Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Athermalized optics for laser wind sensing
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Application No.: US14696004Application Date: 2015-04-24
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Publication No.: US09678099B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Tony Maryfield , Mahyar Dadkah , Christian Cugnetti , Nam-Hyong Kim
- Applicant: Cubic Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: Cubic Corporation
- Current Assignee: Cubic Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: F41G3/08
- IPC: F41G3/08 ; G01P5/26 ; G02B17/00 ; G02B13/14

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for providing an optical assembly to provide stereoscopic images of a reflected laser spot to a camera for wind measurement. According to certain embodiments of the invention, an optical assembly can include left and right (or first and second) subassemblies having lens groups and reflective elements that cause light traveling left and right subassemblies to follow similar paths to focus on respective left and right portions of a camera. The camera can then use left and right images of reflected laser light to determine wind based on turbulence patterns in the left and right images.
Public/Granted literature
- US09488669B2 Athermalized optics for laser wind sensing Public/Granted day:2016-11-08
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