Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for coherent imaging in dynamic engagements
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Application No.: US14988476Application Date: 2016-01-05
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Publication No.: US10996336B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Joseph Marron , Maurice J. Halmos , Justin S. Grayer , David N. Sitter, Jr. , Gamze Erten
- Applicant: Raytheon Company
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Main IPC: G01S17/89
- IPC: G01S17/89 ; G01S17/58 ; G01S7/481 ; F41H13/00

Abstract:
A coherent imaging system produces coherent flood illumination directed toward a remote object and local oscillator (LO) illumination derived based on a same master oscillator as the flood illumination. A Doppler sensor receives the LO illumination and a return of flood illumination reflected off the object. Doppler shift data from the Doppler sensor, corresponding to a longitudinal velocity of the object relative to the imaging system, is used to produce Doppler-shifted LO illumination received by a low bandwidth, large format focal plane array (FPA), together with the return illumination from the object. Interference between the Doppler-shifted LO illumination and the return illumination facilitates producing an image of the object with the low bandwidth FPA despite the longitudinal velocity. Pixel intensities from the FPA are integrated over a period approaching the maximum interference frequency. The Doppler sensor and FPA may concurrently process return for a high energy laser target spot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170192094A1 SYSTEM FOR COHERENT IMAGING IN DYNAMIC ENGAGEMENTS Public/Granted day:2017-07-06
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