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- Title
Laser Spot Center Location Method for Chinese Spaceborne GF-7 Footprint Camera.
- Authors
Ren, Chaofeng; Xie, Junfeng; Zhi, Xiaodong; Yang, Yun; Yang, Shuai
- Abstract
The Gaofen-7 (GF-7) satellite is equipped with two area array sensor footprint cameras to capture the laser altimeter spot. In order to establish a direct correspondence between the laser data and the stereo image data, a new method is proposed to fit the center of the spot using the brightness difference between the spot image and the footprint image. First, the geometric registration between the spot image and the footprint image is completed based on feature matching or template matching. Then, the brightness values between the two images are extracted from the corresponding image position to form a measurement, and the least squares adjustment method is used to calculate the parameters of the brightness conversion model between the spot image and the footprint image. Finally, according to the registration relationship, the center of the identified spots is respectively positioned in the footprint images, so that the laser spots are accurately identified in the along-track stereo footprint images. The experimental results show that the spot error of this method is less than 0.7 pixel, which has higher reliability and stability, and can be used for a GF-7 satellite footprint camera.
- Subjects
SPACE-based radar; LASER altimeters; LEAST squares; FOOTPRINTS; STEREO image; SENSOR arrays; MICROWAVE radiometers
- Publication
Sensors (14248220), 2020, Vol 20, Issue 8, p2319
- ISSN
1424-8220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/s20082319