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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:
Aug. 25, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2012
Applicant:

William Earle Clifton, Melbourne, FL (US);

Inventor:

William Earle Clifton, Melbourne, FL (US);

Assignee:

HARRIS CORPORATION, Melbourne, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 17/023 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract

A geospatial and image data collection system includes a laser source configured to direct laser radiation toward a geospatial area, and an image sensor. The image sensor is configured to be operable in a first sensing mode to sense reflected laser radiation from the geospatial area representative of three dimensional (3D) geospatial data, and a second sensing mode to sense ambient radiation from the geospatial area representative of two dimensional (2D) image data. In addition, a controller is configured to operate the image sensor in the first and second sensing modes to generate the 3D geospatial data and 2D image data registered therewith.


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