Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Terminal-imaging seeker using a spatial light modulator based coded-aperture mask
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Application No.: US16596340Application Date: 2019-10-08
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Publication No.: US10996104B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Jason Graham
- Applicant: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Burnsville
- Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Burnsville
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01J1/04
- IPC: G01J1/04 ; G02B13/14 ; G02B27/58 ; F41G7/22 ; G01J5/08 ; F41G7/00

Abstract:
Apparatus and associated methods relate to creating corrected images of a scene for a terminal-imaging seeker using an electrically-controllable coded-aperture mask pattern embodied in a programmable spatial light modulator. The coded-aperture mask pattern includes a plurality of pinhole-like apertures, each of which is configured to perform pinhole-like lensing of the scene. The plurality of pinhole-like apertures form a multiplex of overlapping images on a focal plane array aligned with the optical axis. An image processor reconstructs, based on a configuration of the plurality of pinhole-like apertures and the multiplex of overlapping images, a single image of the scene.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200049550A1 TERMINAL-IMAGING SEEKER USING A SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR BASED CODED-APERTURE MASK Public/Granted day:2020-02-13
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