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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2010
Alain Simon, Les Mesnuls, FR;
Alain Simon, Les Mesnuls, FR;
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A method for geo-referencing an area by an imaging optronics system which comprises acquiring M successive images by a detector, the imaged area being distributed between these M images, with M≧1. It comprises: measuring P distances d, d, . . . , dbetween the system and P points of the area, called range-found points, with P≧3, distributed in K of said images with 1≦K≦M; acquiring the positioning x, y, zof the detector at acquisition of the M images; measuring the attitude φ, θ, ψof the detector at acquisition of the M images; acquiring the coordinates in these K images of image points (p, q), (p, q), . . . , (p, q) corresponding to the P range-found points; and estimating the parameters of exposure conditions x, y, z, ψ, θ, φcorresponding to the M images as a function of positionings, of attitudes, distances and coordinates of the image points, to correct errors on the parameters x, y, z, ψ, θ, φof each of the M images.