System and method of simulated image reconstruction
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorRobert A. Ruszkowski, Jr.
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Abstract
A system includes a storage medium storing contextual information about a target or target area, and a simulator communicatively coupled to the storage medium and operable to receive the contextual information. The simulator is operable to generate a set of simulated information about the target using the contextual information. The system further includes a sensor operable to collect a set of actual information about the target. A comparator is operable to generate a set of delta information in response to differences between the set of simulated information and the set of actual information. The delta information is transmitted and added to a second set of simulated information to generate a set of information that is substantially similar to the set of actual information.
Claims38
A system comprising:
- a storage medium storing contextual information about a target;
- a simulator communicatively coupled to the storage medium, operable to receive the contextual information and generate a set of simulated information about the target using the contextual information;
- a sensor operable to collect a set of actual information about the target;
- a comparator operable to generate a set of delta information in response to a difference between the set of simulated information and the set of actual information;
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- at least one current conditions sensor operable to determine at least one measurement of current conditions at the time of actual information collection, the simulator operable to receive the at least one current condition measurement and generate the set of simulated information about the target using the contextual information and the at least one current condition measurement.
A system comprising:
- a storage medium storing contextual information about a target;
- a simulator communicatively coupled to the storage medium, operable to receive the contextual information and generate a set of simulated information about the target using the contextual information;
- a sensor operable to collect a set of actual information about the target, the sensor comprising an imaging sensor operable to collect and generate actual images of a target area;
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- a comparator operable to generate a set of delta information in response to a difference between the set of simulated information and the set of actual information, wherein the simulator comprises a physics-based sensor performance simulator which emulates the capabilities of the imaging sensor.
An imaging system using a moving platform comprising:
- an imaging sensor on board the moving platform operable to generate an actual image of a target area;
- a storage medium on board the moving platform storing contextual information about the target area;
- at least one current conditions sensor operable to determine at least one measurement of current conditions of the moving platform and the imaging sensor at the time of actual image generation;
- a physics-based sensor performance simulator on board the moving platform communicatively coupled to the storage medium and the at least one current conditions sensor operable to generate a simulated image of the target area using the contextual information simulated performance characteristics of the imaging sensor;
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- a comparator operable to generate image deltas in response to a difference between the simulated image and the actual image.
A method, comprising:
- collecting current information about a target area;
- comparing the current information with previous information about the same target area;
- generating delta information about the target area;
- transmitting the delta information about the same target area to a remote location;
- adding the delta information to previous information about the target area, and generating simulated current information about the target area at the remote location.
A method, comprising:
- capturing a current image of a target area;
- comparing the current image with a previous image of the same target area;
- generating image deltas of the target area in response to the comparison;
- transmitting the image deltas to a remote location;
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- adding the image deltas to the previous image of the same target area, and generating a simulated current image of the target area at the remote location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.