Patent ID: 7593794

Claim:
A method for controlling an attitude of a vehicle in a space having at least two opposed viewable regions about said vehicle, each region being viewed by a respective first sensor which senses radiation in a first frequency band of electromagnetic radiation and a respective second sensor which senses radiation in a second different frequency band of electromagnetic radiation, said method including the steps of: a) producing a first data set from said first sensor viewing a first of said regions; b) producing a second data set from said second sensor viewing said first region; c) modifying said second data set; d) combining the result of said modifying step with said first data set to form a third data set for said first region; e) repeating steps a) to d) for a second set of first and second sensors viewing an opposed viewable region; and f) adjusting the attitude of said vehicle until respective said third data sets for each opposed viewable region are substantially equal.