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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2012
William E. Shaw, Marlborough, MA (US);
Bruce Whaley, Freehold, NJ (US);
Marcus Hatch, Waltham, MA (US);
Raymond J. Silva, Saugus, MA (US);
Michael E. Deflumere, Woburn, MA (US);
William E. Shaw, Marlborough, MA (US);
Bruce Whaley, Freehold, NJ (US);
Marcus Hatch, Waltham, MA (US);
Raymond J. Silva, Saugus, MA (US);
Michael E. DeFlumere, Woburn, MA (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
A fiber optically coupled laser rangefinder (LRF) for use in a gimbal system to input/extract a laser beam into/from a camera is disclosed. In one embodiment, the fiber optically coupled LRF includes a gimbal assembly. Further, the gimbal assembly includes a first fiber optic cable for receiving the laser beam from a remote transmitter assembly, a fiber optically coupled laser interface module to receive the laser beam and opposing mirrors to direct the laser beam to a target. In addition, the gimbal assembly includes a second fiber optic cable for transmitting a return laser beam to a remote receiver assembly. The opposing mirrors are further configured to direct the return laser beam from the target to the fiber optically coupled laser interface module. The fiber optically coupled laser interface module is further configured to transmit it to the receiver assembly via the second fiber optic cable.