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7564597 Image sensor and method therefor  
An image sensor includes P (P≧2) red-light, P green-light and P blue-light photosensors and is mounted in an image scanning device to expose and read multiple scan lines of a to-be-scanned...
7365641 Vehicle proximity alerting system and method  
A vehicle proximity alerting system and method is provided. The system includes: a sensor unit having a plurality of sensors for measuring distances from other vehicles; a system controlling unit...
7272243 Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose  
The present invention includes in a system and method for estimating and tracking an orientation of a user's face by combining head tracking and face detection techniques. The orientation of the...
7173649 Video airship  
The video airship is a lighter-than-air airship, preferably spherical, including a video display disposed with substantially all of the craft's outer surface, a nearly invisible computerized...
7154079 Moving object detecting system and moving object detecting method  
One-dimensional line data is produced based upon an evaluation area in image data obtained by imaging the area the slit light beam is irradiated. Each point data value included in the line data is...
7084901 Surveillance camera with flicker immunity  
A video surveillance camera capable of operating with flickering illumination is formed from a time-delay-integration linescan camera in conjunction with a mechanical scanner. The line rate of the...
6940999 Method for target detection and identification by using proximity pixel information  
An efficient approach to exploit hyperspectral imagery and detect target of interest is disclosed. This approach uses proximity pixels as reference signatures to detect potential discontinuity that...
6911995 Computer vision depth segmentation using virtual surface  
The location of an object in a physical scene is identified with a stereo camera. A virtual surface is identified in the physical scene, and an approximate disparity set is constructed for the...
6747686 High aspect stereoscopic mode camera and method  
An aerial reconnaissance camera and method provides for generating a first image of the terrain of interest with the camera pointing angle oriented or rotated about an azimuthal axis some angular...
6658207 Method of framing reconnaissance with motion roll compensation  
An electro-optical roll-framing camera is described in which successive overlapping frames of scene imagery are generated by an electro-optical imaging array. Image motion compensation is performed...
6529267 Method for acquiring an image by oversampled push-broom scanning  
The invention concerns a method for acquiring an image by oversampled push-broom scanning from a satellite-borne vehicle or aircraft carrying at least a load transfer sensor bar, characterised in...
6493021 Image acquisition by push-broom scanning  
An improvement to a method of acquiring and processing a satellite observation image of the earth through the use of one strip or a matrix of charge coupled device type detectors. As the detectors...
6449517 Factory mode free setting apparatus and method thereof  
A technique for collectively setting a factory mode of operation of a monitor offers adjustments or modifications for particulars of mode data to meet user requirements, by transmitting a set of...
6433815 Method and device for imaging with high geometrical resolution on a microsatellite  
A method and a device for imaging with high geometrical resolution on a microsatellite. The device includes an objective and a focal plane on which an extended optical detector is fitted. The...
6349114 Camera motion parameters estimation method  
The invention relates to a method of estimation of the motion parameters of a camera. It is applied to a sequence of successive video frames subdivided into blocks and includes the following steps...
6215522 Method of acquiring an image by push-broom scanning  
A method of acquiring and processing a satellite observation image of the earth by means of at least one strip or a matrix of detectors of the charge transfer type travelling over an observed zone,...
5990939 Video demultiplexing interface for a missile tracking system  
A video demultiplexing interface (70) is used in a missile tracking system (10) employing a missile (12) with a thermal beacon (24). A target designator (40) defines a boresight from a missile...
5812066 Antenna tuning control circuit  
A device for optimizing antenna operation, a wireless control signal detector detects a wireless control signal generated by a remote control unit, and a microprocessor is operatively connected to...
5798786 Electro-optical imaging detector array for a moving vehicle which includes two axis image motion compensation and transfers pixels in row directions and column directions  
An electro-optical imaging array having pixels arranged in rows and columns electronically compensates for image motion in the plane of the array regardless of whether the motion vector is in the...
5765044 Airborne photographing apparatus  
An apparatus for photographing the ground continuously from an airplane, and for recording the photographed images in digital form in real time. A three-line sensor camera comprising a...
5371533 Image restoration systems and methods utilizing input signals with modified DC signal content  
A combined scene-based and DC-restored image restoration system enhances the utility of video images generated from the input of a forward-looking infrared system. This system and related methods...
5353055 Image pickup system with an image pickup device for control  
An image pickup system mounted on a craft flying an orbit above an object zone and sequentially picking up the images of unit areas defined by the swath width of the object zone and a distance in...
5249046 Method and apparatus for three dimensional range resolving imaging  
A three dimensional range resolving imaging sensor is presented. The sensor comprises a transmitter for generating a light pulse which passes through beam homogenizer and a pair of Fresnel-Risley...
5210586 Arrangement for recognizing obstacles for pilots of low-flying aircraft  
An arrangement working according to the laser radar principle comprises a pulsed laser range finder (LEM) for scanning a given field of view and for the pictorial presentation of the course of a...
5138444 Image pickup system capable of producing correct image signals of an object zone  
In an image pickup system for use in a craft (11) flying over an object zone which moves independently relative to the craft, first and second electric signals represent first and second partial...
5119201 Line camera for imaging object strips on photosensitive detector lines  
The invention relates to a line camera for imaging object strips on photosensitive detector lines, having an objective producing a line image of an object strip, having a ray deflecting system...
5028998 Electronic zoom for wide-angle line scanners  
Electronic detector-array synthesis techniques provide fast, precise and accurate digital control of electronic zoom for electro-optical scanning systems. Exponentially-arrayed detector elements...
4951136 Method and apparatus for remote reconnaissance of the earth  
For remote aerial or satellite reconnaissance of the earth using an optoetronic camera that takes area photographs and has one or more line scanners associated with it, or a combination of such...
4935629 Detector array for high V/H infrared linescanners  
A detector array for use in an infrared linescanner system. The system scans an area of ground below an aircraft. The detector array comprises a linear array arranged in a symmetrical pattern about...
4908705 Steerable wide-angle imaging system  
An electro-optic system which is advantageous for low altitude, high speed aerial reconnaissance. A linear imager is movably positioned in the focal plane of a fixedly mounted wide-angle lens...
4886222 Atmospheric autorotating imaging device  
An imaging device that automatically rotates upon descent through an atmosphere provides an onboard image detector a sweeping panoramic scan as it descends. No moving parts or propulsion system are...
4866626 Navigation by a video-camera sensed ground array  
Navigation by interpretation of images of parallelogram corner points of a ground beacon array. A video camera senses images of the beacon array and a computer interprets the images to provide...
4814607 Method and apparatus for image recording of an object  
A method and apparatus for recording the image of an object, for instance the earth's surface, from a flying body, in this case an earth satellite. The flying body flies over the object at an...
4747155 Motion compensation for electro-optical camera imagery  
An apparatus (32) and technique for compensating for motion in an electro-optical camera system. An image system is maintained on an aircraft for generating an image of terrain while the aircraft...
4543603 Reconnaissance system comprising an air-borne vehicle rotating about its longitudinal axis  
The invention relates to a reconnaissance system comprising an air-borne vehicle capable of moving above a territory to be surveyed by rotating about its longitudinal axis, and means for taking...
4516158 Ground reconnaissance  
Ground reconnaissance equipment for an air or spacecraft comprising two line-scanners, for example infra-red sensitive scanners, operable for scanning respective ground areas along lines extending...
4439788 Video imaging apparatus having a pliant clock  
A video imaging apparatus for scanning an area during relative motion in a direction defining a track axis has at least two linear sensors each comprised of at least one array of charge coupled...
4298280 Infrared radar system  
An infrared radar system. The system includes an infrared laser and associated controller which are adapted to provide a succession of transmit pulses having a relatively high intensity spike...
4265524 Optical scanner with variable scan line angle  
A photographic recorder includes an optical scanner unit positioned to scan transverse lines across a photographic film driven slowly in a linear direction. The optical scanner unit is mounted for...
4217607 Process and device for the instantaneous display of a countryside scanned by a camera of the single line scanning type  
A process for the instantaneous display of a countryside scanned by a camera apparatus of the single line scanning type, comprising charging the target of a double gun tube, acting as an...
4118733 Surveillance arrangement including a television system and infrared detector means  
The invention provides a surveillance arrangement, and in particular an airborne surveillance arrangement, in which a television display of a scene is brightened up, by means of infra-red...
3869212 Spectrometer integrated with a facsimile camera  
This invention integrates a spectrometer capability with the basic imagery function of facsimile cameras without significantly increasing mechanical or optical complexity, or interfering with the...
3808361 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LINE-BY-LINE PHOTOGRAPHING OF AN OBJECT  
The object is photographed from aboard an attitude-stabilized flying body ying over the object, by line-by-line reproduction of the object, using immovable mechanical parts, on the photosensitive...
3560643 LINE SCANNING SYSTEM  
A ground mapping system for obtaining images of terrain from a moving aircraft including a transmitter equipped to scan a terrain target area with a laser beam, a receiver adapted to electronically...
3456072 AUTOMATIC MAPPING DEVICE  
3294903 Electronic reconnaissance systems  
3210462 Electro-optical film-scanning system  
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