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Range imaging lidar

US8427649B2 · kind B2 · utility

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73Claims

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Assignee

MICHIGAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Paul Byron Hays · Ann Arbor, US
David Keith Johnson · Canton, US
David Michael Zuk · Dexter, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2010
Grant date	Apr 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 4, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02A90/10
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Light scattered by a portion of a fluid medium illuminated by a beam of substantially monochromatic light is received within a field-of-view nominally along an axis oriented in a different direction relative to the beam and processed by an interferometer to generate a corresponding fringe pattern that is detected and processed to generate at least one measure of the fluid medium at a plurality of different ranges.

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