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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2015
Applicant:

Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan Nazemi, Doylestown, PA (US);

Robert Rozploch, Newtown, PA (US);

John P. Barby, Robbinsville, NJ (US);

Andrew Eckhardt, Richboro, PA (US);

Assignee:

Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); F41G 3/14 (2006.01); F41G 7/22 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01S 17/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/484 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); F41G 3/16 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 17/66 (2013.01); F41G 3/145 (2013.01); F41G 3/165 (2013.01); F41G 7/226 (2013.01); F41G 7/2293 (2013.01); G01J 1/0295 (2013.01); G01J 1/0488 (2013.01); G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01S 7/484 (2013.01); G01S 7/4861 (2013.01); G01S 17/003 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4238 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pulse repetition frequency detector, tracker, and decoder includes a two-dimensional InGaAs FPA of photodetectors configured to convert laser signals into electrical signals. A ROIC is operatively connected to the InGaAs FPA to condition electrical signals from the InGaAs FPA. A module is operatively connected to the ROIC to decode pulsed codes in the conditioned electrical signals and to provide output for tracking decoded laser spots in two-dimensional space. In another aspect, an imaging device includes an imager with an imaging FPA operatively connected to a first ROIC for imaging. A pulse repetition frequency detector, tracker, and decoder including a second ROIC as described above, is operatively connected to the first ROIC. The first and second ROICs are operatively connected to correlate the position of decoded laser spots in images from the imaging FPA.


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