Optical identification beacon
Abstract
A laser beacon may be attached to a vehicle, object, or personnel, or be incorporated into an existing vehicle optical emitter via software and/or hardware, that allows the vehicle, non-vehicle object, or associated personnel to be uniquely identified using a small telescope with a high-speed photodetector. The telescope may be an amateur telescope with a high speed-photodetector, which significantly reduces cost over more complex optical telescopes. Beacons may also be attached to objects that become space debris, such as fuel tanks, rocket stages, cubesat dispensers, and the like. The beacon may be suitable for use in space, in the air, on water, or on land.
- Inventors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1568162
- Patent Number(s):
- 10,250,336
- Application Number:
- 15/232,857
- Assignee:
- Triad National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 08/10/2016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Palmer, David. Optical identification beacon. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web.
Palmer, David. Optical identification beacon. United States.
Palmer, David. Tue .
"Optical identification beacon". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568162.
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title = {Optical identification beacon},
author = {Palmer, David},
abstractNote = {A laser beacon may be attached to a vehicle, object, or personnel, or be incorporated into an existing vehicle optical emitter via software and/or hardware, that allows the vehicle, non-vehicle object, or associated personnel to be uniquely identified using a small telescope with a high-speed photodetector. The telescope may be an amateur telescope with a high speed-photodetector, which significantly reduces cost over more complex optical telescopes. Beacons may also be attached to objects that become space debris, such as fuel tanks, rocket stages, cubesat dispensers, and the like. The beacon may be suitable for use in space, in the air, on water, or on land.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1568162},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {4}
}
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