Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2020
Date of Patent:
May 17, 2022
Assignee:
DIVERSIFIED INNOVATIONS FUND LLLP
Inventors:
Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2018
Date of Patent:
October 13, 2020
Assignee:
Diversified Innovations Fund, LLLP
Inventors:
Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2017
Date of Patent:
November 6, 2018
Assignee:
Diversified Innovations Fund, LLLP
Inventors:
Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 4, 2013
Date of Patent:
November 7, 2017
Assignee:
Diversified Innovations Fund, LLLP
Inventors:
Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell