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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The disclosure is directed to an electro-optical imaging system that includes an image selection assembly that receives images along a movable optical axis and provides the images to a sensor disposed on a fixed optical axis. The movable axis is movable with respect to the fixed axis. The disclosure is also directed to a method for use with the imaging system. The method includes: positioning the movable optical axis at a selected first position to obtain a first image; sampling the first image with the sensor; repeatedly positioning the movable optical axis at another selected position to obtain another image, and sampling the another image until a number of at least two or more images are sampled; and assembling the sampled images into a final image.