Digital imaging system for airborne applications
CA 2457634 A1 · Owner: Pevear, William L. · Inventors: Kain, James E.; Pevear, William L.
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An aerial imaging system has an image storage medium locatable in an aircraft a controller that controls the collection of image data and stores it in the storage medium and a digital camera assembly that collects image data from a region to be imaged. The camera assembly is mounted to a pre-existing external step mount on the aircraft. An inertial measurement system (IMU) is fixed in position relative to the camera assembly and detects rotational position of the aircraft, and a GPS receiver detects absolute position of the aircraft. The camera assembly includes multiple cameras that are calibrated relative to one another to generate compensation values that may be used during image …
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- Filed August 28, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 28, 2022.
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