Method of determining the location of a point of interest and the system thereof
First Claim
1. A method of determining a location of a point of interest comprising:
- providing an optical detector;
capturing an image by said optical detector;
obtaining a position and an orientation of said optical detector;
assessing a degree to which an attitude and heading reference system is offset;
identifying at least one coordinates of said point of interest within said image;
mapping said position of said optical detector and said coordinates of said point of interest in a digital elevation model; and
determining said location of said point of interest by projecting at least one path from said position of said optical detector through said coordinates of said point of interest in said digital elevation model.
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Abstract
A method of determining the location of a point of interest is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing an optical detector; capturing an image by the optical detector; obtaining the position and orientation of the optical detector; identifying at least one coordinates of the point of interest within the captured image; mapping the position of the optical detector and the coordinates of the point of interest in a digital elevation model; and determining the location of the point of interest by projecting at least one path from the position of the optical detector through the coordinates of the point of interest in the digital elevation model. A system for determining the location of a point of interest by utilizing the aforesaid method is also disclosed herein.
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1. A method of determining a location of a point of interest comprising:
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providing an optical detector; capturing an image by said optical detector; obtaining a position and an orientation of said optical detector; assessing a degree to which an attitude and heading reference system is offset; identifying at least one coordinates of said point of interest within said image; mapping said position of said optical detector and said coordinates of said point of interest in a digital elevation model; and determining said location of said point of interest by projecting at least one path from said position of said optical detector through said coordinates of said point of interest in said digital elevation model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for determining a location of a point of interest comprising:
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an optical detector that captures an image including said point of interest; a movable platform coupled to said optical detector and rotates and tilts said optical detector; a microprocessor coupled to said optical detector and said movable platform; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to said microprocessor, said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with computer-readable instructions that cause said microprocessor to execute; capturing said image; obtaining a position and an orientation of said optical detector; identifying at least one two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates of said point of interest within said image; mapping said position of said optical detector and said coordinates of said point of interest in a digital elevation model; and determining said location of said point of interest by projecting at least one path from said position of said optical detector through said coordinates of said point of interest in said digital elevation model, wherein said optical detector is an infrared image sensor that captures a heat distribution or light intensity within a range of said optical detector;
said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is further encoded with computer-readable instructions that cause said microprocessor to determine said coordinates of said point of interest based on said heat distribution. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes:
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capturing an image by an optical detector; obtaining a position and an orientation of said optical detector; identifying at least one coordinates of said point of interest within said image; mapping said position of said optical detector and said coordinates of said point of interest in a digital elevation model; and determining said location of said point of interest by; projecting at least one path from said position of said optical detector through said coordinates of said point of interest in said digital elevation model; and calculating and obtaining said location in a form of geographic coordination. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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