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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Mathieu Mercadal, Hood River, OR (US);
Andreas H. Von Flotow, Hood River, OR (US);
Inventors:
Mathieu Mercadal, Hood River, OR (US);
Andreas H. von Flotow, Hood River, OR (US);
Assignee:
The Insitu Group, Inc., Bingen, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for stabilizing payloads, including airborne cameras, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus employs a gimbal system in which the camera is mounted, together with suitable motors for pointing the camera by actuating this gimbal system and suitable sensors for deriving a signal to drive these gimbal motors. The gimbal axes can be arranged in a sequence that can provide for camera stabilization while reducing complexity, avoiding gimbal lock, increasing redundancy and enhancing performance.