Beam former having variable delays between LED output signals
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1. A beamformer device for forming at least one beam from the outputs of a sensor array, comprising:
- a plurality of radiation sources;
means for providing to each said radiation source a sensor signal from an associated one of the sensors in said sensor array;
a detector array of radiation-sensitive means for providing a series of spaced signals, each spaced signal representing radiation incident from a particular one of said radiation sources; and
means for varying the delays between said spaced signals for optimizing the response of said device to a signal from a predetermined direction.
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Abstract
A beamformer device for forming at least one beam from the outputs of a sensor array, including: a plurality of radiation sources; means for providing to each radiation source a signal from an associated one of the sensors in the sensor array; a detector array of radiation-sensitive means for providing a series of spaced signals representing radiation incident from each of the radiation sources; and means for varying the delays between the spaced signals for optimizing the response of the device to a signal from a predetermined direction.
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1. A beamformer device for forming at least one beam from the outputs of a sensor array, comprising:
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a plurality of radiation sources; means for providing to each said radiation source a sensor signal from an associated one of the sensors in said sensor array; a detector array of radiation-sensitive means for providing a series of spaced signals, each spaced signal representing radiation incident from a particular one of said radiation sources; and means for varying the delays between said spaced signals for optimizing the response of said device to a signal from a predetermined direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A beamformer device for forming at least one beam from the outputs of a sensor array, comprising:
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a plurality of radiation sources; means for providing to each said radiation source a signal from an associated one of the sensors in said sensor array; a detector array of radiation-sensitive means for providing a series of spaced signals representing radiation incident from each of said radiation sources; and optical means responsive to said radiation sources for varying the size of the image of said radiation sources on said detector array for varying the delays between said spaced signals for optimizing the response of said device to a signal from a predetermined direction.
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17. A beamformer device for forming at least one beam from the outputs of a sensor array, comprising:
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a plurality of radiation sources; means for providing to each said radiation source a sensor signal from an associated one of the sensors in said sensor array; a detector array of radiation-sensitive means for providing a series of delayed signals, each delayed signal representing radiation incident from a particular one of said radiation sources; and clock means for varying the delays between said spaced signals for optimizing the response of said device to a signal from a predetermined direction.
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18. A beamformer device for forming a number of beams from the outputs of a sensor array, comprising:
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a plurality of radiation sources; means for providing to each said radiation source a signal from an associated one of the sensors in said sensor array; a detector array of radiation-sensitive means having a plurality of delay elements arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, each row corresponding to a different beam to be formed in optimum response to a signal from a predetermined direction, for providing a series of spaced signals in each row representing radiation incident from each of said radiation sources; and optical means for generating a separate bar of radiation for each of said radiation sources and projecting those bars of radiation each at a unique angle of projection onto said detector array with all of said lines intersecting at a point for providing different delays between said spaced signals in each row to optimize the response of said device to a signal from a number of different directions corresponding to the number of rows.
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