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Liquid crystal on silicon for multiple charge-coupled device camera alignment

US12368976B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 8, 2025
Grant dateJul 22, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2045

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for verifying alignment of image sensors of a CCD camera, the method including casting a collimated light source through an LCOS controlled to be disposed in a first pattern, onto the image sensors to form a second pattern on each of the image sensors, the LCOS disposed between a collimated light source and the CCD camera, frame-differencing the first pattern with the second pattern of each of the image sensors to result in a differencing result for each of the image sensors, and adjusting at least one of an orientation and a position of one of the image sensors if the differencing result for the one of the image sensors is non-zero, to result in an optical mapping of pixel cells of the LCOS and pixel cells of each of the image sensors.

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