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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventor:
Edward Jozef Miesak, Windermere, FL (US);
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/26 (2006.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/26 (2013.01); G02B 5/00 (2013.01); G02B 5/0294 (2013.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system including an imaging device with a line of sight to an object, capable of producing a glare, which is to be captured in an image, a light source configured to illuminate a surface of the object, and an optical barrier positioned along the line of sight between the imaging device and the object, said optical barrier being sized and positioned to reduce reflected light off the surface of the object directed along the line of sight from being captured in the image. Methods are also disclosed.