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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Kartik B Ariyur, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Saad J. Bedros, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Vassilios Morellas, Plymouth, MN (US);
Kartik B Ariyur, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Saad J. Bedros, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Vassilios Morellas, Plymouth, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method to dynamically stabilize a target image formed on an image plane of an imaging device located in a moving vehicle. The method includes setting an origin in the image plane of the imaging device at an intersection of a first axis, a second axis and a third axis, imaging a target so that an image centroid of the target image is at the origin of the image plane, monitoring sensor data indicative of a motion of the vehicle, and generating pan and tilt output to stabilize the image centroid at the origin in the image plane to compensate for vehicle motion and target motion. The pan and tilt output are generated by implementing exponentially stabilizing control laws. The implementation of the exponentially stabilizing control laws is based at least in part on the sensor data.