Information processing apparatus and information processing method

    公开(公告)号:US11061413B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-13

    申请号:US15752905

    申请日:2017-06-20

    发明人: Mitsuharu Ohki

    摘要: The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method that make it possible to appropriately guide a flying object to a target object even in a case where a translucent substance such as fog exists. In a first period, a gated image of a target object is captured, and in a second period, a user handles a guidance control device for projecting a spotlight, in the same direction as an image capturing direction for capturing the gated image, by changing a distance and a direction, in order to bring the target object into a state in which the target object can be captured as the gated image, and then a laser pointer is projected on the target object. Thus, a flying object is guided toward reflected light that is the light of the laser pointer reflected by the target object, and thereby the flying object can be appropriately guided to the target object even in a case where a translucent substance such as fog exists. The present disclosure can be applied to a guided flying object such as a drone.

    DETECTOR FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT

    公开(公告)号:US20200348385A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-05

    申请号:US16760618

    申请日:2018-11-16

    申请人: trinamiX GmbH

    摘要: A detector for determining a position of at least one object is disclosed and includes at least one sensor element having a matrix of optical sensors, the optical sensors each having a light-sensitive area. Each optical sensor is designed to generate at least one sensor signal in response to an illumination of its respective light-sensitive area by a light beam propagating from the object to the detector. The sensor element is adapted to determine at least one reflection image. The detector also includes at least one evaluation device adapted to select at least one reflection feature of the reflection image at least one first image position in the reflection image. The evaluation device is adapted to determine at least one reference feature in at least one reference image and at least one second image position in the reference image corresponding to the at least one reflection feature.

    RADIATION SENSOR, VEHICLE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT, AND ASSEMBLY METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190277689A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-12

    申请号:US16295867

    申请日:2019-03-07

    申请人: MEAS France SAS

    摘要: The present invention relates to a radiation sensor, in particular for use with a vehicle sunload sensor arrangement. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to such a vehicle sensor arrangement and to a method of assembling a vehicle sensor arrangement. A radiation sensor comprises at least one first and one second photodetector, and a radiation shaping element, wherein said radiation shaping element comprises radiation blocking means for forming at least one aperture through which the radiation has limited access to said first and second photodetectors, and wherein said first and second photodetectors are arranged on a substrate and are distanced apart from each other along a sensor axis, and wherein the radiation blocking means is formed by a radiation screen mounted on the substrate to encompass the first and second photodetectors.

    Multi-directional optical receiver

    公开(公告)号:US10267675B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15532790

    申请日:2015-12-04

    申请人: Jean Armstrong

    摘要: An optical receiver (100) for detection of light from one or more sources (108) comprises an opaque layer (102) disposed on a first surface. An aperture (104) is formed in the opaque layer. An optical detector (106) has a detection region disposed on a second surface. The first and second surfaces are spaced apart from one another such that light passing through the aperture (104) illuminates a corresponding illumination region (110) on the second surface, and is detected by the optical detector (106) In the event that the detection region overlaps the illumination region. Multiple apertures may be formed in the opaque layer, and/or multiple optical detectors may be disposed on the second surface. The optical receiver may thereby enable optical signals originating at different locations to be detected, and distinguished, over a wide field of view.

    System and method for detecting angle ambiguity in optical sensors

    公开(公告)号:US09885770B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-06

    申请号:US14830047

    申请日:2015-08-19

    摘要: There is provided in a first form, an apparatus. The apparatus includes a detector array having a plurality of elements, the detector array comprising a photosensitive material and a photosensitive region disposed about and distinct from the plurality of elements. Electrical circuitry is coupled to each of the elements of the detector array. The electrical circuitry is configured to generate a set of first signals, each first signal of the set of first signals is based on optical energy impinging on a respective one of the plurality of elements of the detector array. The photosensitive region is coupled to the electrical circuitry and the electrical circuitry is configured to generate a second signal having a first value if no portion of optical energy impinging on the plurality of elements of the detector array impinges on the region disposed about the plurality of elements of the detector array. The second signal has a second value, distinct from the first value, if a portion of an optical energy impinging on the plurality of elements of the detector array impinges on the photosensitive region disposed about the plurality of elements of the detector array, the portion of the optical energy impinging on the photosensitive region disposed about the plurality of elements exceeds a threshold energy.

    Method for the detection of pulsed laser radiation and imaging laser alerter
    9.
    发明授权
    Method for the detection of pulsed laser radiation and imaging laser alerter 有权
    用于检测脉冲激光辐射和成像激光报警器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09571802B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-14

    申请号:US13935864

    申请日:2013-07-05

    摘要: Method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence with a CCD sensor having an imaging optic. Method includes generating, in signal processing having sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, single images by comparing each pixel of CCD sensor to respective threshold values and by storing a pixel value exceeding the respective threshold value for an image processing, ascertaining, in the signal processing, a mean or peak value of stored pixel values of the single image pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples, forwarding a signal image obtained in signal processing for image processing at image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz, and identifying from signal image, in an image processing, at least one signal pixel representing incident laser radiation. Method further includes determining direction of incidence of laser radiation from position of signal pixels on signal image.

    摘要翻译: 用具有成像光学元件的CCD传感器检测具有入射方向的二维分辨率的脉冲激光辐射的方法。 方法包括通过将CCD传感器的每个像素与相应的阈值进行比较,并且通过存储超过用于图像处理的相应阈值的像素值来在具有至少5kHz的采样频率的信号处理中产生单个图像,以在信号中确定 处理,在至少10个样本中逐像素地存储单个图像的存储像素值的平均值或峰值,将在图像处理的信号处理中获得的信号图像转发到图像频率为10Hz至500Hz,并从 信号图像,在图像处理中,至少一个表示入射激光辐射的信号像素。 方法还包括从信号图像上的信号像素的位置确定激光辐射的入射方向。

    Asynchronous pulse detection through sequential time sampling of optically spread signals
    10.
    发明授权
    Asynchronous pulse detection through sequential time sampling of optically spread signals 有权
    通过光扩展信号的连续时间采样进行异步脉冲检测

    公开(公告)号:US09568583B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-14

    申请号:US14067000

    申请日:2013-10-30

    发明人: William Caplan

    摘要: A method to spread laser photon energy over separate pixels to improve the likelihood that the total sensing time of all the pixels together includes the laser pulse. The optical signal is spread over a number of pixels, N, on a converter array by means of various optical components. The N pixels are read out sequentially in time with each sub-interval short enough that the integration of background photons competing with the laser pulse is reduced. Likewise, the pixel read times may be staggered such that laser pulse energy will be detected by at least one pixel during the required pulse interval. The arrangement of the N pixels may be by converter array column, row, two dimensional array sub-window, or any combination of sub-windows depending on the optical path of the laser signal and the capability of the ROIC control.

    摘要翻译: 将激光光子能量扩展到单独的像素上以提高所有像素的总感测时间一起包括激光脉冲的可能性的方法。 光信号通过各种光学部件在转换器阵列上分布在多个像素N上。 N个像素在时间上依次读出,每个子间隔足够短,使得与激光脉冲竞争的背景光子的积分减小。 类似地,像素读取时间可以交错,使得激光脉冲能量将在所需脉冲间隔期间被至少一个像素检测。 根据激光信号的光路和ROIC控制的能力,N个像素的排列可以是转换器阵列列,行,二维阵列子窗口或子窗口的任意组合。