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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:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
May. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward Max Flowers, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ; G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356-401 ; 356-501 ;
Abstract
The invention is a method for increasing the resolution of LADAR data. In one embodiment of the invention wherein the LADAR data is generated from a split beam laser signal transmitted at a given elevation scan rate and a given azimuth scan rate, the method includes reducing the elevation scan rate by which the laser signal is transmitted by a factor of n; and reducing the azimuth scan rate by which the laser signal is transmitted by a factor of m; wherein n and m are integers greater than 1.