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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2010
John L. Vampola, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William H. Frye, Goleta, CA (US);
Sean P. Kilcoyne, Lompoc, CA (US);
John L. Vampola, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
William H. Frye, Goleta, CA (US);
Sean P. Kilcoyne, Lompoc, CA (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments, an imaging device includes an image sensor that includes a detector array. The detector array includes a plurality of detectors operable to receive a charge generated by light. The detector array also includes a plurality of detector sub-arrays each including one or more of the plurality of detectors. The one or more detectors of each detector sub-array are in a time delay and integration (TDI) configuration. The image sensor of the imaging device is operable to, for each of the plurality of detector sub-arrays of the detector array, generate an image signal corresponding to a scan of an object.