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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:
Sep. 15, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert H Anderson, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Litton Systems, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 42 ; 364822 ; 382 31 ; 359561 ; 359 29 ;
Abstract
A discoid optical correlator system having a plurality of reflective optical components, a source of electromagnetic radiation, such as visible light, and an output detector which are positioned around the rim region of a solid disk body to develop a symmetrically folded optical axis traversed by a beam of electromagnetic radiation so that an unknown object is optically detected and identified.