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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2021
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an artificial satellite and a ground system enabling to efficiently hold data in the artificial satellite. The artificial satellite includes an image processing unit that executes feature amount generation processing of generating a feature amount of a captured satellite image, a storage unit that holds feature amount data obtained as a result of the feature amount generation processing, and a communication unit that transmits the feature amount data to a ground station when communication with the ground station becomes possible. The ground system includes an image processing unit configured to generate complemented data by using complementing data and feature amount data that indicates a feature amount of a satellite image acquired from an artificial satellite and obtained by capturing an image of a ground by the artificial satellite.