Television – Special applications – Observation of or from a specific location
Patent
1995-06-07
1997-09-16
Chin, Tommy P.
Television
Special applications
Observation of or from a specific location
348147, 348148, H04N 0718
Patent
active
056685939
ABSTRACT:
An electro-optical step-frame camera system in which successive overlapping frames of scene imagery are generated by an electro-optical imaging array, and in which electronic image motion compensation is performed by the array during the generation of at least some of the frames of imagery. The successive frames of imagery are made in a stepping pattern that is repeated in a series of cycles of steps, each step separated by a framing interval in which a frame of imagery is obtained. The stepping cycles of the camera generate sweeping coverage of the terrain of interest. As the velocity to height ratio of the reconnaissance aircraft changes, the stepping cycle and electronic image motion compensation are continually adjusted, so as to ensure maximum scene coverage and preservation of image resolution.
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Bennett Russell A.
Beran Stephen R.
Lareau Andre G.
Willey Gilbert W.
Chin Tommy P.
Rao Anand
Recon /Optical, Inc.
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