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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Dennis J. Adams, Stow, OH (US);
Charles T. Knorr, Akron, OH (US);
Alan F. Lindsay, Massillon, OH (US);
Dennis J. Adams, Stow, OH (US);
Charles T. Knorr, Akron, OH (US);
Alan F. Lindsay, Massillon, OH (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A scanner apparatus which has super-hemispherical coverage includes a receiver, a pair of counter-rotating prisms, and a rotating mirror aligned with the pair of counter-rotating prisms. The rotating mirror and the pair of counter-rotating prisms guide an observed optical signal in a field of regard greater than that which is achievable through the use of only the pair of counter-rotating prisms. The apparatus may also include a laser that generates an optical signal guided by the prisms and the mirror toward an object of interest in the field of regard.