DEVICE FOR LOCATING A TARGET BY STELLAR RESETTING, INTENDED TO BE ON BOARD A MOBILE CARRIER
The invention concerns a device (1) for locating a target, comprising: -a camera (2) that can be oriented in an orientation in view of the target so that the camera acquires an image of the target, and an orientation in view of a star so that the camera acquires at least one image of the star, -an i...
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Format | Patent |
Language | English |
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29.07.2020
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Summary: | The invention concerns a device (1) for locating a target, comprising: -a camera (2) that can be oriented in an orientation in view of the target so that the camera acquires an image of the target, and an orientation in view of a star so that the camera acquires at least one image of the star, -an inertial unit (4) configured to calculate position and orientation data of the camera (2), -a resetting module (6) configured to a apply stellar resetting to the data on the basis of the image of the star, in order to produce reset data, -a location module (8) configured to estimate a position of the target (T) from the image of the target (T) and the reset data, -a communication interface for communicating with an operator station, the camera (2) passing from one orientation to the other in response to the reception, by the interface, of a command sent by the operator station. |
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Bibliography: | Application Number: ZA20190003878 |