Surface data generating system, device, and method
US9245378B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/05
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for generating surface data are disclosed. An image generator is configured to receive navigation data; retrieve first surface data representative of a plurality of elevations; retrieve second surface data representative of location and elevation information (and possibly dimensions and the locations of at least one surface feature) of at least one reference point; determine shading data as a function of the first surface data; modify the first surface data as a function of the second surface data; and generate image data as a function of the modified first surface data and the shading data, where the image data is representative of a three-dimensional perspective of a scene outside a vehicle comprised of at least one flattened surface feature area having one elevation and to which the shading represented in the shading data is applied.
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