Compression of earth observation satellite images

US8928751B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8928751-B2
Application numberUS-200913061179-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 21, 2009
Priority dateAug 28, 2008
Publication dateJan 6, 2015
Grant dateJan 6, 2015

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A method of acquiring, compressing and transmitting satellite images, characterized in that in a systematic manner: an image is acquired ( 101 ); ( 102 ) the image is processed by an image preprocessing step providing a value characteristic of the image and an image preprocessed by recognizing predetermined natural objects in the acquired image and replacing the natural objects by standard objects; the characteristic value is compared ( 103 ) with a table of values, each value of which is associated with a compression algorithm; the compression algorithm corresponding to the characteristic value is implemented ( 104 ) by compression elements for compressing the image; the compressed image is transmitted ( 105 ) to a remote image reception device by transmission elements.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for acquisition, processing, compression and transmission of Earth observation satellite images, comprising: acquiring an image, named acquired image, by an instrument carried by a satellite, processing said acquired image by an image preprocessing step adapted to provide a preprocessed image and at least one numerical value, referred to as the characteristic value of said acquired image, representative of a content of said image, said prepr…

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What does patent US8928751B2 cover?
A method of acquiring, compressing and transmitting satellite images, characterized in that in a systematic manner: an image is acquired ( 101 ); ( 102 ) the image is processed by an image preprocessing step providing a value characteristic of the image and an image preprocessed by recognizing predetermined natural objects in the acquired image and replacing the natural objects by standard obje…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Antikidis Jean-Pierre, Favier Jean-Jacques, Centre Nat Etd Spatiales
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N19/14. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 06 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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