Patent ID: 6864969

Claim:
A calibration system for calibrating orientation parameters of a digital optoelectronic sensor system arranged in a mobile carrier for remote reconnaissance, said calibration system comprising: an attitude and positioning determining system arranged in the mobile carrier for determining determined orientation parameters of the optoelectronic sensor system during travel of the mobile carrier; at least two optoelectronic components, each emitting radiation in a defined direction with respect to the attitude and position determining system; a reference module arranged in a known fixed location; and a planar optical detector arranged relative to said optoelectronic components for receiving a reflection of the radiation emitted by said optoelectronic components and reflected from said reference module, wherein said attitude and positioning determining system is connected to said planar optical detector and operatively arranged, for calculating calculated orientation parameters using the reflection of the radiation received by said planar optical detector and the known fixed location of said reference module, said attitude and position determining system is further operatively arranged for detecting offsets in the determined orientation parameters by comparing the determined orientation parameters to the calculated orientation parameters.