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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/15 ; G01C 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/15 ; G01C 1/102 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for acquiring an image by oversampled push-broom scanning from a satellite-borne vehicle or aircraft carrying at least a load transfer sensor bar, characterised in that it consists in controlling the attitude and the vehicle rolling, pitching and yawing angular speeds such that the longitudinal and lateral ground speeds of the bar verify: (a), (b) in which V =P/Ti, P being the bar ground step, Ti the sampling period, and m and l two whole numbers.