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Re:What a tweet tells us about spy satellites [video] by rocky1138 on Sunday September 01, 2019 @10:56AM (#20852599)
Yes, but if there is video instead of a still frame, it may be possible to put together what the characters on the plate are.
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Re:What a tweet tells us about spy satellites [video] by jacquesm on Sunday September 01, 2019 @10:57AM (#20852605)
Not with that resolution (7cm / pixel).
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Re:What a tweet tells us about spy satellites [video] by mrob on Sunday September 01, 2019 @02:13PM (#20853735)
We know what can be written on license plates, and we know that license plates don't change over short times, so it's possible to determine which characters best match the sequence of frames even if no individual frame is readable. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-resolution_imaging
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