Vehicle based data collection and processing system
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01C-021/00
H04N-005/30
출원번호
US-0664737
(2003-09-18)
발명자
/ 주소
Smitherman,Chester L.
Mai,Tuy Vu
Peters, III,Leo J.
출원인 / 주소
M7 Visual Intelligence, LP
대리인 / 주소
Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP
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157인용 특허 :
22
초록▼
A vehicle based data collection and processing system which may be used to collect various types of data from an aircraft in flight or from other moving vehicles, such as an automobile, a satellite, a train, etc. In various embodiments the system may include: computer console units for controlling v
A vehicle based data collection and processing system which may be used to collect various types of data from an aircraft in flight or from other moving vehicles, such as an automobile, a satellite, a train, etc. In various embodiments the system may include: computer console units for controlling vehicle and system operations, global positioning systems communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles, camera array assemblies for producing an image of a target viewed through an aperture communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles, attitude measurement units communicatively connected to the one or more computer consoles and the one or more camera array assemblies, and a mosaicing module housed within the one or more computer consoles for gathering raw data from the global positioning system, the attitude measurement unit, and the retinal camera array assembly, and processing the raw data into orthorectified images.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A system for generating a map of a surface, comprising: a global position transmitter; a vehicle, disposed over the surface; an elevation measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; a global positioning antenna, secured to the vehicle; an attitude measurement unit, secured to t
What is claimed is: 1. A system for generating a map of a surface, comprising: a global position transmitter; a vehicle, disposed over the surface; an elevation measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; a global positioning antenna, secured to the vehicle; an attitude measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; an imaging array, secured to the vehicle, comprising: a housing; an aperture, disposed in the housing, having an intersection area therein; a first imaging sensor, coupled to the housing, having a first focal axis passing through the aperture within the intersection area, generating a first array of pixels, wherein the first array of pixels is at least two dimensional; and a second imaging sensor, coupled to the housing and offset from the first imaging sensor, having a second focal axis passing through the aperture and intersecting the first focal axis within the intersection area, generating a second array of pixels, wherein the second array of pixels is at least two dimensional; a computer, connected to the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna, the attitude measurement unit and first and second imaging sensors; correlating at least a portion of the image data from the first and second imaging sensors to a portion of the surface based on input from one or more of: the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna and the attitude measurement unit. 2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a third imaging sensor, coupled to the housing and offset from the first imaging sensor, having a third focal axis passing through the aperture and intersecting the first focal axis within the intersection area. 3. The system of claim 2 wherein the focal axis of the third imaging sensor lies in a common plane with the focal axes of the first and second imaging sensors. 4. The system of claim 2 wherein the focal axes of the first and second imaging sensors lie in a first common plane and the focal axis of the third imaging sensor lies in a plane orthogonal to the first common plane. 5. The system of claim 2, wherein the second focal axis and the third focal axis are the same. 6. The system of claim 1 wherein the focal axis of the first imaging sensor is disposed vertically. 7. The system of claim 6 wherein the focal axis of the second imaging sensor is disposed in a first plane with, and at a first angle to, the focal axis of the first imaging sensor and a focal axis of a third imaging sensor is disposed opposite the second imaging sensor from the first imaging sensor in the first plane and at a second angle having the same magnitude as the first angle. 8. The system of claim 7 further comprising fifth and sixth imaging sensors disposed on opposite sides of the first imaging sensor, having focal axes disposed in a second plane common with the focal axis of the first imaging sensor orthogonal to the first common plane and at third and fourth angles from the focal axis of the first imaging sensor having the same magnitude. 9. A system for generating a map of a surface, comprising: a global position transmitter; a vehicle, disposed over the surface; an elevation measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; a global positioning antenna, secured to the vehicle; an attitude measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; a first imaging sensor, secured to the vehicle, having a focal axis disposed in the direction of the surface, generating an image comprising an array of pixels, wherein the array of pixels is at least two dimensional; a computer, connected to the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna, the attitude measurement unit and the first imaging sensor; generating a calculated longitude and calculated latitude value for a coordinate corresponding to at least one pixel in the array based on input from one or more of: the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna and the attitude measurement unit. 10. The system of claim 9 wherein the global position transmitter is satellite-based. 11. The system of claim 9 wherein the global position transmitter is ground-based. 12. The system of claim 9 wherein the elevation measurement is a LIIDAR apparatus. 13. The system of claim 9 wherein the attitude measurement unit is a gyroscope. 14. The system of claim 9 wherein the focal axis of the first imaging sensor is vertical and passes through an aperture, and wherein the system further comprises: a second imaging sensor, coupled to the vehicle and offset from the first imaging sensor, having a second focal axis passing through the aperture and intersecting the first focal axis within an intersection area, and a third imaging sensor, coupled to the vehicle and offset from the first imaging sensor opposite the second imaging sensor, having a third focal axis passing through the aperture and intersecting the first focal axis within the intersection area. 15. The system of claim 14 wherein the vehicle has a direction vector, and wherein the focal axis of the second imaging sensor lies in a plane orthogonal to the direction vector of the vehicle. 16. A system for generating a map of a surface, comprising: a global position transmitter; a vehicle, disposed over the surface; an elevation measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; a global positioning antenna, secured to the vehicle; an attitude measurement unit, secured to the vehicle; an imaging array, secured to the vehicle, comprising: a housing; an aperture, disposed in the housing, having an intersection area therein; a first imaging sensor, coupled to the housing, having a focal axis passing through the aperture within the intersection area, generating a first array of pixels, wherein the first array of pixels is at least two dimensional; and a second imaging sensor, coupled to the housing and offset from the first imaging sensor, having a second focal axis passing through the aperture and intersecting the first focal axis within the intersection area, generating a second array of pixels, wherein the second array of pixels is at least two dimensional; a computer, connected to one or more of: the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna, the attitude measurement unit, the first imaging sensor and the second imaging sensor; generating a mosaic from the first array of pixels and the second array of pixels; calculating the true longitude and true latitude of at least one point on the surface corresponding to at least one pixel in the mosaic based on the input from one or more of: the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna and the attitude measurement unit. 17. The system of claim 16 wherein further comprising a third imaging sensor, coupled to the housing and offset from the first imaging sensor, having a third focal axis passing through the aperture and intersecting the first focal axis within the intersection area. 18. The system of claim 17 wherein the focal axis of the third imaging sensor lies in a common plane with the focal axes of the first and second imaging sensors. 19. The system of claim 17 wherein the focal axes of the first and second imaging sensors lie in a first common plane and the focal axis of the third imaging sensor lies in a plane orthogonal to the first common plane. 20. The system of claim 17 wherein the focal axis of the third imaging sensor lies in a first common plane with the focal axes of the first and second imaging sensors and wherein the system further comprises a fourth imaging sensor having a focal axis lying in a plane orthogonal to the first common plane. 21. The system of claim 17 wherein the focal axis of the third imaging sensor lies in a first common plane with the focal axes of the first and second imaging sensors and the system further comprises fourth and fifth imaging sensors having focal axes lying in the first common plane and intersecting the focal axis of the first imaging sensor within the intersection area. 22. The system of claim 17, wherein the second focal axis and the third focal axis are the same.
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