Invention Grant
- Patent Title: MEMS micro-mirror array laser beam steerer for simultaneous illumination of multiple tracked targets
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Application No.: US17009453Application Date: 2020-09-01
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Publication No.: US11837840B2Publication Date: 2023-12-05
- Inventor: Gerald P. Uyeno , Sean D. Keller , Benn H. Gleason
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01S17/66
- IPC: G01S17/66 ; G01S17/86 ; G02B26/08 ; H01S3/00 ; G01S17/42 ; G06T7/20 ; B23K26/06 ; G01S7/481 ; G01C3/08

Abstract:
A multiple target tracker and beam steerer utilizes a MEMs MMA for beam steering to simultaneously illuminate multiple tracked targets per frame. The MMA can be adaptively segmented to change the number of output beams, and the power in a given beam, based on a list of tracked targets, range to targets, threat level etc. The MMA can be adaptively configured to simultaneously perform one or more Designation, Range Finding and Active Imaging modes on the same or different tracked targets. The MMA can be segmented so that each segment includes a plurality of mirrors to “oversample” the input beam. The mirrors in a given segment may be controlled to provide wavefront correction to the corresponding output beam.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220137395A1 MEMS MICRO-MIRROR ARRAY LASER BEAM STEERER FOR SIMULTANEOUS ILLUMINATION OF MULTIPLE TRACKED TARGETS Public/Granted day:2022-05-05
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