Patent ID: 7136726
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: F41G,G01C,G01S

Abstract:
1. An airborne reconnaissance system comprising: Gimbals having at least two degrees of freedom; At least one array of light sensors positioned on the gimbals, for being directed by the same within at least two degrees of freedom; Map storage means for storing at least one Digital Elevation Map of an area of interest, divided into portions; Inertial Navigation System for real-time providing to a gimbals control unit navigation and orientation data of the aircraft with respect to a predefined global axes system; Portion selection unit for selecting, one at a time, another area portion from the area of interest; Servo control unit for: Gimbals servo for effecting direction of the gimbals in at least two degrees of freedom according to the signals provided from said Servo Control Unit; Sampling means for simultaneously sampling at the end of the integration period pixel levels from each of said array sensors, a set of all of said sampled pixel levels forms an image of said area portion; and Storage means for storing a plurality of area portion images.