公开(公告)号：US20190146053A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US15814016

申请日：2017-11-15

申请人： Jurgen R. Ihns

发明人： Jurgen R. Ihns

IPC分类号： G01S3/785 ,  G01S3/781 ,  G01S3/783

摘要： A system for detecting a direction of a source of a laser beam includes a pixelated sensor that is sensitive to the laser beam. A mask is disposed between the source of a laser beam and the pixelated sensor. The mask includes an opaque portion that is opaque to the laser beam and a window portion that is at least translucent to the laser beam. When the laser impinges upon the mask an image of the window portion is projected onto the pixelated sensor. A processor determines an angle of incidence of the laser beam with respect to the mask by determining a number of pixels that the image of the window is offset from where the image of the window would be if the laser beam had been normal to the mask.

公开(公告)号：US10196855B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-05

申请号：US14459825

申请日：2014-08-14

申请人： Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

发明人： Edward J. Blair ,  Stephen Lundy ,  Brandon L. Szoke ,  David A. Kirby

IPC分类号： E06B9/68 ,  E06B9/72 ,  G01S3/78 ,  G01S3/783

摘要： A sensor assembly comprises a housing having a major face and a side edge. The side edge is formed of a material that is capable of conducting light. A photosensitive element is positioned within the housing and facing the major face of the housing. A reflector is positioned within the housing. The reflector is shaped to direct light entering through the side edge onto the photosensitive element.

公开(公告)号：US20180364324A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US15403345

申请日：2017-01-11

申请人： RAYTHEON COMPANY

发明人： Michael K. Burkland

IPC分类号： G01S3/783 ,  F41G7/00 ,  F41G7/22

CPC分类号： G01S3/783 ,  F41G7/008 ,  F41G7/2213 ,  F41G7/2253 ,  F41G7/226 ,  F41G7/2293

摘要： A spherically constrained optical seeker assembly includes a spherical lens having an outer surface, an optical sensor assembly associated with the spherical lens, and a gimbal assembly. The optical sensor assembly is coupled to the gimbal assembly. The gimbal assembly is configured to move the optical sensor assembly to at least one desired position on the outer surface of the spherical lens. A method of manipulating the optical sensor assembly includes positioning the optical sensor assembly with respect to the spherical lens and moving the optical sensor assembly to at least one desired position with respect to the outer surface of the spherical lens by the gimbal assembly.

公开(公告)号：US10094661B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US14718353

申请日：2015-05-21

申请人： PIXART IMAGING INC.

发明人： En-Feng Hsu ,  Chia-Yu Liu

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01S3/78 ,  G01S3/783

摘要： An optical sensor includes at least two optical sensing pixels and at least two different grating elements. These grating elements are disposed above these optical sensing pixels correspondingly.

公开(公告)号：US10084001B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-25

申请号：US14952472

申请日：2015-11-25

申请人： Simon Fraser University

发明人： Behraad Bahreyni

IPC分类号： H01L27/14 ,  G01S3/78 ,  G01J5/08 ,  H01L27/144 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G01S3/784 ,  G01J1/02 ,  G01S3/781 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L37/02

CPC分类号： H01L27/1446 ,  G01J1/0266 ,  G01J5/089 ,  G01S3/781 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G01S3/784 ,  H01L31/02024 ,  H01L37/02

摘要： A vector light sensor (VLS) includes a substrate and a sensor structure. The substrate includes a major surface. The sensor structure includes a pyramid structure, light-sensitive areas, and electrical contacts. The pyramid structure forms at least a portion of a body of the sensor structure and has predefined angles between the major surface of the substrate and a plurality of sidewalls of the pyramid. The light-sensitive areas are formed on two or more of the plurality of sidewalls of the pyramid structure. The electrical contacts are electrically coupled to the light-sensitive areas. Information about the information about intensity and direction of an incident light beam can be extracted by comparing signals from two or more of the light-sensitive areas.

公开(公告)号：US09915610B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-13

申请号：US15291678

申请日：2016-10-12

申请人： Hella KGaA Hueck & Co.

发明人： Alexander Gohmann ,  Bastian Kanning

IPC分类号： G01N21/55 ,  B60S1/08 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01J1/02 ,  G01N21/552 ,  G01S3/783

CPC分类号： G01N21/552 ,  B60S1/0833 ,  G01J1/0242 ,  G01J1/4204 ,  G01J1/4228 ,  G01N2201/1244 ,  G01S3/783

摘要： In a sensor device for determining ambient conditions of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, comprising at least one transmitter for emitting electromagnetic radiation, in particular infrared radiation, comprising at least three receivers for receiving electromagnetic radiation, in particular infrared radiation, wherein at least one transmitter is assigned to at least one receiver for determining precipitation on at least one glass surface, in particular the windscreen of the motor vehicle, and wherein at least three receivers are aligned for receiving electromagnetic radiation from different angular regions, it is provided as essential to the invention that the spatial receiving regions of at least one first and at least one second receiver are aligned substantially horizontally, that the spatial receiving region of at least one third receiver is aligned substantially upwards.

公开(公告)号：US20180005404A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-04

申请号：US15603411

申请日：2017-05-23

申请人： VIVOTEK INC.

发明人： Cheng-Chieh Liu

IPC分类号： G06T7/70 ,  G01S5/18 ,  G01S3/803 ,  G01S3/781 ,  G01S3/801 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G01S5/16

CPC分类号： G06T7/70 ,  G01S3/781 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G01S3/801 ,  G01S3/8032 ,  G01S5/0252 ,  G01S5/0263 ,  G01S5/0284 ,  G01S5/16 ,  G01S5/18 ,  G06T7/20

摘要： A wireless transmitting/receiving system includes a transmitter, a first directional receiver, a camera, a storage device and a processor. The transmitter is disposed on a target object and transmits a wireless signal. The first directional receiver is disposed with respect to an entry/exit boundary. The first directional receiver receives the wireless signal and generates a first received signal strength indication. The camera captures an image of the entry/exit boundary. The storage device stores a mapping table of target object location and received signal strength. The processor is electrically connected to the storage device and determines a location of the target object and a moving direction of the target object with respect to the entry/exit boundary according to the image and the mapping table of target object location and received signal strength.

公开(公告)号：US20170082720A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US15268584

申请日：2016-09-17

申请人： THOMSON LICENSING

发明人： PHILIPPE ROBERT ,  Salma Jiddi ,  Matis Hudon

IPC分类号： G01S3/783 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01N21/47

CPC分类号： G01S3/783 ,  G01J1/44 ,  G01N21/4738 ,  G06T7/70 ,  G06T2207/10016 ,  G06T2207/10024 ,  G06T2207/10028

摘要： A method, apparatus and system for estimating reflectance parameters and a position of the light source(s) of specular reflections of a scene include RGB sequence analysis with measured geometry in order to estimate specular reflectance parameters of an observed 3D scene. Embodiments include pixel-based image registration from which profiles of 3D scene points image intensities over the sequence are estimated. A profile is attached to a 3D point and to the set of pixels that display its intensity in the registered sequence. Subsequently, distinction is made between variable profiles that reveal specular effects and constant profiles that show diffuse reflections only. Then, for each variable profile diffuse reflectance is estimated and subtracted from the intensity profile to deduce the specular profile and the specular parameters are estimated for each observed 3D point. Then, the location of at least one light source responsible for the specular effects is estimated. Optionally, the parameters can be iteratively refined to determine color information and specular reflectance parameters.

公开(公告)号：US09588214B2

公开(公告)日：2017-03-07

申请号：US13559332

申请日：2012-07-26

申请人： Eric Foxlin

发明人： Eric Foxlin

IPC分类号： G06K19/00 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G01S5/16

CPC分类号： G01S3/7835 ,  G01S5/163

摘要： Technology described in this document can be embodied in an optical sensor that includes a rectangular array of at least four photodetector cells of substantially equal size. An opaque mask is affixed over the rectangular array. The opaque mask defines a substantially rectangular aperture for admitting light onto only a portion of the surface of each of the at least four photodetector cells, where the aperture can be centrally positioned over the rectangular array.

摘要翻译： 本文中描述的技术可以体现在光学传感器中，该光学传感器包括具有基本上相同尺寸的至少四个光电检测器单元的矩形阵列。 不透明掩模贴在矩形阵列上。 不透明掩模限定基本上矩形的孔，用于将光仅允许至少四个光电检测器单元中的每一个的表面的一部分，其中孔可以位于矩形阵列上方。

公开(公告)号：US09568306B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-14

申请号：US14944729

申请日：2015-11-18

申请人： Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

发明人： Hyong Euk Lee ,  Sang Hyun Kim ,  Won Chul Bang ,  Jung Bae Kim

IPC分类号： G01B11/14 ,  G01S11/06 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G01S5/16 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G01J1/42

CPC分类号： G01B11/14 ,  G01J1/4257 ,  G01S3/783 ,  G01S5/16 ,  G01S11/06 ,  G06F3/0304

摘要： A high precision signal sensing system and method using an infrared light is provided. The high precision signal sensing system may receive, from a light emitting device, a plurality of lights including a first light and a second light, may measure intensities of the first light and the second light, and may measure a light emitting intensity of the light emitting device based on an intensity difference between the measured light receiving intensities.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种使用红外光的高精度信号感测系统和方法。 高精度信号感测系统可以从发光装置接收包括第一光和第二光的多个光，可以测量第一光和第二光的强度，并且可以测量光的发光强度 基于测量的光接收强度之间的强度差的发光器件。