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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:
Jul. 24, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2009
Applicant:

Joseph C. Marron, Pittsford, NY (US);

Inventor:

Joseph C. Marron, Pittsford, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/00 (2006.01); G06M 7/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A combined active and passive imaging system comprises a radiation source unit configured to output a radiation beam towards a detector and an object in a scene. The system further comprises the detector configured to record a first instance of an intensity pattern of an interference between at least a portion of the radiation beam and at least a portion of a return radiation from the object. The detector may further be configured to record ambient light reflected from the scene. The detector may output a first signal with the recorded ambient light reflected from the scene and a second signal with the recorded intensity pattern. The system further comprises a processor communicatively coupled to the detector and the radiation source unit. The processor may receive the first signal and the second signal and select the object in the scene.


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