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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2002
Bryce A. Wheeler, Mammoth Lakes, CA (US);
Lacy G. Cook, El Segundo, CA (US);
Bryce A. Wheeler, Mammoth Lakes, CA (US);
Lacy G. Cook, El Segundo, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A wide field of view imaging system (). The novel system () includes a rotating mirror () having two reflective surfaces each surface, respectively, reflecting light from a scene to first and second sensors () positioned to receive light from the mirror (), wherein the first and second sensors () each occupy a different portion of the volume surrounding the mirror (). In the illustrative embodiment, the mirror () is a flat, double-sided mirror rotating at a constant velocity about an axis parallel with the surface of the mirror (). The first and second sensors () are all-reflective optical systems, with the first sensor () opposite the second sensor (). In the preferred embodiment, the invention further includes third and fourth opposing sensors () clocked 90° from the first and second sensors (). The first and second sensors () cover an outer annulus of the field of view while the mirror () rotates a first 90°, and the third and fourth sensors () cover an inner annulus while the mirror () rotates the next 90°.