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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Christopher Ralph Pescod, Chelmsford, GB;
Mohammed Nawaz, Chelmsford, GB;
BAE SYSTEMS plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating an optical rotating joint (); comprising: providing redundancy for camera sensor signals to be passed through an optical rotating joint () by: (i) passing signals from a plurality of camera sensors () via an optical changeover switching arrangement () to the optical rotating joint (); and/or (ii) passing signals for a plurality of camera sensors () toward the camera sensors () from the optical rotating joint () via an optical changeover switching arrangement (). The signals may be sensor control signals or sensor output signals to/from a plurality of sensors (), for example camera sensors. The apparatus may further comprise one or more wavelength division multiplexers () and/or wavelength division demultiplexers ().