ENHANCEMENT OF RANGE MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION USING IMAGERY
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1. A method for computing hybrid range measurements, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining range measurements of a target;
b) obtaining at least two images of said target;
c) obtaining the location and orientation of said images; and
d) computing hybrid range measurements based on said range measurements and said images.
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Abstract
This invention provides a method for computing hybrid range measurements wherein range measurements of a target are obtained along with at least two images of the target and the location and the orientation of the images. Hybrid range measurements are computed based on the range measurements and the images.
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1. A method for computing hybrid range measurements, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) obtaining range measurements of a target; b) obtaining at least two images of said target; c) obtaining the location and orientation of said images; and d) computing hybrid range measurements based on said range measurements and said images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of improving the resolution of range data, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) obtaining a first set of range data including a plurality of ranges within a measurement region; b) obtaining at least two images of a target; c) obtaining the position and orientation of said images relative to said range data; and d) calculating a second set of range data having globally improved spatial resolution. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A method of making range measurements, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) obtaining a range measurement which corresponds to a measurement region on a target; b) obtaining at least two images of said measurement region; c) obtaining the position and orientation of said images; and d) producing two or more new range measurements. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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40. A method of making hybrid range measurements, said method comprising the steps of:
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a) obtaining a range measurement which corresponds to a measurement region on a target; b) obtaining at least two images of said measurement region; c) obtaining the position and orientation of said images relative to said range measurement; and d) computing two or more hybrid range measurements, each corresponding to a portion of said measurement region.
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