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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Douglas E Brown, Columbia, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G06G / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
35016212 ; 343 / ; 364822 ;
Abstract
A hybrid space/time integrating optical ambiguity processor in which time-sequential segments of a spatially modulated optical signal are received in a two-dimensional optical modulator. The output of the optical modulator is periodically imaged along one axis and transformed along a perpendicular axis, and the result is detected for further use. Two embodiments of the two-dimensional optical modulator are described; one utilizing an electrical-to-optical transducer and one utilizing an optical-to-optical transducer.