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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Carmen J. Carrano, Livermore, CA (US);
James M. Brase, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Carmen J. Carrano, Livermore, CA (US);
James M. Brase, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G01J 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surveillance system looks through the atmosphere along a horizontal or slant path. Turbulence along the path causes blurring. The blurring is corrected by speckle processing short exposure images recorded with a camera. The exposures are short enough to effectively freeze the atmospheric turbulence. Speckle processing is used to recover a better quality image of the scene.