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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, Llc, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Bruce Winker, Ventura, CA (US);
Milind Mahajan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Don Taber, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Brian Gregory, Newbury Park, CA (US);
John Mansell, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC & IMAGING, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A moving object command link system includes a transmitter which outputs a EM beam and a steering mechanism which directs the beam toward one or more objects, at least one of which is moving. The system may include a variable attenuator which modulates the average output power of the beam, and/or a divergence controller to maintain a desired beam size. The beam may be polarized, and the system may include a polarization modulator which changes the beam's polarization in accordance with a predetermined sequence and schedule. The system may include a 1×2 switch to selectively provide the beam to one of first and second outputs. A tiltable dichroic beam splitter may be used to couple beams received from first and second objects to track cameras having respective boresights that are offset with respect to each other.