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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Juan C. Montoya, Belmont, MA (US);
Antonio Sanchez-Rubio, Lexington, MA (US);
Harold C. Payson, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert E. Hatch, Boxborough, MA (US);
Richard Heinrichs, Arlington, VA (US);
Dale G. Fried, Dover, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of imaging a scene includes generating a temporally varying optical intensity pattern from at least one continuous wave (CW) light beam. The method also includes illuminating at least one portion of the scene with the temporally varying optical intensity pattern so as to cause a photon to scatter or reflect off the at least one portion of the scene. The photon reflected or scatted from the at least one portion of the scene is detected using a single-photon detector. Based on the temporally varying optical intensity pattern and a time of flight of the photon detected, a distance between the single-photon detector and the at least one portion of the scene is estimated.