PROMAPP = Precision Registration Laser Based Mapping sensor

我们建议调查基于精确配准激光的测绘传感器的市场机会，该传感器可用于数字高程测绘、树叶下车辆的检测、飞机导航、无人驾驶飞机和无人驾驶地面车辆的碰撞检测以及灰云监测。缺乏激光束位置的明确识别，无法从扫描激光雷达单元获得精确的地理校正映射。荷兰皇家壳牌公司的地质学家和英国国防部的DSTL人员已经向我们指出了这个缺点。我们有一个想法，如何解决这个缺点，为我们在英国开发和制造精确的地理校正扫描激光地形剖面传感器开辟了可能性。在世界各地进行营销。我们的想法是提高注册精度和扫描激光雷达测绘传感器的灵敏度，并通过结合以下技术来减轻单位的重量：·雷达脉冲压缩技术·高速，高分辨率，反射光波形的数字化和存储·同步光学线扫描和立体成像对这种传感器的一个有趣的能力是能够使用软件来“剥离树木”在底层地形，提供传感器可以检测到一些从地面反射的光。通过分析反射的光学波形，软件可以计算：·到树下地面的距离·树的高度我们看到这种传感器在世界各地的地球物理调查中的应用。这项技术也可以用于军事应用，通过树叶来探测模糊或其他物体。一个社会效益将是监测火山灰云密度，为国家航空管理局提供更多信息，使商业航班只有在必要时才能减少。

We propose to investigate the market opportunities for a Precision Registration Laser BasedMapping sensor that could be used in Digital Elevation Mapping, the detection of vehiclesunderneath foliage, aircraft navigation, collision detection for unmanned aircraft andunmanned ground vehicles and in ash cloud monitoring.A shortcoming in the scanning LIDAR units of which we are aware, is the absence of adefinitive identification of the laser beam location to enable a precision, geo-rectified mappingto be derived from the scanning LIDAR unit. This shortcoming has been pointed out to us bygeophysicists at Royal Dutch Shell and by DSTL staff at the UK MoD.We have an idea as to how this shortcoming can be solved, opening up the potential for us todevelop and manufacture a precision geo-rectified scanning laser terrain profiling sensor inthe U.K. for marketing throughout the world. Our idea is to increase the registration accuracyand the sensitivity of the scanning LIDAR mapping sensor and reduce the weight of the unitby combining:• RADAR pulse compression techniques• high speed, high resolution, digitising and storage of the reflected optical waveform• synchronised optical line scans and stereo imaging pairsOne interesting capability of this sensor is the ability to use software to "strip away the trees"in underlying terrain, provided the sensor can detect some light reflected from the ground. Byanalysing the reflected optical waveform, software can calculate:• the distance to the ground beneath the trees• the height of the treesWe see applications for this sensor in geophysical surveys throughout the world. Thistechnology could also be used in military applications, to detect objects obscuredintentionally, or otherwise, by foliage.A societal benefit will be in the monitoring of ash cloud density, to provide the NationalAviation Authorities with more information to enable commercial flights to be curtailed onlywhen necessary.