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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Israel D. Levy, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Armando A. Molina, Jr., Lakewood, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 2/710 ;
Abstract
An electro-optical system comprising a turret and a thermal reference source that is located exterior to the turret. The turret houses a detector array and optical elements that provide different fields of view for the detector array. One or more windows are provided in the turret through which energy passes to the detector array. The optical elements and detector are moveable or rotatable so that the detector array may view the exterior thermal reference source for calibration purposes and an image scene during normal operation.