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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Applicants:
Marcel-francis Audier, Paris, FR;
Eric Belhaire, Cachan, FR;
Inventors:
Marcel-Francis Audier, Paris, FR;
Eric Belhaire, Cachan, FR;
Assignee:
Thales, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a range finding method for a target by means of a pulsed laser () and a device for detecting pulses backscattered by the target, which comprises a step for emitting pulses with a repetition frequency f. The detection device comprises an array of photodiodes () associated with integrators (). The method comprises steps for roughly then finely locating the target, the rough locating step comprising the following substeps: