Duo-frame normalization technique
US5434612A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S17/89
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A duo-frame normalization technique and system for use in range gate imag to determine a range coded image by use of two image frames. A transmitter emits a modulated energy pulse which is not gated when received by a single gated imaging camera to obtain an integrated first image frame and gated by the same camera when received as an integrated second image frame. The second integrated frame is divided by the first integrated frame to yield a range coded pixel intensity image. Three gated imagining cameras can also be used that share common imaging optics via filters and beam splitters so as to compensate for phenomenological issues that can vary the signals from one frame to another and lead to degraded range images.
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