Reconfigurable imaging device
AssigneeThales
InventorsStéphane Formont, Patrick Garrec, Richard Montigny
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Abstract
The device includes at least: a set of optical and/or electromagnetic elementary sensors which are able to fly and means of command for piloting the flight of the sensors; processing means; a communication link between each sensor and the processing means; to produce an image of a given scene, the sensors fly while forming an array whose configuration is controlled by the command means, the processing means fusing the signals provided by the sensors with a view to delivering an image of the scene, the signals provided being representative of the scene.
Claims13
An imaging device intended to produce images of scenes, wherein the said device comprises at least:
- a set of optical and/or electromagnetic elementary sensors which are able to fly and means of command for piloting the flight of the said sensors;
- processing means;
- a communication link between each sensor and the said processing means;
- to produce an image of a given scene, the said sensors fly while forming an array whose configuration is able to be modified during the flight of the said sensors, the said configuration being controlled by the said command means, the said processing means fusing the signals provided by the said sensors with a view to delivering an image of the said scene, the said signals provided being representative of the said scene.
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