Patent Document ID: 4695964
Application ID: 06676921
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A satellite image geometric correction processing method for use in an image correction system for correcting distortion in an image produced by displaying received data resulting from reciprocating scanning of an image detecting device mounted on a satellite, comprising the steps of: establishing a first coordinate system for a corrected image; allocating data signals representing received image data to second and third coordinate systems to provide uncorrected images for the forward and backward scanning directions of said image detecting device, respectively; locating the respective coordinate points of the received image data in said second and third coordinate systems which correspond to the points of said first coordinate system; determining for each point of said first coordinate system whether or not the corresponding points of said second and third coordinate systems exist on a scanning region in the respective coordinate system; determining the intensity of image data at a point of said first coordinate system through interpolation by assuming that the point exists on an underlapping scanning region when the corresponding coordinate point of said second and third coordinate system does not exist on a scanning region of either of said second and third coordinate system; and visually producing the corrected image data in said first coordinate system on the basis of the determined intensity of each point therein.