Patents by Inventor Nicholas Sven Shorter

Nicholas Sven Shorter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Geospatial imaging system providing segmentation and classification features and related methods
    Patent number: 9576373
    Abstract: A geospatial imaging system may include a geospatial data storage device configured to store a geospatial dataset including geospatial data points. A processor may cooperate with the geospatial data storage device to determine segments within the geospatial dataset, with each segment including neighboring geospatial data points within the geospatial dataset sharing a common geometric characteristic from among different geometric characteristics. The processor may further determine border geospatial data points of adjacent segments, compare the border geospatial data points of the adjacent segments to determine bare earth segments having respective heights below those of the border geospatial data points of adjacent segments, and classify geospatial data points within each bare earth segment as bare earth geospatial data points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas Sven Shorter, Anthony O'Neil Smith, Philip Smith
  • GEOSPATIAL IMAGING SYSTEM PROVIDING SEGMENTATION AND CLASSIFICATION FEATURES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20160321818
    Abstract: A geospatial imaging system may include a geospatial data storage device configured to store a geospatial dataset including geospatial data points. A processor may cooperate with the geospatial data storage device to determine segments within the geospatial dataset, with each segment including neighboring geospatial data points within the geospatial dataset sharing a common geometric characteristic from among different geometric characteristics. The processor may further determine border geospatial data points of adjacent segments, compare the border geospatial data points of the adjacent segments to determine bare earth segments having respective heights below those of the border geospatial data points of adjacent segments, and classify geospatial data points within each bare earth segment as bare earth geospatial data points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Nicholas Sven Shorter, Anthony O'Neil Smith, Philip Smith