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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Anuradha Bhargava, Reading, MA (US);
Harold T. Wright, Pelham, NH (US);
Kazimierz T. Grzeslak, Bedford, NH (US);
Arnold Kravitz, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Anuradha Bhargava, Reading, MA (US);
Harold T. Wright, Pelham, NH (US);
Kazimierz T. Grzeslak, Bedford, NH (US);
Arnold Kravitz, Moorestown, NJ (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A centroiding method is provided for an optical tracking system including a laser used for countermeasuring purposes in which a pencil thin laser beam is accurately positioned onto a target through the use of centroiding techniques for ascertaining the position not only of the target but also the laser beam, with the centroiding techniques resulting in a sub-pixel level resolution. The sub-pixel resolution permits utilization of smaller cost-effective focal plane arrays by giving the small focal plane array a resolution associated with much larger focal plane arrays.