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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2021
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Michael J. DeWeert, Kaneohe, HI (US);
Brian Chock, Honolulu, HI (US);
Jacob D. Garan, Honolulu, HI (US);
Reid A. Noguchi, Honolulu, HI (US);
Gary Sawai, Wahiawa, HI (US);
Dugan C. Yoon, Honolulu, HI (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
An underwater imaging system is carried by a submersible platform to capture images that are processed into three-dimensional images stitched together to create a 3D dimensional video at video rate speeds that are transmitted to a control unit above the surface of the water. The imaging system utilizes a high speed image sensor or camera to capture sequential gated images that are synced via a gating module to two sequential laser beam pulses. The laser beam pulses illuminate an object in each gated image. When the object is within a gate overlap region, the two images may be processed using 3D imaging techniques to generate a 3D representation of the object in the overlap region of the two gates.