US 2018/0005011 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-BOARD SOFTWARE SELECTION OF BANDS OF A HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR BASED ON SIMULATED SPECTRAL REPRESENTATION OF THE REGION OF INTEREST

Abstract

A system and method for surveying a region of interest with a mobile platform having a sensor having a plurality of narrow spectral bands spanning a contiguous frequency space is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating a simulated spectral representation of a region of interest, identifying at least one of the plurality of materials as a material of interest within the region of interest, identifying other of the plurality of materials not identified as a material of interest as background materials within the region of interest, sensing, with the sensor, spectral data in the region of interest in the plurality of narrow spectral bands, selecting and transmitting only the spectral data of the one of more of the plurality of spectral bands of the sensor according to the simulated spectral representation of the material of interest.

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A method of surveying a region of interest with a mobile platform having a sensor having a plurality of narrow spectral bands spanning a contiguous frequency space, comprising:

(a) generating a simulated spectral representation of a region of interest, the simulated representation comprising:
a plurality of geospatial portions at least partially disposed in the region of interest, each geospatial portion having fused spectral characteristics of a plurality of materials disposed in the respective geospatial portion;
(b) identifying at least one of the plurality of materials as a material of interest within the region of interest;
(c) identifying other of the plurality of materials not identified as a material of interest as background materials within the region of interest;
(d) sensing, with the sensor, spectral data in the region of interest in the plurality of narrow spectral bands;
(e) selecting the spectral data of the one of more of the plurality of spectral bands of the sensor according to the simulated spectral representation of the material of interest and the simulated representation of the background materials within the region of interest;
(f) generating survey data at least in part from the spectral data of the one or more of the plurality of spectral bands and not the other of the plurality of spectral bands;
and
(g) transmitting, from the mobile platform to a base, the survey data.

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An apparatus for surveying a region of interest with a mobile platform having a sensor having a plurality of narrow spectral bands spanning a contiguous frequency space, comprising:

a processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing processor instructions comprising processor instructions for:
(a) generating a simulated spectral representation of a region of interest, the simulated representation comprising:
a plurality of geospatial portions at least partially disposed in the region of interest, each geospatial portion having fused spectral characteristics of a plurality of materials disposed in the respective geospatial portion;
(b) identifying at least one of the plurality of materials as a material of interest within the region of interest;
(c) identifying other of the plurality of materials not identified as a material of interest as background materials within the region of interest;
(d) sensing, with the sensor, spectral data in the region of interest in the plurality of narrow spectral bands;
(e) selecting the spectral data of the one of more of the plurality of spectral bands of the sensor according to the simulated spectral representation of the material of interest and the simulated representation of the background materials within the region of interest;
(f) generating survey data at least in part from the spectral data of the one or more of the plurality of spectral bands and not the other of the plurality of spectral bands;
and
(g) transmitting, from the mobile platform to a base, the survey data.

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An apparatus for surveying a region of interest with a mobile platform having a sensor having a plurality of narrow spectral bands spanning a contiguous frequency space, comprising:

means for generating a simulated spectral representation of a region of interest, the simulated representation comprising:
a plurality of geospatial portions at least partially disposed in the region of interest, each geospatial portion having fused spectral characteristics of a plurality of materials disposed in the respective geospatial portion;
means for identifying at least one of the plurality of materials as a material of interest within the region of interest;
means for identifying other of the plurality of materials not identified as a material of interest as background materials within the region of interest;
means for sensing, with the sensor, spectral data in the region of interest in the plurality of narrow spectral bands;
means for selecting the spectral data of the one of more of the plurality of spectral bands of the sensor according to the simulated spectral representation of the material of interest and the simulated representation of the background materials within the region of interest;
means for generating survey data at least in part from the spectral data of the one or more of the plurality of spectral bands and not the other of the plurality of spectral bands;
and
means for transmitting, from the mobile platform to a base, the survey data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for on-board software selection of bands of a hyperspectral sensor based on simulated spectral representation of the region of interest

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Method and apparatus for on-board software selection of bands of a hyperspectral sensor based on simulated spectral representation of the region of interest

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