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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:
Nov. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Chemimage Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Patrick J. Treado, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

David W. Caudle, Vandergrift, PA (US);

Matthew P. Nelson, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Shawna Tazik, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Assignee:

CHEMIMAGE CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/272 (2013.01); G01N 21/27 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to avoid friendly fire incidents in the combat theater, novel covert identification systems and methods of identifying friendly forces are provided. The systems include at least a spectroscopic imaging device and a marker that interact with each other by using a synchronized, predetermined filter tuning sequence. The filter tuning sequence enables interacted photons to wavelength hop according to the predetermined tuning sequence. As a result, the covert identification system allows friendly forces to clearly identify each while avoiding detection by enemy forces that employ conventional broadband and night vision sensors.


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