ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,559, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NEW SPACE OPTICS Ltd. (Sussex, Great Britain).
"Earth observation scanning system" was invented by Liam Sills (Hove, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the disclosure provides An earth observation apparatus to be carried by a moving aerial platform or satellite for obtaining images of the surface of the earth, the apparatus comprising: an optical train having an optical field of view for imaging a region of the surface of the earth and being configured to form an image of the region at an image plane; an image sensor disposed at the image plane providing an imaging field ...