Multi-stage object detection and categorization of antenna mount locations

US11228920B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Arun Jotshi · Parsippany, US
• Amit Rathod · Hyderabad, IN
• Gaurav Thakur · Matawan, US
• Suchitra Krishnaswamy · San Ramon, US
• Shang Li · Aberdeen, US
• Kathleen Meier-Hellstern · Cranbury, US
• Manish N. Shah · Vernon Hills, US
• Martin Suchara · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 5, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 5, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W24/02
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosure include determining that a first instance of a first object is present in a first image in accordance with an execution of a first image processing algorithm, generating a first bounding region that at least partially surrounds the first instance of the first object in the first image, determining that the first instance of the first object in the first image has a first attribute in accordance with an execution of a second image processing algorithm, wherein the second image processing algorithm is operative on the first image in accordance with the first bounding region, and selecting the first instance of the first object and/or a second instance of the first object to receive a deployment of a network resource in accordance with the determining that the first instance of the first object in the first image has the first attribute. Other aspects are disclosed.