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Magic mirror hot spot tracker

CA 2243752 C · Owner: Livingston, Peter M. · Inventors: Livingston, Peter M.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

An image tracker (10) that tracks an object (16) targeted for engagement by a laser weapon (12). The tracker (10) includes receiver optics (31) that receive radiation (30) from both a detected target (16) and a laser beam (14) incident thereon and a, polarizing beam splitter (44) that splits the radiation into a first beam of reflected laser radiation (46) and a second beam of detected target radiation (47). The polarizing beam splitter (44) reflects the first beam of reflected laser radiation (46) in a first direction for imaging purposes and linearly polarizes the second beam of detected target radiation (47). A beam polarizer (60) circularly polarizes the second beam of detected target …

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  • Filed July 22, 1998 and granted December 11, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 2018.
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FiledJuly 22, 1998
GrantedDecember 11, 2001
Term endedJuly 22, 2018
Patent numberCA 2243752 C
Classification (IPC)G01S17/66 +2 more

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1999200120032005200720092011201320152017Application filedJuly 22, 1998Patent grantedDec 11, 2001Term endedJuly 22, 2018

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