Cynthia A Wallace

US Patent:

20190376890, Dec 12, 2019

Filed:

Dec 28, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/235827

Inventors:

- Boulder CO, US
Jason Monnin - Fairborn OH, US
Jarett Levi Bartholomew - Longmont CO, US
Cynthia Wallace - Louisville CO, US
Lyle Ruppert - Longmont CO, US
Reuben Rohrschneider - Boulder CO, US
Bevan D. Staple - Longmont CO, US
William Tandy - Superior CO, US

Assignee:

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. - Boulder CO

International Classification:

G01N 21/39
G01M 3/38
G01M 3/22
G01S 17/89

Abstract:

Methods and systems for remotely detecting gases and emissions of gases are provided. Data is collected from a scene using a sensor system. The data is initially optionally processed as 1D data to remove noise, and is then assigned a confidence value by processing the 1D data using a neural network. The confidence value is related to a likelihood that an emission has been detected at a particular location. The processed 1D data, including the confidence value, is gridded into 2D space. The 2D data is then processed using a neural network to assign a 2D confidence value. The 2D data can be fused with RGB data to produce a map of emission source locations. The data identifying emissions can also be processed using a neural network to determine and output emission rate data.