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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Lux, Langenargen, DE;
Max Eibert, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Assignee:
Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354403 ; 356-1 ; 356-2 ; 356-4 ;
Abstract
The camera includes two functionally equivalent line and field scanners, one for issuing a light pulse that will be returned by an object point, and identified by a particular line/field scanning position in both scanners; the second scanner being attuned to recognize the returned light in one scanning raster point only for purposes of correlation. The field scan is realized through a deflecting mirror or in a columnal array the line scans are either solid state or fiber optics.