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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard B. Holmes, Cameron Park, CA (US);
David R. Gerwe, West Hills, CA (US);
Paul S. Idell, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Brandoch Calef, Kihei, HI (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods which combine standard image reconstruction and beam-control techniques with tomographic estimation of three-dimensional atmospheric turbulence to enable high-quality anisoplanatic imaging of distant objects at long range through the atmosphere over an extended field-of-view using a large aperture. More specifically, the systems and methods combine the concepts of atmospheric tomography, forward-model image reconstruction and tip, tilt, beam-walk, and focus control techniques to produce image reconstructions of high quality for large objects that move rapidly as viewed by large apertures in weak or strong extended atmospheric turbulence.