ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,942, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to IKEGPS Group Ltd. (Wellington, New Zealand).
"Utility pole pixel masks" was invented by Trevor Edwin Chandler (Thornton, Colo.) and Jeremy James Gold (Wellington, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for creating a precision mask for a utility pole and/or pole hardware ("utility pole") depicted in a digital image. The utility pole is detected within a digital image comprising a plurality of pixels. An initial pixel mask is then created for the utility pole and determining a color range. The plurality of pixels is then processed within the digital image, wherein: the co...