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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Mark A. Lundgren, Fullerton, CA (US);
Jean J. Dolne, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Lundgren, Fullerton, CA (US);
Jean J. Dolne, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system to determine the distance to an object includes one or more aberrating elements to introduce aberration into light from the object. Image data is obtained at two different focus conditions, and used to determine the object distance.