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Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2019
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Jerald A. Hull, Charleston, SC (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/956 (2006.01); G06F 17/11 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/956 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G06F 17/11 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8848 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system and computer program product are provided for position and orientation measurement using a camera system having an optical boresight centerline. Methods may include: receiving at an aperture a collimated input beam; splitting the input beam at a first surface including a beam splitter into a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam; receiving at a first sensor the first sub-beam; receiving at a second sensor the second sub-beam; and determining one or more offsets of the input beam from the centerline based on data received from the first sensor and the second sensor. Methods may include: determining a location and irradiance of the first sub-beam of the input beam received by the first sensor; and determining a location and irradiance of the second sub-beam of the input beam received by the second sensor.


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