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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2019
Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);
Jason Graham, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods relate to creating corrected images of a scene for a terminal-imaging seeker using an electrically-controllable coded-aperture mask pattern embodied in a programmable spatial light modulator. The coded-aperture mask pattern includes a plurality of pinhole-like apertures, each of which is configured to perform pinhole-like lensing of the scene. The plurality of pinhole-like apertures form a multiplex of overlapping images on a focal plane array aligned with the optical axis. An image processor reconstructs, based on a configuration of the plurality of pinhole-like apertures and the multiplex of overlapping images, a single image of the scene.