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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Brian James Howley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael L Tartaglia, Berthoud, CO (US);
Anthony C. Kowalczyk, San Mateo, CA (US);
Patrick Eliott Perkins, Carmel Valley, CA (US);
Alain Charles Carrier, La Jolla, CA (US);
Paul J. Suni, Berthoud, CO (US);
Bruce G. Tiemann, Longmont, CO (US);
David Carl Sadighi, Boulder, CO (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An optical system can include a mirror that reflects incoming light to a sensor for detection. The position and/or orientation of the mirror can be controlled to reflect incoming light from different locations and/or directions. Position and/or orientation of the mirror may be tracked and/or detected by an optical position sensor. The position sensor can transmit a beam to a reflector on the mirror, and the reflected beam can be received by the position sensor. Characteristics of the reflected beam can be measured to determine the position and/or orientation of the mirror. For example, the beam can be used for interferometric and/or intensity measurements, which can then be correlated with a position and/or orientation of the mirror.