Laser-hardened eye protection goggles
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1. An imaging system comprising:
- an imager positioned to create an image of a scene and to focus an incident collimated optical beam onto an image plane;
a fiber array having an input end and an output end, said input end positioned at said image plane so that said fiber array captures the image and the focused optical beam and guides them to the output end, said fiber array including a plurality of optical fibers, said focused optical beam having an input diameter at the input end and an output diameter at the output end;
a sensor array positioned at the output end of said fiber array so that said sensor array captures said image and focused optical beam from the output end of the optical fiber array and generates output signals, said sensor array including sensor elements comprising a solid state photosensor material, said sensor elements having a surface area;
an image processor for processing the image and focused optical beam from the sensor array;
a panel display, separately positioned from the sensor array, for reading the processed image and optical beam from the image processor;
wherein each optical fiber has a length such that the output diameter of the focused optical beam is substantially greater than the input diameter of the focused optical beam.
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Abstract
An imaging system that can tolerate high intensity optical beams without a reduction in the system'"'"'s field-of-view, comprises an imager, a fiber array positioned at the image plane of the imager, a sensor array positioned at the output end of the fiber array, a panel display positioned in proximity of the fiber array and an image processor for electronically processing the information from the sensor array.
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31 Claims
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1. An imaging system comprising:
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an imager positioned to create an image of a scene and to focus an incident collimated optical beam onto an image plane; a fiber array having an input end and an output end, said input end positioned at said image plane so that said fiber array captures the image and the focused optical beam and guides them to the output end, said fiber array including a plurality of optical fibers, said focused optical beam having an input diameter at the input end and an output diameter at the output end; a sensor array positioned at the output end of said fiber array so that said sensor array captures said image and focused optical beam from the output end of the optical fiber array and generates output signals, said sensor array including sensor elements comprising a solid state photosensor material, said sensor elements having a surface area; an image processor for processing the image and focused optical beam from the sensor array; a panel display, separately positioned from the sensor array, for reading the processed image and optical beam from the image processor; wherein each optical fiber has a length such that the output diameter of the focused optical beam is substantially greater than the input diameter of the focused optical beam. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An eye protection device wherein an objective lens creates an image and focuses an incident collimated optical beam at a image plane, comprising:
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a fiber faceplate having an input end and an output end, said input end positioned at said image plane so that the fiber faceplate captures the image and the focused optical beam and guides them to its output end, said fiber faceplate including a plurality of optical fibers; a photosensor array positioned at the output end of said fiber faceplate, so that said photosensor array captures said image and focused optical beam from the output end of the fiber faceplate and generates output signals, said photosensor array including sensor elements comprising a solid state material having a solid state damage threshold, said photosensor array outputing an electronic gain; an image processor comprising an electronic circuitry capable of allowing control of the output signals from the photosensor array, wherein said electronic circuitry processes the image and focused optical beam from the photosensor array; a display device positioned in close proximity to said solid state photosensor array for reading the processed image and optical beam from the image processor. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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