System and method for generating a plurality of celestial image features from a plurality of images of a sky
US12028654B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 27, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jul 2, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10032
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system includes a plurality of satellites in orbit around a celestial body in a plurality of orbital planes. Each satellite includes an imaging device having a field of view (FOV) to capture an image of a sky that includes celestial image features of resident space object (RSO), stars, and/or planets. The satellite processor is configured to receive image data from sensors in the imaging device, to increase a positional detection accuracy of the celestial image features by defocusing imaging optics of the imaging device, to capture image data in a volume of the sky as the FOV of the imaging device on each satellite moves in an orbital plane, and generate by a centralized computer at least 1,000 celestial image features using the image data transmitted from each of the satellites.
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