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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy E. Ostromek, Richardson, TX (US);
Joseph P. Estrera, Dallas, TX (US);
Antonio V. Bacarella, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Litton Systems, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
Abstract
A system ( ) for gating a sensor ( ) includes a detector ( ) that detects light and outputs a signal ( ) corresponding to the light. A control unit ( ) receives the signal ( ), adjusts a gating signal ( ) in response to the signal ( ), and outputs the adjusted gating signal ( ) to gate a sensor ( ) sensing the light.