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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2012
Applicants:

Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Aspen, CO (US);

Adlai H. Smith, Escondido, CA (US);

Inventors:

Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Aspen, CO (US);

Adlai H. Smith, Escondido, CA (US);

Assignee:

Litel Instruments, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/22 (2006.01); G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); F41G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41G 7/2226 (2013.01); G01S 13/90 (2013.01); G01S 7/40 (2013.01); G01C 21/005 (2013.01); F41G 7/2286 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of mapping a target region image to a referenced image includes steps of acquiring the target region image. The method also includes acquiring the referenced image overlapping the target region image. The method further includes determining a number of common subregions in an intersection of the referenced image and the target region image, determining offsets between the common subregions, computing a distortion map of the target region image over the intersection, and remapping the target region image to match the reference image. The method can be utilized in a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and the target image can be a SAR image.


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