Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 51, Issue 9, 0912003(2022)

An Event-based Method for Extracting Star Points from High Dynamic Star Sensors

Sikang ZENG1,2,3、*, Rujin ZHAO1,2,3, Yuebo MA1,2,3, Zifa ZHU1,2,3, Yuping TANG1,2,3, and Zijian ZHU1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Optics and Electronics of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Chengdu 610209,China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Space Optoelectronic Precision Measurement,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Chengdu 610209,China
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    Working principle of star sensor
    General extraction process of star point centroid
    Simplified circuit diagram of the event camera pixel
    Working principle of event camera
    Star map in the field of view and simulated star point event stream
    Algorithm flow
    Schematic of spatiotemporal neighborhood
    Schematic of intercepting time slice
    Denoising effect under different noise intensities
    EDP and ESNR under different noises
    Extraction error of centroid under different angular velocities
    Average error of centroid extraction under different angular velocities
    3D view of the event stream output at low dynamics(0.5°/s)
    Average error of centroid extraction under different noise intensities
    • Table 1. Parameters of star sensor

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      Table 1. Parameters of star sensor

      ParameterValue
      Focal length/mm24
      Pixel size/μm5.5
      Field of view/(°10×10
      Imager size/pixel1 024×1 024
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    Sikang ZENG, Rujin ZHAO, Yuebo MA, Zifa ZHU, Yuping TANG, Zijian ZHU. An Event-based Method for Extracting Star Points from High Dynamic Star Sensors[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2022, 51(9): 0912003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology

    Received: Jan. 25, 2022

    Accepted: Apr. 29, 2022

    Published Online: Oct. 26, 2022

    The Author Email: ZENG Sikang (zengsikang19@mails.ucas.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20225109.0912003

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