Transducing agents and devices for remote sensing
AssigneeUrugus S.A.
InventorsGerardo Gabriel Richarte, David Vilaseca
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Abstract
Methods, systems and devices for use in aerial or satellite-based applications to detect elements or magnitudes of interest, or monitor their changes, in a target location are disclosed. A transducing system includes a detector device to sense, transduce or detect optical properties of at least one transducing agent linked to the elements or magnitudes of interest. Based on the optical property of the transducing agent, the system generates information of the element or magnitude of interest. The methods and systems provide tools for detecting magnitudes from remote locations which are usually difficult or costly to measure on-site, thereby providing an efficient detection system for aerial detection systems.
Claims19
A transducing system for detection of optical properties of transducing agents from locations remote from a variable of interest, the system comprising:
- a detector device comprising an imaging system having a plurality of pixel sensors on-board a manned or an unmanned space vehicle, the detector device configured to operate at a preselected range of wavelengths;
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- a control module configured to:
- capture one or more images associated with a geographic region including the variable of interest, a transducing agent, and an object;
- analyze at least one image of the one or more images to determine a measurement of at least one optical property of the transducing agent, the at least one optical property being detectable over the preselected range of wavelengths, wherein the transducing agent is attached, incorporated, included, applied or covering the object which is located, installed, or placed in an area of interest, the object being subjected to a variation of the variable of interest, the transducing agent being placed so as to expose a presence or change of the variable of interest through the at least one optical property;
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- generate information relating to the variable of interest based at least in part on the measurement of the at least one optical property of the transducing agent.
A method to detect or monitor a variable of interest from locations remote from the variable of interest, the method comprising:
- capturing, from an imaging device on-board a manned or an unmanned space vehicle, one or more images of a target location within a specific spectral range;
- analyzing the one or more images to obtain information about a spectral signature of a transducing agent, wherein the transducing agent is attached, incorporated, included, applied or covering an object which is located, installed, or placed in an area of interest, the object being subjected to a variation of the variable of interest;
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- generating data relating to the variable of interest, based at least in part on the information about the spectral signature of the transducing agent, wherein the transducing agent is placed so as to expose a presence or change of the variable of interest through the spectral signature.
A method of detecting an optical property of a transducing agent, the method comprising:
- capturing one or more images of a target location from a location on-board a manned or an unmanned space vehicle;
- determining the spectrum of at least one of the one or more images;
- determining, based on one or more sections of the spectrum, optical properties of the transducing agent;
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- generating information relating to a variable of interest based at least in part on the optical properties of the transducing agent, wherein the transducing agent is attached, incorporated, included, applied or covering an object which is located, installed, or placed in an area of interest, the object being subjected to a variation of the variable of interest, the transducing agent being placed so as to expose a presence or change of the variable of interest through the optical properties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.