IP Library Patent Application 18730846
Patent Application
App. No. 18/730,846

DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETECTING TARGET EQUIPMENT

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App. No.
18/730,846
Abstract

Provided is a device and a method for extracting point clouds of structures from point clouds by clustering a point cloud in which each point represents three-dimensional coordinates, and detecting a target facility from the structures using reflection intensities of the extracted point clouds of the structures.

Claims (17)

1 . A device comprising one or more processors configured to execute instructions that cause the device to perform operations comprising:

extracting point clouds of structures from point clouds by clustering a point cloud in which each point represents three-dimensional coordinates; and

detecting a target facility from the structures using reflection intensities of the extracted point clouds of the structures.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the target facility is detected from the structures by determining an artificial structure on the basis of the reflection intensities of the extracted point clouds of the structures.

3 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise:

comparing the reflection intensities of the extracted point clouds of the structures between point clouds disposed on the same scan line; and

in a case in which reflection intensities of the point clouds disposed on the same scan line have a predetermined rule, determining the point clouds to be an artificial structure.

4 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise: for each point included in a scan line, calculating a difference or a ratio of reflection intensity between adjacent points; and in a case in which a difference or a ratio of reflection intensity between adjacent points on the same scan line is within a certain value, determining the scan line to be an artificial structure.

5 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the same scan line is a scan line including a simultaneously measured point cloud.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein a three-dimensional model of the target facility is created using a point cloud of a structure corresponding to the target facility when the target facility is detected.

7 . A method, using a device, comprising:

extracting point clouds of structures from point clouds by clustering a point cloud in which each point represents three-dimensional coordinates; and

detecting a target facility from the structures using reflection intensities of the extracted point clouds of the structures.

8 . (canceled)

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed, cause a device to perform operations comprising:

extracting point clouds of structures from point clouds by clustering a point cloud in which each point represents three-dimensional coordinates; and

detecting a target facility from the structures using reflection intensities of the extracted point clouds of the structures.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072412/0770 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072460/0361 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2024
From: SAKURAHARA, YUSUKE; GOTO, YUKIHIRO; EBINE, TAKASHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068041/0940 →