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Thomson-csf Optronique Canada, Inc.

Leslie Wrobel

Michael Emanuel

Hubert Caron

Marcela Faina-Cherkaoui

Marcel Labrie

Branislav Kovacevic

A mounting and control system for a sensor module of a driver viewer enhancement system located external of a vehicle. The mounting and control system including a tube for supporting the sensor module and that is interconnected to a sleeve bearing by a ball and socket joint that provides for the limited pivotal adjustment of the module about a horizontal axis. The sleeve bearing is support by a mounting block, which provides for rotational adjustment of the sensor module about a vertical axis. The sleeve bearing has an inner hollow region having rectangular and trapezoidal cross-sectional configurations that extend within two vertical perpendicular planes. The tube is free to pivot within the sleeve bearing in the plane including the trapezoidal cross-section only, thereby providing for elevational adjustment of the sensor module. The tube is restricted to rotation within the plane including the trapezoidal cross-section by a pin fixed to the sleeve bearing for slidably engaging a ball portion of the ball and socket joint.

Mounting and control system for optical imaging systems

A thermal imager system for use in a vehicle utilizes an uncooled microbolometer detector array ( ), optics ( ) for conducting scene radiation to the array within a sensor module ( ) which is separate from an image processing and display unit ( ), to provide a small, direct view sensor module ( ) that may be oriented for forward viewing. The sensor module ( ) is mounted external to the vehicle and the image processing and display unit ( ) is mounted internal to the vehicle, and the two are connected by a noise immune bidirectional digital communication path or harness ( ). The optics ( ) consist exclusively of refractive optical components ( ) providing a straight line radiation path from the scene to the array ( ).

Uncooled driver viewer enhancement system

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Montreal, Canada

Leslie Wrobel