Patent ID: 7369229
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G01J,G01N,G01S

Abstract:
1. A spectral imaging system for imaging elements of interest in an intervening, obscuring environment, the system comprising: a passive spectral imaging sensor; an active detection and ranging sensor, capable of emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation having a narrow band of frequencies and sensing the return of the pulses; at least one airborne platform; at least one position and attitude detection system; and an instrument control and data acquisition system, wherein the at least one position and attitude detection system, the passive spectral imaging sensor and the active detection and ranging sensor are mounted on the at least one airborne platform and signals from the at least one position and attitude detection system, the passive spectral imaging sensor and the active detection and ranging sensor are operatively received by the instrument control and data acquisition system, such that the signals are stored as a three-dimensional data cube recording two spatial dimensions and a spectral dimension.