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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Jennifer K. Park, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Gene D. Tener, Oviedo, FL (US);
William H. Barrow, Clermont, FL (US);
Gary E. Wiese, Orlando, FL (US);
Jennifer K. Park, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Gene D. Tener, Oviedo, FL (US);
William H. Barrow, Clermont, FL (US);
Gary E. Wiese, Orlando, FL (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus combining an optical sensor and a bomb impact assessment system, and corresponding method for facilitating bomb impact assessment, comprising means for receiving an optical signal, means for splitting off a portion of the optical signal from a primary optical path to form a secondary optical path, a lens in the secondary optical path, the lens comprising a plurality of facets generating a plurality of tertiary optical paths, means for combining signals from the primary and one or more of the tertiary optical paths, means for detecting the combined signals, and means for projecting onto a focal plane array bomb impact assessment data comprising detected signals from one or more of the tertiary optical paths.