Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 18, 1811001(2021)

Relative Orientation Method for Airborne Pushbroom Combined Imaging System

Jingmei Li1,2, Yongxiang Fan3、*, Ning Wang1, Lingling Ma1, Hongjia Cheng1, Yonggang Qian1, Yifang Niu1, Chuanrong Li1, Lingli Tang1, and Qingchuan Zheng4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Quantitative Remote Sensing Information Technology, Aerospace Information Reasearch Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3JI HUA Laboratory, Foshan, Guangdong 528000, China
  • 4Inner Mongolia North Heavy Industries Group Co., Ltd, Baotou, Inner Mongolia 0 14033, China
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    Combining multiple pushbroom cameras along the sampling direction can overcome the limitation of the detector scale, and effectively expands its field of view and improves the imaging efficiency. Existing stitching methods are based on strict geometric calibration of each sub-field, and strongly dependent on expensive calibration fields. This paper presents a relative orientation method of sub-field of view based on sparse ground control points. This method establishes a relative orientation model with tie points and digital elevation model. To ensure the stability of the solution, it is supplemented by the absolute constraints of the sparse control points. Relationship between adjacent cameras can be achieved by this method, and simulation data was used to verify the method. Results show that the relative orientation parameters can support seamless stitching of sub images. The accuracy of image stitching is better than 2 pixel, and the plane error of geometric positioning accuracy is better than 3 pixel.

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    Jingmei Li, Yongxiang Fan, Ning Wang, Lingling Ma, Hongjia Cheng, Yonggang Qian, Yifang Niu, Chuanrong Li, Lingli Tang, Qingchuan Zheng. Relative Orientation Method for Airborne Pushbroom Combined Imaging System[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(18): 1811001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Imaging Systems

    Received: Feb. 22, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 1, 2021

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2021

    The Author Email: Fan Yongxiang (fanyx@jihualab.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1811001

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