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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2012
Applicants:
David B. Pollock, Guntersville, AL (US);
Patrick J. Reardon, Madison, AL (US);
Inventors:
David B. Pollock, Guntersville, AL (US);
Patrick J. Reardon, Madison, AL (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, fo, Huntsville, AL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/433 (2006.01); G01J 3/447 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/349 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); G01J 3/0208 (2013.01); G01J 3/0262 (2013.01); G01J 3/2803 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01); G01J 3/433 (2013.01); G01J 3/447 (2013.01); G02B 26/0891 (2013.01); G02B 27/0018 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01); H04N 5/349 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera concurrently produces an orthographic map and map spectral content. Illumination from an image passes through a phase modulator and the resulting rotating photo-flux phase is converted to an electrical signal by multiple adjacent sensors of detectors of array of detectors. The amount of unwanted illumination reaching the sensors is reduced by a set of baffles that shield and protect the transducers from unwanted out-of-field light and other light sources.