Geolocation of remotely sensed pixels by introspective landmarking
First Claim
1. A method of geodetically locating pixels of a captured image of a planetary body, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting an object on the planetary body using an imaging sensor viewing the planetary body;
matching the object to a predetermined landmark on the planetary body;
updating, at a time tk, a state vector representing kinematics of the imaging sensor, and tk representing a present update time,wherein updating the state vector at the present time occurs if, and only if, the matching step is successful;
computing a line-of-sight (LOS) vector from the imaging sensor to the planetary body, based on observations of the planetary body and the kinematics of the state vector; and
geodetically locating the pixels of the captured image, based on the LOS vector;
wherein the LOS vector is based only on (a) the predetermined landmark and (b) a position command from a ground processing segment to the imaging sensor.
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Abstract
A method of geodetically locating pixels of a captured image of a planetary body comprises the steps of: detecting an object on the planetary body using an imaging sensor viewing the planetary body; matching the object to a predetermined landmark on the planetary body; and updating, at a time tk, a state vector representing kinematics of the imaging sensor, and tk representing a present update time. Updating the state vector at the present time occurs if, and only if, the matching step is successful. In addition, the method includes computing a line-of-sight (LOS) vector from the imaging sensor to the planetary body, based on observations of the planetary body and the kinematics of the state vector; and geodetically locating the pixels of the captured image, based on the LOS vector. The LOS vector is based only on (a) the predetermined landmark and (b) a position command from a ground processing segment to the imaging sensor.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of geodetically locating pixels of a captured image of a planetary body, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting an object on the planetary body using an imaging sensor viewing the planetary body; matching the object to a predetermined landmark on the planetary body; updating, at a time tk, a state vector representing kinematics of the imaging sensor, and tk representing a present update time, wherein updating the state vector at the present time occurs if, and only if, the matching step is successful; computing a line-of-sight (LOS) vector from the imaging sensor to the planetary body, based on observations of the planetary body and the kinematics of the state vector; and geodetically locating the pixels of the captured image, based on the LOS vector; wherein the LOS vector is based only on (a) the predetermined landmark and (b) a position command from a ground processing segment to the imaging sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of assigning geodetic locations to pixels in an image taken by an imaging sensor of a planetary body, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a collected image including pixels in a neighborhood of an observed feature; forming a predicted image including pixels in a neighborhood of a predetermined landmark; flagging the collected image as likely including the predetermined landmark; calculating an offset between the predicted and collected images, at a present time of t=tk; updating a state vector representing kinematics of the imaging sensor, based on the offset; and assigning a geodetic location to a pixel captured by the imaging sensor, using a geodetic location of the predetermined landmark, at the present time of t=tk. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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