公开(公告)号：US10063716B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US15229812

申请日：2016-08-05

Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.

Inventor： Robert Lloyd Steadman

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/04 ,  F42C13/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  H04N1/411 ,  G08B13/196

CPC classification number: H04N1/00103 ,  F42C13/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/00771 ,  G06K9/00979 ,  G06T11/003 ,  G06T2207/10032 ,  G06T2207/20132 ,  G06T2207/30212 ,  G06T2207/30232 ,  G08B13/19656 ,  H04N1/4115 ,  H04N7/181 ,  H04N2201/0039 ,  H04N2201/0043 ,  H04N2201/0055 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: A system includes nodes deployable across an area and self-forming a mobile ad-hoc network. The nodes include (1) imaging circuitry for capturing an image of a local sub-area based on a triggering event, (2) image-transfer circuitry for partitioning a captured image into sub-images or image segments and transmitting them to other nodes, (3) image-transmission circuitry for transmitting a sub-image from another node on an uplink to a relay such as a satellite. The relay (1) receives transmissions of respective sub-images, in parallel on independent channels, from the nodes via respective uplinks, and (2) retransmits the sub-images to the remote location via a downlink. A central control station at the remote location (1) receives the sub-images from the relay via the downlink, (2) re-creates the captured image by combining the received sub-images, and (3) utilizes the re-created image in a monitoring or control operation of the central control station.