System and method for determining satellite image loss and computer-readable recording medium therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10630970-B2
Application number	US-201715794900-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2017
Priority date	Nov 1, 2016
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

A system and a method for determining a satellite image loss and a computer-readable recording medium therefor are provided. The satellite image loss determination system includes a data receiving unit configured to receive packet data including satellite image data, time information, and a flag value, and angle data of a scan mirror that generates the satellite image data; a data comparing unit configured to compare the angle data received by the data receiving unit with angle data of the scan mirror previously determined in correspondence with the packet data; and an image loss determining unit configured to determine whether a loss has occurred in a satellite image generated from the satellite image data in consideration of a result of comparison of the data comparing unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A satellite image loss determination system comprising:
a data receiving unit configured to receive packet data comprising satellite image data, time information, and a flag value, and angle data of a scan mirror, when the satellite image data is generated, from a satellite, the satellite having an imager to generate the satellite image data using the scan mirror;
a data comparing unit configured to determine a planned angle of the scan mirror based on the time information and the flag value of the packet data, to determine an observed angle of the scan mirror based on the angle data, and to compare the observed angle with the planned angle; and
an image loss determining unit configured to determine whether a loss has occurred in the satellite image data, based on the comparison of the data comparing unit.

2. The satellite image loss determination system of claim 1 , wherein the satellite image data comprises: 1 st through n th swaths of data,
wherein the data corn paring unit is to determine a range of the planned angles corresponding to one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data, to determine a range of the observed angles based on the angle data received along with the one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data, and compare the range of the planned angles with the range of the observed angles in correspondence with the one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data, and
wherein the image loss determining unit is to determine that the loss has occurred in the satellite image data when the range of the observed angle is narrower than the range of the planned angles.

3. The satellite image loss determination system of claim 1 ,
wherein the data comparing unit is to determine the planned angle of the scan mirror at a time point where the flag value of the packet data is a first value or a second value, to determine the observed angle of the scan mirror at the time point based on the angle data received along with the flag value, and to compare the planned angle of the scan mirror with the observed angle of the scan mirror, and
wherein the image loss determining unit is to determine that the loss has occurred in the satellite image data when a difference between the planned angle of the scan mirror and the observed angle of the scan mirror is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

4. The satellite image loss determination system of claim 3 , wherein the image loss determining unit determines that a loss has occurred in a start position of the satellite image data when the difference between the planned angle of the scan mirror and the observed angle of the scan mirror at the time point where the flag value is the first value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.

5. The satellite image loss determination system of claim 3 , wherein the image loss determining unit determines that a loss has occurred in an end position of the satellite image data when the difference between the planned angle of the scan mirror and the observed angle of the scan mirror at the time point where the flag value is the second value is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.

6. The satellite image loss determination system of claim 1 , further comprising: an alarm output unit configured to output an alarm when it is determined that the loss has occurred in the satellite image data.

7. The satellite image loss determination system of claim 1 , further comprising: an image interpolating unit configured to interpolate the satellite image data in which the loss has occurred.

8. A satellite image loss determination method comprising:
receiving packet data comprising satellite image data, time information, and a flag value from a satellite, the satellite having an imager to generate the satellite image data using a scan mirror;
receiving, from the satellite, angle data of the scan mirror when the satellite image data is generated;
determining a planned angle of the scan mirror based on the time information and the flag value of the packet data;
determining an observed angle of the scan mirror based on the angle data;
comparing the observed angle with the planned angle; and
determining whether a loss has occurred in the satellite image data based on a result of the comparing.

9. The satellite image loss determination method of claim 8 , wherein the satellite image data comprises: 1 st through n th swaths of data,
wherein the comparing of the angle data comprises:
determining a range of the planned angles corresponding to one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data;
determining a range of the observed angles based on the angle data received along with the one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data; and
comparing the range of the observed angles angle data received in the receiving of the angle data with the range of the observed angles in correspondence with the one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data, and
wherein the determining of whether the loss has occurred in the satellite image data comprises: determining that the loss has occurred in the satellite image data when the range of the observed angles is narrower than the range of the planned angles.

10. The satellite image loss determination method of claim 9 ,
wherein each of the 1 st through n th swaths of data is designed to have predetermined number of chunk data, and
wherein the determining of whether the loss has occurred in the satellite image data comprises:
counting a number of chunk data in one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data;
determining that the loss has occurred in the one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data of the satellite image data when the counted number of chunk data in the one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data is smaller than the predetermined number of the one of the 1 st through n th swaths of data.

11. The satellite image loss determination method of claim 9 , wherein the determining of whether the loss has occurred in the satellite image data comprises:
determining the planned angle of the scan mirror at a time point where the flag value of the packet data is a first value;
determining the observed angle of the scan mirror at the time point based on the angle data received along with the flag value; and
determining that a loss has occurred in a start position of the satellite image data when a difference between the planned angle of the scan mirror and the observed angle of the scan mirror at the time point where the flag value is the first value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

12. The satellite image loss determination method of claim 9 , wherein the determining of whether the loss has occurred in the satellite image comprises:
determining the planned angle of the scan mirror at a time point where the flag value of the packet data is a second value;
determining the observed angle of the scan mirror at the time point based on the angle data received along with the flag value; and
determining that a loss has occurred in an end position of the satellite image data when a difference between the planned angle of the scan mirror and the observed angle of the scan mirror at the time point where the flag value is the second value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

13. The satellite image loss determination method of claim 8 , further comprising: outputting an alarm when it is determined that the loss has occurred in the satellite image data.

14. The satellite image loss determination method of claim 8 , further comprising: interpolating the satellite image data in which the loss has occurred.

15. A non-transitory

Assignees

• Korea Aerospace Res Inst

Inventors

• Park Jin Hyung
• Lim Hyun Su
• Chung Dae Won

Classifications

• G06T3/4007

  based on interpolation, e.g. bilinear interpolation (image demosaicing G06T3/4015; edge-driven or edge-based scaling G06T3/403) · CPC title

• H04N17/002 Primary

  for television cameras · CPC title

• G06T2207/10032

  Satellite or aerial image; Remote sensing · CPC title

• B64G1/1021 Primary

  Earth observation satellites · CPC title

• G01S19/23

  Testing, monitoring, correcting or calibrating of receiver elements · CPC title