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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2005
Christopher L. Kauffman, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Sung-shik Yoo, Palatine, IL (US);
Curtis Harkrider, Wheaton, IL (US);
Philip Minarik, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Christopher L. Kauffman, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Sung-Shik Yoo, Palatine, IL (US);
Curtis Harkrider, Wheaton, IL (US);
Philip Minarik, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An imaging device is provided which may include a plurality of imaging lenses. Each imaging lens may be placed adjacent to a dispersive element. The imaging lenses and dispersive element(s) may be placed adjacent to a focal plane array to allow light from a light emitting event traveling through the imaging lenses to be simultaneously received by the focal plane array. One of the optical channels provides continuous broadband imagery without interfering with the operation of the dispersive optical channels. No moving parts are required in this small compact system, and no reconfiguration during operation is necessary to enable any of the functions, they are all simultaneous. Information related to the light received by the focal plane array may be transmitted to a processor for processing to determine whether the light emitting event is of interest and to determine an event type. Broadband imagery provided may be used for situational awareness, targeting, and surveillance.