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All-weather multi-spectral imaging system

  • US 4,086,616 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1976
  • Issued: 04/25/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An all weather maximum resolution system for visually presenting a multi-color composite image of plural selected spectral ranges of energy received from a common field of view comprising:

  • optical means controllably directed to receive energy from any desired field of view within 360°

    rotation in azimuth and substantially 90°

    in elevation;

    first, second, and third means synchronously operative and aligned with said optical meas for simultaneously producing first, second, and third images of said desired field of view;

    a first sensor responsive to energy components of sad first image within the visible range for producing a first set of electrical signals commensurate therewith;

    a second sensor responsive to energy components of said second image within the middle infrared range for producing a second set of electrical signals commensurate therewith;

    a thrid sensor responsive to energy components of said third image within the far infrared range for producing a third set of electrical signals commensurate therewith;

    a multi-color cathode ray tube for producing images in three different primary colors and connected to receive said first, second, and third sets of electrical signals for generating a multi-color composite image of said desired field of view in accordance with the multiple discrete selected spectral ranges of energy simultaneously detected in said field of view.

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