Sensor array tracking and detection system
CA 2229359 C · Owner: Durant, Gregory M. · Inventors: Durant, Gregory M.; Bowen, Donald John; Rutledge, Christopher L.
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A system is provided for tracking a free-space optical communications beam. The incoming beam is split by a beam splitter. One portion of the incoming beam is focused onto a high-speed photodetector. Another portion of the incoming beam is passed through a target pattern optical element. A resulting target pattern is formed on a two-dimensional active pixel sensor array. The alignment of the system can be adjusted based on the position of the target pattern on the sensor array.
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- Filed February 12, 1998 and granted August 14, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 12, 2018.
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