Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Detecting, tracking, and decoding pulse repetition frequency laser energy from laser designators
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Application No.: US14938409Application Date: 2015-11-11
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Publication No.: US10209362B2Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Jonathan Nazemi , Robert Rozploch , John P. Barby , Andrew Eckhardt
- Applicant: Sensors Unlimited, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Princeton
- Assignee: Sensors Unlimited, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sensors Unlimited, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Princeton
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Scott D. Wofsy; Joshua L. Jones
- Main IPC: G01J1/44
- IPC: G01J1/44 ; G01S17/66 ; F41G3/14 ; F41G7/22 ; G01J1/02 ; G01J1/04 ; G01S17/00 ; G01S7/484 ; G01S7/486 ; F41G3/16 ; G01J1/42

Abstract:
A pulse repetition frequency detector, tracker, and decoder includes a two-dimensional InGaAs FPA of photodetectors configured to convert laser signals into electrical signals. A ROIC is operatively connected to the InGaAs FPA to condition electrical signals from the InGaAs FPA. A module is operatively connected to the ROIC to decode pulsed codes in the conditioned electrical signals and to provide output for tracking decoded laser spots in two-dimensional space. In another aspect, an imaging device includes an imager with an imaging FPA operatively connected to a first ROIC for imaging. A pulse repetition frequency detector, tracker, and decoder including a second ROIC as described above, is operatively connected to the first ROIC. The first and second ROICs are operatively connected to correlate the position of decoded laser spots in images from the imaging FPA.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160282179A1 DETECTING, TRACKING, AND DECODING PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY LASER ENERGY FROM LASER DESIGNATORS Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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