US Patent Application 17722273. GROUND SENSOR-TRIGGERED SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURE simplified abstract

GROUND SENSOR-TRIGGERED SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURE

Organization Name

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Inventor(s)

Tusher Chakraborty of Bangalore (IN)

Ranveer Chandra of Kirkland WA (US)

GROUND SENSOR-TRIGGERED SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURE - A simplified explanation of the abstract

• This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17722273 Titled 'GROUND SENSOR-TRIGGERED SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURE'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes a system where ground Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices can send image capture requests to satellites based on sensor events. The satellites receive these requests, capture images of the specified location, and generate a response based on the captured image and the type of request. This system allows satellites to efficiently respond to various image capture requests from ground IoT devices.

Original Abstract Submitted

The disclosure herein describes triggering image capture requests at ground Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices based on sensor events, and processing the image capture requests by satellites. An image capture request is received by the satellite from a ground IoT device. An image capture request includes request type data, location data, and response target data. The request type data is indicative of a sensor event at the ground IoT device. Image data is captured using an image capture device of the satellite. The image data is of an area based on the location data. A response to the request is generated based on the captured image data and the request type data, and the generated response is sent to the response target based on the response target data of the image capture request. The disclosure enables satellites to efficiently respond to a wide variety of image capture requests from ground IoT devices.