The present invention is a specialized application of a system of GAN (“Generative Adversarial Network”) and image classifier technology in combination with automated or semi-automated submersible drones that can access coral reefs to photograph or image them, to capture the necessary data to prognose reef health. The present technology realizes for the first time that coral health analysis requires at least four-time element image collection—“past healthy coral;” “past compromised coral;” current status quo images from a first point in time of a reef to be monitored; and at least a second status quo image at a second point in time of the same reef. Critical to the method and device(s) of the invention is the use of a data augmentation tool to reach a “reasonably realistic” GAN-generated images of past healthy, past bleaching and past dead coral, together with prescribed standardized lighting protocols for reef photography.
Coral Reef Monitoring Device and Method
07.08.2025
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B63G OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS , Angriffs- oder Verteidigungsanordnungen auf Schiffen / G06T Bilddatenverarbeitung oder Bilddatenerzeugung allgemein , IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL / H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION , Bildübertragung, z.B. Fernsehen |
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