Method for optimizing the operation of an active lateral-view sensor when the height above the surface to be detected is variable
AssigneeAstrium GmbH
InventorMichael Voelker
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Abstract
A process for optimizing the operation of an active lateral-view sensor when the height above the surface to be detected is variable, includes the following steps: i) continuously determining the height of the lateral-view sensor above the surface to be detected, and ii) adjusting the scanning beams emitted by the lateral-view sensor for scanning the surface to be detected by roll rotation as a function of the determined height of the lateral-view sensor such that variation of the surface to be detected is reduced during the orbit of the lateral-view sensor.
Claims9
A process for operation of an active lateral-view sensor whose height above a surface to be detected is variable;
- said process comprising:
- determining, as a function of height, a size of a slant range interval of a swath on a surface that is to be detected for a particular angle of view;
- continuously determining a height of the sensor above the surface that is to be detected;
- and
- adjusting, within the swath to be detected, an angle of view of scanning beams emitted by the sensor for scanning said surface, wherein said step of adjusting the angle of view fixes the size of the slant range interval by roll rotation of the sensor as a function of the determined height of the sensor during an entire orbit of the lateral-view sensor, the fixed size of the slant range interval corresponding approximately to the determined size of the slant range interval of the swath.
A process for operation of an active lateral-view sensor whose height above a surface to be detected is variable;
- said process comprising:
- determining, as a function of height, a size of a slant range interval of a swath on a surface that is to be detected for a particular angle of view;
- continuously determining a height of the sensor above the surface that is to be detected;
- adjusting, within the swath to be detected, an angle of view of scanning beams emitted by the sensor for scanning said surface, wherein said step of adjusting the angle of view fixes the size of the slant range interval by roll rotation of the sensor as a function of the determined height of the sensor during an entire orbit of the lateral-view sensor, the fixed size of the slant range interval corresponding approximately to the determined size of the slant range interval of the swath;
- and
- operating the sensor using a constant pulse repetition frequency during the entire orbit.
A process for operation of an active lateral-view sensor whose height above a surface to be detected is variable;
- said process comprising:
- determining, as a function of height, a size of a slant range interval of a swath on a surface that is to be detected for a particular angle of view;
- continuously determining a height of the sensor above the surface that is to be detected;
- and
- adjusting, within the swath to be detected, an angle of view of at least one scanning beam emitted by the sensor for scanning said surface, wherein said step of adjusting the angle of view fixes the size of the slant range interval by roll rotation of the sensor as a function of the determined height of the sensor during an entire orbit of the lateral-view sensor, the fixed size of the slant range interval corresponding approximately to the determined size of the slant range interval of the swath;
- and
- scanning the surface to be detected using a single antenna beam per swath during the entire orbit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.