Spacecraft Recovery & Remote Sensing, Volume. 45, Issue 5, 112(2024)

Research on Automatic Detection of Terrain Occlusion Areas in Satellite Oblique Images

Zongqi LIU1,2, Zhanliang YUAN1, Donghong WANG3, Xingfeng CHEN2, Jun LIU2、*, Lei ZHANG3, Bolun CUI4, and Limin ZHAO2
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  • 1School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo 454001, China
  • 2Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 3Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology, Beijing 100094, China
  • 4Beijing Institute of Space Mechanics & Electricity, Beijing 100094, China
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    In addressing the prevalent issue of terrain occlusion in satellite oblique images, this paper proposes a high-resolution occlusion detection method based on the Rational Polynomial Coefficients (RPC) model. The proposed approach utilizes an irregular triangular mesh to represent the three-dimensional terrain surface and employs ray tracing techniques to accurately detect the intersections of incident rays with this mesh. This process facilitates the determination of occlusion relationships among the intersection points. To enhance the efficiency of occlusion detection, a strategy is developed that minimizes the search area within the terrain. Experimental validation is performed using both real oblique satellite images and simulated satellite images. The results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves an occlusion detection accuracy exceeding 97%, the area affected by terrain occluded area can be identified effectively and the mask image of terrain occluded area can be generated automatically.

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    Zongqi LIU, Zhanliang YUAN, Donghong WANG, Xingfeng CHEN, Jun LIU, Lei ZHANG, Bolun CUI, Limin ZHAO. Research on Automatic Detection of Terrain Occlusion Areas in Satellite Oblique Images[J]. Spacecraft Recovery & Remote Sensing, 2024, 45(5): 112

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    Received: Mar. 3, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 13, 2024

    The Author Email: LIU Jun (liujun02@aircas.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1009-8518.2023.05.011

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