Title:
IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR A GEOSTATIONARY ORBITING SATELLITE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/144866
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Image sensors and methods for a geostationary orbiting satellite are disclosed. One image sensor includes a plurality of co-collimated telescopes having substantially the same field of view of a planet when mounted on the geostationary orbiting satellite and a plurality of focal plane arrays. Each of the plurality of co-collimated telescopes is arranged to direct its image to a respective one of said focal plane arrays. The focal plane arrays are sparsely populated upon a focal plane of each of said co-collimated telescopes and configured, in combination, to provide an image of a generally entire visible hemisphere of the surface of the planet.
Inventors:
LECOMPTE MALCOLM (US)
WILLIAMS FRANKLIN (US)
WILLIAMS FRANKLIN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/GB2017/050440
Publication Date:
November 02, 2017
Filing Date:
February 21, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LIVE EARTH IMAGING ENTPR LLC (US)
EXELL JONATHAN (GB)
EXELL JONATHAN (GB)
International Classes:
G01C11/02; G02B23/00; H04N3/14; H04N5/232
Foreign References:
| US20140176710A1 | 2014-06-26 | |||
| US6185037B1 | 2001-02-06 | |||
| US20090268983A1 | 2009-10-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WILLIAMS POWELL (GB)
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