of the elevation topography for the area of interest, illustrating the at least a portion of the elevation values of the dataset in the corresponding determined colours; wherein the determined dataset includes elevation values corresponding to; recorded data, wherein the recorded data represents an elevation map of a surface of the mine worksite for the area of interest, the elevation map being based on measured data for the surface; and reference data, wherein the reference data represents a reference elevation topography for the area of interest; and the method includes generating model data, based on the determined dataset, defining a 3-dimensional model for illustrating, in the image, a 3-dimensional view of the model, portraying divergence between the elevation map and the reference elevation topography by illustrating the elevation map overlayed onto the reference elevation topography, wherein the elevation map and reference elevation topography are displayed with different respective surface textures.
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