Patents by Inventor Olavi Kelle

Olavi Kelle 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).

  • Patent number: 8300896
    Abstract: A remote sensing and probabilistic sampling based forest inventory method can correlate aerial data, such as LiDAR, CIR, and/or Hyperspectral data with actual sampled and measured ground data to facilitate obtainment, e.g., prediction, of a more accurate forest inventory. The resulting inventory can represent an empirical description of the height, DBH and species of every tree within the sample area. The use of probabilistic sampling methods can greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of the forest inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Inventors: Olavi Kelle, Eric P. Macom, Robert Pliszka, Neeraj Mathawan, James W. Flewelling
  • Patent number: 8111924
    Abstract: A remote sensing and probabilistic sampling based method for determining carbon dioxide volume of a forest can correlate aerial data, such as LiDAR, CIR, and/or Hyperspectral data with actual sampled and measured ground data to facilitate obtainment, e.g., prediction, of an accurate forest inventory, and corresponding carbon dioxide volume thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: 2245060 Ontario Ltd.
    Inventors: Olavi Kelle, Eric P Macom, Robert Pliszka, Neeraj Mathawan
  • Publication number: 20110110562
    Abstract: A remote sensing and probabilistic sampling based forest inventory method can correlate aerial data, such as LiDAR, CIR, and/or Hyperspectral data with actual sampled and measured ground data to facilitate obtainment, e.g., prediction, of a more accurate forest inventory. The resulting inventory can represent an empirical description of the height, DBH and species of every tree within the sample area. The use of probabilistic sampling methods can greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of the forest inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: IMAGE TREE CORP.
    Inventors: Olavi Kelle, Eric P. Macom, Robert Pliszka, Neeraj Mathawan
  • Publication number: 20100040260
    Abstract: A remote sensing and probabilistic sampling based method for determining carbon dioxide volume of a forest can correlate aerial data, such as LiDAR, CIR, and/or Hyperspectral data with actual sampled and measured ground data to facilitate obtainment, e.g., prediction, of an accurate forest inventory, and corresponding carbon dioxide volume thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Image Tree Corp.
    Inventors: Olavi Kelle, Eric P. Macom, Robert Pliszka, Neeraj Mathawan
  • Patent number: 7639842
    Abstract: A remote sensing and probabilistic sampling based forest inventory method can correlate aerial data, such as LiDAR, CIR, and/or Hyperspectral data with actual sampled and measured ground data to facilitate obtainment, e.g., prediction, of a more accurate forest inventory. The resulting inventory can represent an empirical description of the height, DBH and species of every tree within the sample area. The use of probabilistic sampling methods can greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of the forest inventory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: ImageTree Corp.
    Inventors: Olavi Kelle, Eric P. Macom, Robert Pliszka, Neeraj Mathawan, James W. Flewelling
  • Publication number: 20070291994
    Abstract: A remote sensing and probabilistic sampling based forest inventory method can correlate aerial data, such as LiDAR, CIR, and/or Hyperspectral data with actual sampled and measured ground data to facilitate obtainment, e.g., prediction, of a more accurate forest inventory. The resulting inventory can represent an empirical description of the height, DBH and species of every tree within the sample area. The use of probabilistic sampling methods can greatly improve the accuracy and reliability of the forest inventory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Olavi Kelle, Eric Macom, Rubert Pliszka, Neerai Mathawan
  • Patent number: 7212670
    Abstract: A method for efficiently and accurately inventorying image features such as timber, including steps of segmenting digital images into tree stands, segmenting tree stands into tree crowns, each tree crown having a tree crown area, classifying tree crowns based on species, and analyzing the tree crown classification to determine information about the individual tree crowns and aggregate tree stands. The tree crown area is used to determine physical information such as tree diameter breast height, tree stem volume and tree height. The tree crown area is also used to determine the value of timber in tree stands and parcels of land using tree stem volume and market price of timber per species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: ImageTree Corp.
    Inventors: Adam Rousselle, Vesa Leppanen, David McCrystal, Olavi Kelle, Robert Pliszka