The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Andrew M. Downing, Altamonte Springs, FL (US);
LOCKEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A system comprising non-transitory and tangible memory comprising program instructions for performing an extended laser active ranging (ELAR) procedure having a first mode and a second mode. The system includes a processor configured to execute the program instructions to cause the processor to receive selection of a region-of-interest (ROI) having a pixel cluster; and cause laser ranging using a laser ranging system in the first mode. The process is configured to determine whether a laser ranging reflection (LRR) signal is received by a laser photodetector of a gimbal during the first mode. If the LRR signal is not received, the processor performs the second mode of the ELAR procedure initialized to a center of the selected ROI to search for a reflective surface in the ROI of an imaged real-world view of an ambient scene and registered to the pixel cluster to find a small target.