The Boeing Company

Kevin R Paxton

David Roderick Gerwe

Friedrich Wilhelm Kunzler

Paul S Idell

Scott M Peterson

Maurice Masequesmay

Peter Bystrom

Scott Andrew Connors

An image capture apparatus comprises a focal plane array and a filter device. The focal plane array comprises a plurality of detectors and the filter device is coupled with and covering the focal plane array. The filter device comprises at least one set of spectral filters, comprising at least a first spectral filter, which comprising a first wavelength range, and a second spectral filter, which comprises a second wavelength range that is different from the first wavelength range. The filter device also comprises a plurality of polarization channels, each having a polarization value that is different than the polarization value of any other of the plurality of polarization channels. The filter device further comprises a plurality of sounding filters, each operable within a spectral wavelength range and each configured to determine a characterization of atmospheric conditions.

Multi-spectral and polarization imaging apparatus with atmospheric sounding filters and associated system and method

A combined multi-spectral and polarization (CMSP) sensor is disclosed that enhances contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR). The CMSP sensor comprises a multi-spectral and polarization (MSP) filter, a single focal plane array (FPA), and a controller. The FPA comprises a plurality of detectors and the MSP filter comprises at least a first bandpass filter having a first frequency range and a second bandpass filter having a second frequency range that is distinct from the first frequency range and a first polarization filter having a first polarization value and a second polarization filter having a second polarization value that is distinct from the first polarization value.

Combined multi-spectral and polarization sensor

A device for image processing includes a memory configured to store multiple image frames of a sequence of image frames. The device includes a reference frame accumulator configured to combine a first group of image frames of the sequence of image frames to generate a reference frame. The device also includes a target frame accumulator configured to combine a second group of image frames of the sequence of image frames to generate a target frame. The device includes a difference frame generator configured to generate a difference frame based on subtracting the reference frame from the target frame.

Image-based target tracking

A motion compensated integration (MCI) system is disclosed. The MCI system may include a moveable platform, an optical sensor mounted to the moveable platform, an optical sensor line-of-sight measuring device configured to generate optical sensor line-of-sight movement data, and a processor in communication with the optical sensor and the optical sensor line-of-sight measuring device. The optical sensor may include a set of optics, and a focal plane array. The focal plane array may be configured to detect infrared wavelengths focused through the set of optics, and generate focal plane array data. The processor may be configured to simultaneously correct optical distortion from the set of optics and perform MCI re-registration based on the focal plane array data and the optical sensor line-of-sight movement data.

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Kevin R Paxton