Method and apparatus for operation of a remote sensing platform
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The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for determination
of a control policy for a rigid body system, where
the rigid body system comprises a sensor and a plurality of
actuators designed to maneuver the rigid body system and
orient the sensor toward a plurality of defined vertices, such
as geographic points on the earth surface. A processor
receives input data describing an initial state of the rigid
body system and further receives a plurality of candidate
vertices for potential targeting by the sensor. The processor
additionally receives an intrinsic value for each vertex,
reflecting the relative desirability of respective vertices in
the plurality of vertices. The processor determines an appropriate
control policy based on the vertices, the intrinsic
values, and the rigid body system through a formulation of
the determination process as an optimization problem which
actively considers various constraints during the optimization,
such as maneuvering and observation constraints.
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