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US09596421B1 Apparatus comprising a high dynamic range single-photon passive 2d imager and methods therefor
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装置包括高动态范围单光子无源2d成像器及其方法
- Patent Title: Apparatus comprising a high dynamic range single-photon passive 2d imager and methods therefor
- Patent Title (中): 装置包括高动态范围单光子无源2d成像器及其方法
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Application No.: US14158511Application Date: 2014-01-17
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Publication No.: US09596421B1Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Mark Allen Itzler
- Applicant: Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Cranbury
- Assignee: Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Princeton Lightwave, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Cranbury
- Agency: Kaplan Breyer Schwarz & Ottesen, LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A method for computing the intensity of light incident on a photodiode capable detecting single photons comprises using arrival-time statistics for a plurality of detected single photons. The statistics are based on the determination of the arrival time for each detected photon relative to the beginning of a detection period within an image frame in which the photon is detected. In some embodiments, Poisson statistics are applied to the computation of the intensity. By computing the intensity of light in this manner for each of plurality of single-photon photodetectors that compose a focal plane array, a high-contrast image of a scene can be developed.
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