Muddy water detection using normalized semantic layers

1. A system for muddy water detection in an image using normalized spectra bands, comprising:

a spectrum analyzer comprising a processor, a memory, and a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor, wherein the programming instructions, when operating on the processor, cause the processor to:

receive an image from an image source;

isolate a plurality of spectrum bands from the image;

normalize at least a portion of the plurality of spectrum bands by scaling the pixel values within the band;

produce a composite image based at least in part on the normalized spectrum bands;

a filtering engine comprising a processor, a memory, and a plurality of programming instructions stored in the memory and operating on the processor, wherein the programming instructions, when operating on the processor, cause the processor to:

receive the composite image from the spectrum analyzer;

apply a plurality of filters to the composite image to isolate a power band, the power band being based at least in part on the relative contribution of a single spectrum band relative to the rest of the spectrum bands;

produce a greyscale image based at least in part on the power band;

normalize the greyscale image to produce a two-color image; and

filter components within the two-color image.

2. A method for muddy water detection in an image using normalized spectral bands, comprising the steps of:

receiving, at a spectrum analyzer, an image from an image source;

isolating a plurality of spectrum bands within the image;

normalizing the spectrum bands;

producing a composite image based at least in part on the normalized spectrum bands;

isolating, using a filtering engine, a power band within the composite image;

producing a greyscale image based at least in part on the power band;

normalizing the greyscale image to produce a two-color image; and

filtering image components within the two-color image.