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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Jonathan L. Weber, Nashua, NH (US);
John Mandzy, Hollis, NH (US);
Paul I. Egbert, Merrimack, NH (US);
Kirby A. Smith, Derry, NH (US);
Jill A. Shea, Hollis, NH (US);
John L. Downing, Iii, Amherst, NH (US);
Jonathan L. Weber, Nashua, NH (US);
John Mandzy, Hollis, NH (US);
Paul I. Egbert, Merrimack, NH (US);
Kirby A. Smith, Derry, NH (US);
Jill A. Shea, Hollis, NH (US);
John L. Downing, III, Amherst, NH (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in response to the sensed radiation. A processing circuit is coupled to each temporal threat detector and is operable to analyze the detection signal from each detector as a function of time to detect the occurrence of a short-burn threat within the field of view of any of the temporal threat detectors. Each temporal threat detector may be a prism-coupled compound parabolic concentrator (PCCP).