Range determination for scannerless imaging

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:873091

Muguira, Maritza Rosa ^[1]; Sackos, John Theodore ^[1]; Bradley, Bart Davis ^[1]; Nellums, Robert ^[1]

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1. Albuquerque, NM

A new method of operating a scannerless range imaging system (e.g., a scannerless laser radar) has been developed. This method is designed to compensate for nonlinear effects which appear in many real-world components. The system operates by determining the phase shift of the laser modulation, which is a physical quantity related physically to the path length between the laser source and the detector, for each pixel of an image.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
• Patent Number(s): US 6088086
• OSTI ID: 873091
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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