Television – Special applications – Observation of or from a specific location
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-24
2005-05-24
Philippe, Gims (Department: 2613)
Television
Special applications
Observation of or from a specific location
C348S164000, C382S104000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06897892
ABSTRACT:
A system for forming images for display in a vehicle includes a lens system that directs energy from a scene toward a detector and d display unit coupled to the detector. The display unit forms an image using information received from the detector. The system also includes the detector, which includes an array of detector elements, each detector element receiving energy from a portion of the scene and converting the received energy into information representative of the received energy. The detector sends the information associated with at least some of the detector elements to the display unit. The system further includes a computer coupled to the sensor. The computer receives heading information, selects the detector elements that should be used to form an image based on the heading information, and instructs the detector which detector elements should have their associated information to the display unit.
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O'Keefe Egan & Peterman, LLP
Philippe Gims
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