Optical design of high resolution and large format CCD airborne remote sensing camera on unmanned aerial vehicle

Yixian Qian; Xiaowei Cheng; Jie Shao

doi:10.1117/12.868286

9 November 2010 Optical design of high resolution and large format CCD airborne remote sensing camera on unmanned aerial vehicle

Yixian Qian, Xiaowei Cheng, Jie Shao

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Proceedings Volume 7849, Optical Design and Testing IV; 784938 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868286
Event: Photonics Asia 2010, 2010, Beijing, China

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicle remote sensing (UAVRS) is lower in cost, flexible on task arrangement and automatic and intelligent in application, it has been used widely for mapping, surveillance, reconnaissance and city planning. Airborne remote sensing missions require sensors with both high resolution and large fields of view, large format CCD digital airborne imaging systems are now a reality. A refractive system was designed to meet the requirements with the help of code V software, It has a focal length of 150mm, F number of 5.6, waveband of 0.45~0.7um, and field of view reaches 20°. It is shown that the value of modulation transfer function is higher than 0.5 at 55lp/mm, distortion is less than 0.1%, image quality reaches the diffraction limit. The system with large format CCD and wide field can satisfy the demand of the wide ground overlay area and high resolution. The optical system with simpler structure, smaller size and lighter weight, can be used in airborne remote sensing.

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Yixian Qian, Xiaowei Cheng, and Jie Shao "Optical design of high resolution and large format CCD airborne remote sensing camera on unmanned aerial vehicle", Proc. SPIE 7849, Optical Design and Testing IV, 784938 (9 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868286

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