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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
U.s. Army Research Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-loc-i, Adelphi, MD (US);
William C Ruff, Catonsville, MD (US);
Barry Lee Stann, Edgewater, MD (US);
Mark M Giza, Kensington, MD (US);
William B. Lawler, Annapolis, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system comprising a laser for transmitting a beam of light towards a target area; a controller for controlling the output of the laser; a receiver for collecting reflected pulses of light reflected from the target area, the receiver comprising a plurality of receive elements, each of the receive elements having a different field of view; a combiner for combining the outputs of the receive elements into one composite signal of the target area; an interface circuitry for converting the composite signal into an image; display unit displaying output from interface circuitry.