Patent ID: 7386187

Claim:
A method for providing a platform with pseudo-autonomous correlation between a perspective view generated by a platform-based imaging sensor and an orthogonal photographic representation, the method comprising: (a) storing on the platform: (i) a reference perspective view at least partially overlapping a current field of view of the imaging sensor, and (ii) parameters of a primary mapping transformation corresponding to a mapping between the orthogonal photographic representation and said reference perspective image; (b) obtaining a current perspective view from said imaging sensor; and (c) employing a processing system located on the platform to: (i) correlate said current perspective view with said reference perspective view so as to generate a secondary mapping transformation between said current perspective view and said reference perspective view, and (ii) use said primary and secondary mapping transformations to map equivalent points in at least one direction between said current perspective view and said orthogonal photographic representation.