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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Yair Benayahu, Camon, IL;
Asher Vuskoboinik, Kiryat Bialik, IL;
Inventors:
Yair Benayahu, Camon, IL;
Asher Vuskoboinik, Kiryat Bialik, IL;
Assignee:
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical detection system for detecting launch of an offensive projectile. The detection system includes an image detector array, an optical arrangement for focusing on to the image detector array, and a processing system associated with the image detector array. The processing system is configured to derive a series of frames from the image detector, to process the series of frames to identify a flash event and to generate and output that indicates a direction of the flash event.