US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung on July 29 for "Method for determining the capability of a sensor contained in a satellite to access a target region, and satellite accessing system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,353, issued on July 29, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Method for determining the capability of a sensor contained in a satellite to access a target region, and satellite accessing system" was invented by Max Gulde (Freiburg, Germany), Clemens Horch (Freiburg, Germany) and Frank Schafer (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and a system for determining the capability of a sensor contained in a satellite to access a target region. The position of the satellite is ascertained, the viewing radius of the sensor in the direction ...