Mark T Busch

US Patent:

20100265364, Oct 21, 2010

Filed:

Apr 16, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/425188

Inventors:

Ian S. Robinson - Redondo Beach CA, US
Mark T. Busch - Palos Verdes Peninsula CA, US
Lacy G. Cook - El Segundo CA, US

Assignee:

RAYTHEON COMPANY - Waltham MA

International Classification:

H04N 5/217

US Classification:

348241, 348E05078

Abstract:

An imaging platform minimizes image distortion when there is relative motion of the imaging platform with respect to the scene being imaged where the imaging platform may be particularly susceptible to distortion when it is configured with a wide field of view or high angular rate of movement, or when performing long-stares at a given scene (e.g., for nighttime and low-light imaging.) Distortion correction may be performed by predicting distortion due to the relative motion of the imaging platform, determining optical transformations to prevent the distortion, dynamically adjusting the optics of the imaging platform during exposure, and performing digital image correction.

US Patent:

20130335565, Dec 19, 2013

Filed:

May 28, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/903500

Inventors:

Mark T. Busch - Palos Verdes Peninsula CA, US
Lacy G. Cook - El Segundo CA, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/232

US Classification:

348144

Abstract:

An imaging platform minimizes image distortion when there is relative motion of the imaging platform with respect to the scene being imaged where the imaging platform may be particularly susceptible to distortion when it is configured with a wide field of view or high angular rate of movement, or when performing long-stares at a given scene (e.g., for nighttime and low-light imaging.) Distortion correction may be performed by predicting distortion due to the relative motion of the imaging platform, determining optical transformations to prevent the distortion, dynamically adjusting the optics of the imaging platform during exposure, and performing digital image correction.

US Patent:

20170039446, Feb 9, 2017

Filed:

Aug 7, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/820718

Inventors:

- Waltham MA, US
Mark T. Busch - Pls Vrds Pnsl CA, US
Joe G. Shanks - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

RAYTHEON COMPANY - Waltham MA

International Classification:

G06K 9/46
H04N 5/232

Abstract:

A method of image processing for finding a target in a scene includes receiving a series of images from a sensor and computing a background relative velocity in the series of images. The method further includes estimating a hypothesized target relative velocity of the target in the series of images. The method further includes computing a target revisit time based on a difference of the target relative velocity and the background relative velocity. The method further includes adjusting one or more of a frame capture rate or a frame processing rate based on the target revisit time.