Acoustic optical scanning of linear detector array for laser radar
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1. A scanner, comprising in combination:
- an acoustic-optical laser scanner for deflecting a pulsed laser beam through a plurality of angles;
means for diffracting the deflected laser beam from the acoustic-optical laser scanner into a plurality of laser beams; and
a detector array including a plurality of detector elements respectively positioned to receive reflected energy from respective said plurality of laser beams,whereby a line scan is produced composed of a plurality of pixels.
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Abstract
A laser radar (LADAR) including an acoustic-optical (AO) laser scanner for deflecting a pulsed laser beam through a plurality of angles, means for diffracting the deflected laser beam from the acoustic-optical laser scanner into a plurality of laser beams and a linear detector array including a plurality of detector elements respectively positioned to receive reflected energy from the respective plurality of laser beams such that a line scan is produced composed of a plurality of pixels.
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13 Claims
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1. A scanner, comprising in combination:
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an acoustic-optical laser scanner for deflecting a pulsed laser beam through a plurality of angles; means for diffracting the deflected laser beam from the acoustic-optical laser scanner into a plurality of laser beams; and a detector array including a plurality of detector elements respectively positioned to receive reflected energy from respective said plurality of laser beams, whereby a line scan is produced composed of a plurality of pixels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A scanning method, comprising the steps of:
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deflecting a pulsed laser beam through a plurality of angles; diffracting the deflected laser beam into a plurality of laser beams; receiving reflected energy from the respective plurality of laser beams and passing the reflective energy onto respective detector elements, whereby a line scan is produced composed of a plurality of pixels. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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