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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2010
Applicant:
Willard S. Macdonald, Bolinas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Willard S. MacDonald, Bolinas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Solmetric Corporation, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 17/34 (2006.01); G04B 49/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A skyline imaging system includes an image sensor and an inclination reference coupled to the image sensor. The inclination reference provides a righting moment for the image sensor and establishes a predetermined orientation for the image sensor relative to the Earth's gravity vector. A heading reference determines an azimuth heading for the image sensor.