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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2007
Scott Rasmussen, Framingham, MA (US);
Nicholas Zervoglos, Woburn, MA (US);
Paul Debitetto, Stow, MA (US);
Scott Rasmussen, Framingham, MA (US);
Nicholas Zervoglos, Woburn, MA (US);
Paul DeBitetto, Stow, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A non-contact passive ranging system wherein a first imager on a platform is focused on a first object and a second imager on the platform is also focused on the first object. The optical path from the first object to the first imager is configured to be shorter than the optical path from the object to the second imager. Processing circuitry is responsive to an output of the first imager and an output of the second imager as relative motion is provided between the platform and the first object and is configured to calculate the distance from the platform to the object.