US Patent Issued to Woolpert on March 17 for "Systems and methods for impervious surface detection and classification" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,432, issued on March 17, was assigned to Woolpert Inc. (Dayton, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for impervious surface detection and classification" was invented by Daniel K. Ngoroi (Centerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for impervious surface mapping of a target geographic area. The impervious surface mapping utilizes four-band imagery data and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data collected from the target geographic area. The identified impervious surfaces can include surfaces that are obscured by vegetation, trees, or other objects. The derived area of target geographic area includes su...