Patent Document ID: 8483960
Application ID: 12798899
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for generating a map, comprising: a global positioning receiver; a vehicle in alignment with a target area; an elevation measurement unit, in communication with the vehicle; a global positioning antenna, in communication with the vehicle; an attitude measurement unit, in communication with the vehicle; an imaging sensor system, disposed to the vehicle, comprising: a rigid mount plate affixed to the vehicle; a first rigid mount unit affixed to the mount plate and having at least two imaging sensors disposed within the first mount unit, wherein a first imaging sensor and a second imaging sensor each has a focal axis passing through an aperture in the first mount unit and the mount plate, wherein the first and second imaging sensor each generates a first data array of pixels, wherein each data array of pixels is at least two dimensional, wherein the first and second imaging sensors are offset to have a first image overlap area in the target area, wherein the first sensors image data bisects the second sensors image data in the first image overlap area; and a computer in communication with the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna, the attitude measurement unit, the first imaging sensor, and the second imaging sensor; correlating at least a portion of the image areas from the first imaging sensor and the second imaging sensor to a portion of the target area based on input from one or more of: the elevation measurement unit, the global positioning antenna and the attitude measurement unit.