Raytheon Company

David M Zimmerman

John F Silny

Tyler Layne Hook

Robert Bruce Herrick

Joseph G Shanks

Joseph P Filice

Anthony Santamaria

A system for transporting fast frame rate video data from a high frame rate image sensor mosaics and spreads the fast frame rate video data in 1920&#xd7;1080p30 video frames for transporting via an existing standard video architecture. Packing information, spreading information, and unique ID/timestamps for each frame is encoded in metadata and inserted in ancillary metadata space of the 1080p30 video frames. A robust encoding scheme generates the metadata and ensures that the transported video can be reassembled into its original fast frame rate form after being spread over multiple channels.

Method for encoding raw high frame rate video via an existing HD video architecture

Methods and apparatus for remote, passive detection of underwater objects using combined spectral and polarimetric imaging. In one example, a tunable multi-band spectro-polarimeter includes an imaging detector array that receives electromagnetic radiation from a viewed scene, a plurality of tunable spectral filters configured to filter the electromagnetic radiation into at least first and second spectral bands, and a plurality of polarization filters configured to filter each of the first and second spectral bands into at least two different polarization states, a first region of the detector array receiving the first spectral band and producing first polarimetric image data, and a second region of the detector array simultaneously receiving the second spectral band and producing second polarimetric image data, and a controller that receives and processes the first and second polarimetric image data to detect a target object in the viewed scene.

Tunable multi-band spectro-polarimeter

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La Mesa, CA, United States of America

David M Zimmerman