Patent · US Expired

Distortion correction of an image intensifier

US6960879B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

THALES · FR

Inventors

Andreas Koch · Heiligenhaus, DE
Michel Codron · Saint-Égrève, FR
Paul de Groot · Grenoble, FR

Key dates

Filing date	May 14, 2002
Grant date	Nov 1, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01J31/50
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to the correction of distortion in an image intensifier comprising a primary screen intended for receiving first radiation and a secondary screen that emits second radiation that depends on the first radiation. The image intensifier furthermore includes means for projecting, onto the primary screen, a location test pattern produced using third radiation, and the secondary screen emits an image that depends on the location test pattern.

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