Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Lyle Ruppert

Bevan D Staple

Cynthia Wallace

Carl S Weimer

Reuben R Rohrschneider

William D Tandy

Jarett Levi Bartholomew

Jeff Applegate

Jason Monnin

Tanya M Ramond

Carl M Adkins

Mats D Bennett

Thomas P Delker

Methods and systems for remotely detecting gases and emissions of gases are provided. Data is collected from a scene using a sensor system. The data is initially optionally processed as 1D data to remove noise, and is then assigned a confidence value by processing the 1D data using a neural network. The confidence value is related to a likelihood that an emission has been detected at a particular location. The processed 1D data, including the confidence value, is gridded into 2D space. The 2D data is then processed using a neural network to assign a 2D confidence value. The 2D data can be fused with RGB data to produce a map of emission source locations. The data identifying emissions can also be processed using a neural network to determine and output emission rate data.

Method and systems for remote emission detection and rate determination

Methods and systems for adaptively controlling the illumination of a scene are provided. In particular, a scene is illuminated, and light reflected from the scene is detected. Information regarding levels of light intensity received by different pixels of a multiple pixel detector, corresponding to different areas within a scene, and/or information regarding a range to an area within a scene, is received. That information is then used as a feedback signal to control levels of illumination within the scene. More particularly, different areas of the scene can be provided with different levels of illumination in response to the feedback signal.

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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Lyle Ruppert