Compensation for overflight velocity when stabilizing an airborne camera
CA 2513514 C · Owner: The Insitu Group, Inc. · Inventors: Mercadal, Mathieu; Von Flotow, Andreas H.
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A method and system for maintaining the line of sight of an airborne camera fixed on a target by compensating for overflight velocity of the aircraft. The compensation system automatically commands an angular velocity of the line of sight to maintain the camera pointing at the target being overflown. This angular velocity of the line of sight is computed based upon the aircraft overflight velocity and upon a vector from the aircraft to the target. This automatic compensation for aircraft overflight velocity causes the line of sight to remain fixed upon the target. The compensation system drives a gimbal system upon which the camera is mounted to perform this compensation …
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- Filed January 16, 2004 and granted April 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 16, 2024.
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