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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2005
Dieter Oertel, Schoenwald, DE;
Herbert Jahn, Berlin, DE;
Eckehard Lorenz, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Baerwald, Berlin, DE;
Winfried Halle, Berlin, DE;
Holger Venus, Berlin, DE;
Thomas Terzibaschian, Berlin, DE;
Boris Zhukov, Mytischtchi, RU;
Dieter Oertel, Schoenwald, DE;
Herbert Jahn, Berlin, DE;
Eckehard Lorenz, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Baerwald, Berlin, DE;
Winfried Halle, Berlin, DE;
Holger Venus, Berlin, DE;
Thomas Terzibaschian, Berlin, DE;
Boris Zhukov, Mytischtchi, RU;
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt a. V., Cologne, DE;
Abstract
A method for detecting a hot target on the Earth by a satellite is disclosed. The satellite includes a sensor for acquiring data in spectral channels in the IR spectrum, and a navigation system for detecting position and orientation data of the satellite. The method includes the steps of subjecting the acquired data to a system correction by radiometric and geometric calibration files stored on the satellite; detecting a hot target on board from the system-corrected data by multi-channel thresholding; geo-referencing the hot target by the position and orientation data of the satellite and the geometric calibration files; temporarily storing the geo-referenced hot target on the satellite; and transmitting the temporarily stored hot target by a transmitting unit to a receiving unit on the Earth.