ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,654, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LANDYIELD HOLDINGS LLC (Houston).
"Detecting changes in forest composition" was invented by Reza Khatami (Gainesville, Fla.), Donal O'Leary (Estes Park, Colo.) and Jordan Golinkoff (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a model to detect changes in forest cover is disclosed. The method includes obtaining forest-cover classification data of a land area. The land area includes one or more subregions having unchanged forest-cover classifications between a first time and a second time. The method further includes obtaining remotely sensed data of the subregions at mul...