METHOD FOR PROCESSING THE SEQUENCE OF IMAGES FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF TANKER AND EVALUATION OF ITS TRAJECTOR PARAMETERS FOR AIR REPLACEMENT AT THE BACKGROUND OF THE STARRY SKY Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC G01S5/08 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: integrates algorithms based on their consistent use. In this case, switching between algorithms is performed depending on the estimated sizes and distance to the tanker. To do this, you must perform the following actions: to receive and analog-to-digital conversion of the image signal of each frame; select image processing algorithm: object detection algorithm, small and medium size tracking algorithm, large object tracking algorithm, and cone tracking algorithm, depending on the aircraft size estimates and the distance to it; detect the aircraft and evaluate its trajectory parameters by the chosen algorithm.

EFFECT: expansion of functional capabilities, expansion of application conditions for onboard vision systems and increasing the accuracy of estimating the trajectory parameters of the tanker, which makes it possible to create an on-board information and control system to provide refueling in air using the bar-cone method against the starry sky in automatic mode, and can serve additional system for relative navigation in manual mode.

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