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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Patrick Gilliland, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Bob Koseluk, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Steve Penniman, Goleta, CA (US);
Brad Short, Goleta, CA (US);
Joe Spagnolia, Ventura, CA (US);
Roger Stettner, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Patrick Gilliland, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Bob Koseluk, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Steve Penniman, Goleta, CA (US);
Brad Short, Goleta, CA (US);
Joe Spagnolia, Ventura, CA (US);
Roger Stettner, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for landing or docking a mobile platform is enabled by a flash LADAR sensor having an adaptive controller with Automatic Gain Control (AGC). Range gating in the LADAR sensor penetrates through diffuse reflectors. The LADAR sensor adapted for landing/approach comprises a system controller, pulsed laser transmitter, transmit optics, receive optics, a focal plane array of detectors, a readout integrated circuit, camera support electronics and image processor, an image analysis and bias calculation processor, and a detector array bias control circuit. The system is capable of developing a complete 3-D scene from a single point of view.