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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Inventor:
William E. Clifton, Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourn, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/20 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 23/12 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4816 (2013.01); G01J 1/0228 (2013.01); G01J 1/0414 (2013.01); G01J 1/4228 (2013.01); G01S 7/4868 (2013.01); G01S 7/497 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G02B 23/12 (2013.01); G02B 26/0833 (2013.01); G02B 26/0841 (2013.01); G01J 2001/4233 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems () and methods () for acquiring data relating to an environment of interest. The methods comprise: receiving by a telescope () light scattered by an object within the environment; focusing a cone of light towards a spatial light modulator () which is placed a certain distance from the telescope on a telescope-focus surface; and deflecting a select amount of the cone of light by the spatial light modulator towards a photodiode array (), whereby a sensitivity across the photodiode array is made uniform.