IP Library Granted Patent US 10,223,828
Granted Patent B2
US 10,223,828 · App. 14/993,074 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Automated registration of three-dimensional vectors to three-dimensional linear features in remotely-sensed data

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Patent No.
US 10,223,828
App. No.
14/993,074
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for automated vector updating, comprising a database that stores raster and vector information, and a vector processing server that algorithmically processes vectors for updates, and methods for algorithm-based vector updating.

Claims (15)

1. A method for advanced vector editing, comprising the steps of:

positioning, using a rendering engine a cursor on a raster image displayed on a viewer;

calculating, using a routing calculation server, a radius around the cursor;

positioning the radius in contact with a vector path on a raster image;

recalculating the vector path through the cursor location within the radius;

determining, using a routing calculation server, a three-dimensional location from the 2 -dimensional raster image;

determining a three-dimensional path using epipolar geometry;

recalculating the vector path according to the three-dimensional space;

updating, using a rendering engine, the vector projection on the raster image;

determining a new three-dimensional location based at least in part on the raster image and the three-dimensional path calculation; and

updating, using a rendering engine, the vector projection via the epipolar geometry.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of resizing the radius prior to recalculating the vector path.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of selecting additional points prior to recalculating the vector path.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the additional points are selected by a human user using a computer input device.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising the step of recalculating the vector path through each of the selected points.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2026
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