公开(公告)号：US10939046B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US15828010

申请日：2017-11-30

申请人： BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. ,  BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. ,  BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.

发明人： Alberto M. Magnani ,  Christopher R. Adams ,  Calvin B. Ward

IPC分类号： H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/235 ,  H04N9/68 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N5/353 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/359

摘要： An apparatus for taking moving pictures, a method for taking moving pictures, and a novel pixel sensor array are disclosed. The apparatus includes a rectangular imaging array, a plurality of column processing circuits, and a controller. The rectangular imaging array is characterized by a plurality of rows and columns of UHDR pixel sensors and a plurality of readout lines, and a plurality of row select lines. Each column processing circuit is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of readout lines. The controller causes the rectangular imaging array to measure a plurality of images of a scene that is illuminated by a pulsating light source characterized by an illumination period and a dark period. Each of the images is generated in a frame period which includes an exposure period and a dead period, the dead period being less than the dark period.

公开(公告)号：US20190166291A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US15828010

申请日：2017-11-30

申请人： BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. ,  BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc. ,  BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.

发明人： Alberto M. Magnani ,  Christopher R. Adams ,  Calvin B. Ward

IPC分类号： H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/355 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N9/68

摘要： An apparatus for taking moving pictures, a method for taking moving pictures, and a novel pixel sensor array are disclosed. The apparatus includes a rectangular imaging array, a plurality of column processing circuits, and a controller. The rectangular imaging array is characterized by a plurality of rows and columns of UHDR pixel sensors and a plurality of readout lines, and a plurality of row select lines. Each column processing circuit is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of readout lines. The controller causes the rectangular imaging array to measure a plurality of images of a scene that is illuminated by a pulsating light source characterized by an illumination period and a dark period. Each of the images is generated in a frame period which includes an exposure period and a dead period, the dead period being less than the dark period.

公开(公告)号：US20200150229A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16212728

申请日：2018-12-07

申请人： BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc.

发明人： Alberto M. Magnani ,  Calvin B. Ward

IPC分类号： G01S7/484 ,  G01S17/93 ,  G01S17/10 ,  G01S7/487

摘要： A LIDAR system and a method for operating a LIDAR system are disclosed. The LIDAR system broadly includes a transmitter that that emits a light pulse in response to a launch signal, a receiver that detects light pulses and determines a time of arrival for each detected light pulse; and a controller that generates an ordered sequence of frames. The controller generates a launch signal at the start of each frame and records information specifying a time of arrival relative to the start time for all light pulses received by the receiver until a stop time. After the stop time, the controller waits for the interframe delay time before generating another launch signal. The interframe delay time is different for each frame in the sequence of frames. The controller determines a distance between the transmitter and an object from the recorded information.