Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image plane sensor alignment system and method
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Application No.: US14685921Application Date: 2015-04-14
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Publication No.: US09689669B2Publication Date: 2017-06-27
- Inventor: Thomas William Ross, Jr. , Steven A. Miles , David C. Mann , Marco A. Avila , David Russell McDonald , Jeffery M. Gallagher
- Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US MA Waltham
- Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Waltham
- Agency: Lando & Anastasi, LLP
- Main IPC: G01B11/27
- IPC: G01B11/27 ; G02B27/36 ; G02B27/34 ; H04N5/232 ; G02B7/28 ; G01J5/08 ; G01J3/02 ; G01J1/42 ; G01J1/04 ; G01J1/02 ; H04N17/00 ; H04N5/225

Abstract:
System and method for sensor alignment. In one example, a reimaging optical system includes reimaging foreoptics positioned to receive and reimage incident electromagnetic radiation to produce an intermediate image plane and output an optical beam of the received incident electromagnetic radiation, an imaging optical apparatus positioned to receive the optical beam and focus the electromagnetic radiation of the optical beam onto a first focal plane, a first imaging sensor positioned at the first focal plane and configured to produce a first image responsive to receiving the electromagnetic radiation of the optical beam, an alignment object selectively positioned at the intermediate image plane and configured to superimpose an alignment tool upon the first image, and a controller coupled to the first imaging sensor and configured to perform an alignment process for the first imaging sensor based on at least a position of the alignment tool in the first image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160305774A1 IMAGE PLANE SENSOR ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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