#B64G1/361

IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTITUDE DETERMINATION

The subject matter disclosed herein is generally directed towards systems and methods for estimating vehicle attitude information using position data of stars and astronomical objects in the sky. Cons…

DRIVE·Mar 18·1 min read

B64G1/361 URUGUS S A [UY]

Anisotropic Aperture Star Camera Systems and Methods

Spacecrafts are disclosed herein. The spacecraft can include a primary payload sensor, the primary payload sensor being aligned to capture images in a direction of a first axis, and at least one secon…

DRIVE·Dec 18·2 min read

B64G1/361 Planet Labs PBC

DIRECT SUN IMAGING STAR TRACKER

Described are systems and methods for direct sun imaging by a star tracker. Disclosed in a certain example is a direct sun imaging star tracker that includes an imaging sensor and a baffle. The baffle…

DRIVE·Sep 18·1 min read

B64G1/361 BOEING CO [US]

Test bench for star sensor, and test method

The invention relates to a test bench (1) for a stellar sensor, characterized in that it comprises: - a stellar sensor (2) comprising a protective baffle (3), - a collimator (7) mounted on one end of …

DRIVE·Dec 17·1 min read

B64G1/361 CENTRE NAT ETD SPATIALES [FR]

Device and method for stimulating an optoelectronic sensor

The device has a matrix display (10) or microdisplay for sequential display of color images, and control electronics (11), where the color images are provided at a specific display frequency. A genera…

DRIVE·Mar 5·1 min read

B64G1/361 ASTRIUM SAS [FR]

Method for increasing the reliability of sensor systems

The method involves detecting a star image cutout by star sensors (2,3,4) by a lens and a photosensitive matrix detector, where the star sensors are provided with the same or different visual fields a…

DRIVE·Jul 17·1 min read

B64G1/361 JENA OPTRONIK GMBH [DE]

Mapping system for star sensors with two focal lengths

The star sensor (1) comprises an optical imaging system (2) with a lens (4) imaging a predetermined field of view (17,19) around an optical axis (7) on a sensor surface (6) of a detector (5) along an …

DRIVE·Oct 3·1 min read

B64G1/361 JENA OPTRONIK GMBH [DE]

Method for measuring the stability of a line of sight and corresponding star sensor

The method involves capturing a first set of star images (14) using a capturing head (6) of a star sensor (4) at frequency in a successive manner, where the sensor comprises another capturing head (5)…

DRIVE·Sep 5·1 min read

B64G1/361 CENTRE NAT ETD SPATIALES [FR]