Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inverse star tracker using psuedo-random overlapping circles
- Patent Title (中): 反星形跟踪器使用伪随机重叠圆
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Application No.: US13096503Application Date: 2011-04-28
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Publication No.: US08494221B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Karl H. Becker , Nicholas Lyn-Sue , Manuel I. Rodriguez , John S. White
- Applicant: Karl H. Becker , Nicholas Lyn-Sue , Manuel I. Rodriguez , John S. White
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morristown
- Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morristown
- Agency: Fogg & Powers LLC
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G01C21/10

Abstract:
A system comprises a rotatable object having a pseudo-random pattern of overlapping rounded shapes on an outer surface of the rotatable object and an image sensor configured to capture an image of a portion of the pseudo-random pattern on the outer surface. The system also comprises a memory configured to store a pattern map corresponding to the pseudo-random pattern on the outer surface of the rotatable object; and a processing unit configured to correlate the portion of the pseudo-random pattern in the captured image with a corresponding portion of the pattern map stored on the memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120274810A1 INVERSE STAR TRACKER USING PSUEDO-RANDOM OVERLAPPING CIRCLES Public/Granted day:2012-11-01
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