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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1996
Stuart H Klapper, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Howard Laitin, Torrance, CA (US);
Alex L Kormos, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Lacy G Cook, El Segundo, CA (US);
David M Masarik, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
Paul R Salvio, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A low cost night vision system for use in connection with law enforcement vehicles, marine vessels, and other nonmilitary surface vehicles. The invention includes a night vision camera having an array of uncooled detectors. A mechanism is provided for adjusting the pointing angle of the night vision camera in response to scan control signals. Output signals from the uncooled detectors are further processed into a standard video format and displayed on a conventional display located, for example, within a vehicle or marine vessel.