HIGH SPEED CAMERA
Abstract
This patent relates to high speed cameras having resolution times of less than one-tenth microseconds suitable for filming distinct sequences of a very fast event such as an explosion. This camera consists of a rotating mirror with reflecting surfaces on both sides, a narrow mirror acting as a slit in a focal plane shutter, various other mirror and lens systems as well as an innage recording surface. The combination of the rotating mirrors and the slit mirror causes discrete, narrow, separate pictures to fall upon the film plane, thereby forming a moving image increment of the photographed event. Placing a reflecting surface on each side of the rotating mirror cancels the image velocity that one side of the rotating mirror would impart, so as a camera having this short a resolution time is thereby possible.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- OSTI Identifier:
- 4329457
- Patent Number(s):
- 2816476
- Assignee:
- U.S. Atomic Energy commission DTIE; NSA-12-007029
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-007029
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- PATENTS; CAMERAS; EXPLOSIONS; IMAGES; LENSES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PATENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFLECTION; RESOLUTION; ROTATION; SURFACES; VELOCITY
Citation Formats
Rogers, B.T. Jr., and Davis, W.C. HIGH SPEED CAMERA. United States: N. p., 1957.
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Rogers, B.T. Jr., & Davis, W.C. HIGH SPEED CAMERA. United States.
Rogers, B.T. Jr., and Davis, W.C. Tue .
"HIGH SPEED CAMERA". United States.
@article{osti_4329457,
title = {HIGH SPEED CAMERA},
author = {Rogers, B.T. Jr. and Davis, W.C.},
abstractNote = {This patent relates to high speed cameras having resolution times of less than one-tenth microseconds suitable for filming distinct sequences of a very fast event such as an explosion. This camera consists of a rotating mirror with reflecting surfaces on both sides, a narrow mirror acting as a slit in a focal plane shutter, various other mirror and lens systems as well as an innage recording surface. The combination of the rotating mirrors and the slit mirror causes discrete, narrow, separate pictures to fall upon the film plane, thereby forming a moving image increment of the photographed event. Placing a reflecting surface on each side of the rotating mirror cancels the image velocity that one side of the rotating mirror would impart, so as a camera having this short a resolution time is thereby possible.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1957},
month = {12}
}