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Optical correlation for detection of point source objects

US10295402B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael N. Mercier · Nashua, US
Joseph M. Schlupf · Newburyport, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2015
Grant date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 1, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01J2001/4247
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of determining the point source quality of a set of pixels associated with a detected energy signature is discussed that pre-records ideal test point source signatures at various sub-pixel locations and radiant intensities throughout the overall sensor field of view in a focal plane array, determines the sub-pixel location of an observed source, and compares the signature at a pixel of the observed source to the pre-recorded “ideal source” signatures at the determined sub-pixel location. to determine point source correlation.

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