System and method for utilizing multiple sensors

摘要

A sensor system having multiple sensors and having a grid generator projecting into space a relative navigation grid and a method of utilizing multiple airborne sensors operably coupled to an aircraft and coordinating the sensor outputs from the airborne sensors based on the determined spatial position of the multiple sensors and a method for utilizing multiple airborne sensors.

主权项

1. A sensor system having multiple sensors coupled to at least one aircraft, wherein each of the sensors is operably coupled to the at least one aircraft through a tether, each sensor coupled proximate to one end of each tether and the other end of each tether being attached to the aircraft, the sensor system, comprising:
a grid generator projecting into a space behind the aircraft a relative navigation grid; multiple sensors located within the relative navigation grid and providing sensor outputs; a position detector configured to detect the position of each of the multiple sensors relative to the relative navigation grid and providing corresponding position outputs; and a coordination engine configured to coordinate the multiple sensor outputs based on the corresponding position outputs provided by the position detector and generate a single coordinated sensor output, wherein the coordination engine uses the precise position of the multiple sensors in the navigation grid to provide coordination data necessary to combine the data into the single coordinated sensor output such that dimensional artifacts can be extracted from the single coordinated sensor output and true wide field stereolithography allowed.