PROMAPP = Precision Registration Laser Based Mapping sensor

我们建议研究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地面车辆的碰撞检测以及灰云监测。我们所知道的扫描激光雷达单元的一个缺点是缺乏对激光束位置的明确识别，从而无法从扫描激光雷达单元中获得精确的地理校正映射。荷兰皇家壳牌公司的地球物理学家和英国mod的DSTL工作人员已经向我们指出了这个缺点，我们有一个想法，关于如何解决这个缺点，为我们在英国开发和制造精密地理校正扫描激光地形剖面传感器开辟了潜力，并在世界各地销售。我们的想法是增加扫描激光雷达测绘传感器的配准精度和灵敏度，并通过结合：•雷达脉冲压缩技术•高速，高分辨率，数字化和存储反射光学波形•同步光学线扫描和立体成像对该传感器的一个有趣的功能是能够使用软件“剥去树木”在底层地形，前提是传感器能探测到地面反射的一些光。通过分析反射的光波形，软件可以计算：•到树下地面的距离•树的高度。我们在世界各地的地球物理调查中都看到了这种传感器的应用。这项技术也可用于军事应用，用于探测被遮蔽的物体，或者通过树叶来探测物体。一个社会效益将是监测火山灰云密度，为国家航空当局提供更多信息，使商业航班只有在必要时才会减少。

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.