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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2006
Applicants:

Ofer David, Haifa, IL;

Shamir Inbar, Haifa, IL;

Inventors:

Ofer David, Haifa, IL;

Shamir Inbar, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:

Elbit Systems Ltd., Haifa, IL;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An imaging system, including a transmission source providing pulse(s), and a gated sensor for receiving pulse reflections from objects located beyond a minimal range. The pulse and the gate timing are controlled for creating a sensitivity as a function of range, such that the amount of the energy received progressively increases with the range. Also an imaging method, including emitting pulse(s) to a target area, receiving reflections of pulses reflected from objects located beyond a minimal range, the receiving includes gating detection of the reflections, and progressively increasing the received energy of the reflections, by controlling the pulses and the timing of the gating.


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