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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2011
Applicants:
David Keith Mefford, Brownsboro, AL (US);
Robert Alan Smith, Hampton Cove, AL (US);
Inventors:
David Keith Mefford, Brownsboro, AL (US);
Robert Alan Smith, Hampton Cove, AL (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/06 (2006.01); G01J 1/06 (2006.01); G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/0425 (2013.01); G01J 1/0266 (2013.01); G01J 1/4228 (2013.01); G02B 19/008 (2013.01); G01J 2001/062 (2013.01); G02B 6/06 (2013.01); G02B 6/368 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coherent fiber array is used to optically detect a radiometric event. The coherent fiber array has a dome-shaped detection surface and a planar output surface. Optical energy from the radiometric event is detected at the dome-shaped detection surface and transferred to the output surface. The coherent fiber array retains directionality of the radiometric event while transferring the optical energy from the dome-shaped detection surface to the planar output surface.