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patent · US8130367

Laser ranging, tracking and designation using 3-D focal planes

6 March 2012

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Abstract

By using 3-D focal plane arrays, the present invention tracks or locates small moving objects, or generates a 3-D frame of data with minimum laser energy and a minimum of mechanically moving parts. In another embodiment the invention is used to determine the direction of a laser designating a target with a minimum of moving parts. In another embodiment the invention is used as a 3-D movie/video camera. In yet another embodiment the device is used to provide data for autonomou...

Provenance

Collection
Cited prior art
Filed
2006-12-08
Source
Google Patents bibliographic record
Granted
2012-03-06
Inventors
Roger Stettner; Howard W. Bailey