Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection
Patent
1990-07-12
1991-10-15
Buczinski, Stephen C.
Optics: measuring and testing
Range or remote distance finding
With photodetection
354403, 356376, 358107, G01C 308, G01B 1124
Patent
active
050569147
ABSTRACT:
A system and a method for obtaining object data with a direct detection technique which employs radiation are disclosed. A set of radiation pulses are transmitted to an object area. A mechanical scan of the object area for returning pulses reflected off an object can be carried out for each pulse, so that each pulse is reflected onto a particular position of a light-sensitive array dependent upon the object distance and/or other data pertaining to the object. Alternatively, the scanning relative to each returning reflected pulse can be conducted by electrically scanning a radiation-sensitive array which comprises a CCD array having pixels. The scanning takes place relative to each pulse so that each returning reflected pulse strikes one or more pixels on the array so that the resulting signal reside at a position depending upon certain object data. The relationship between the generation of the pulses and the scanning can be changed as desired in order to seek objects at different ranges from the system or to improve accuracy of the object data.
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Ball Corporation
Buczinski Stephen C.
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