Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-10
2007-04-10
Tarcza, Thomas H. (Department: 3662)
Optics: measuring and testing
Range or remote distance finding
With photodetection
C356S005020, C356S005100, C356S004100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10722889
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for measuring a parameter of a target in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes transmitting at least one signal towards a target and receiving at least a portion of the transmitted signal back from the target. The measured parameter is one of distance velocity, or reflectivity. The transmitted signal is of the coherent burst waveform, and upon reception is processed with equivalent time sampling, AGC with minimal, if any, error, and a discrete Fourier transform.
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Nixon & Peabody LLP
Ratcliffe Luke D.
Tarcza Thomas H.
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