Stabilization and display of remote images
First Claim
1. Apparatus for remote imaging of at least one region of interest (ROI) in a terrestrial area, the apparatus comprising:
- a camera array having a focal length f and a photo sensor comprising pixels characterized by a pixel pitch P that acquires a sequence of images of the terrestrial area, the images acquired from different 3D spatial locations and camera orientations;
an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and satellite navigation system (GNSS) receiver that acquire data responsive to the 3D spatial locations and/or orientations of the camera array during acquisition of the sequence of images;
a data base comprising a terrain map that provides elevation data having an uncertainty Δ
e that satisfies a constraint P≥
Δ
e·
f·
sin α
/A, where A is a maximum distance of the camera array from the terrestrial area and a is a maximum oblique angle at which the camera array images the terrestrial area; and
a controller that;
registers at least one image of the sequence of images to an orthographic image of the terrestrial area or another image of the sequence of images to determine corrections to the IMU and/or GNSS data;
uses the corrected IMU and/or GNSS data to crop each image of the sequence to an ROI cropped image portion of the image that images an ROI of the at least one ROI; and
registers each ROI cropped image portion to an orthographic image of the terrestrial area responsive to elevation data in the terrain image of the terrestrial area to stabilize the ROI cropped image portion so that a same feature in each of the ROI cropped image portions is located at a same location to within a distance of pitch P in each of the registered ROI cropped image portions.
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Abstract
Apparatus for remote imaging of a terrestrial area, the apparatus comprising: a camera array having a focal length f and a photosensor comprising photosensor pixels characterized by a photosensor pixel pitch P on which light from the terrestrial area is imaged from an operating distance A from the terrestrial area to acquire an image of the terrestrial area; an orthographic image of the terrestrial area having image pixels that image features in the terrestrial area; a terrain map that provides elevation for features in the terrestrial area imaged on the image pixels of the orthographic image; a controller that registers the image of the terrestrial area to the orthographic image responsive to the terrain data; wherein elevation provided by the terrain map has an uncertainty Δβ that satisfies a constraint P≥Δe·f·sin α/A, where a is a maximum oblique angle at which the camera array images the terrestrial area so that registration of the image of the terrestrial area to the orthographic image has an accuracy better than or about equal to the pixel pitch.
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1. Apparatus for remote imaging of at least one region of interest (ROI) in a terrestrial area, the apparatus comprising:
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a camera array having a focal length f and a photo sensor comprising pixels characterized by a pixel pitch P that acquires a sequence of images of the terrestrial area, the images acquired from different 3D spatial locations and camera orientations; an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and satellite navigation system (GNSS) receiver that acquire data responsive to the 3D spatial locations and/or orientations of the camera array during acquisition of the sequence of images; a data base comprising a terrain map that provides elevation data having an uncertainty Δ
e that satisfies a constraint P≥
Δ
e·
f·
sin α
/A, where A is a maximum distance of the camera array from the terrestrial area and a is a maximum oblique angle at which the camera array images the terrestrial area; anda controller that; registers at least one image of the sequence of images to an orthographic image of the terrestrial area or another image of the sequence of images to determine corrections to the IMU and/or GNSS data; uses the corrected IMU and/or GNSS data to crop each image of the sequence to an ROI cropped image portion of the image that images an ROI of the at least one ROI; and registers each ROI cropped image portion to an orthographic image of the terrestrial area responsive to elevation data in the terrain image of the terrestrial area to stabilize the ROI cropped image portion so that a same feature in each of the ROI cropped image portions is located at a same location to within a distance of pitch P in each of the registered ROI cropped image portions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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