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(2) oy ow 2 0) ey @y 6s) @) Gn «2 (58) Caplan ASYNCHRONOU THROUGH SEQUENTIAL TIME SAMPLING S PUL E DETEC United States Patent TON OF OPTICALLY SPREAD SIGNALS Applicant: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC Burnsville, MN (US) ‘USO09S685: Inventor: William Caplan, Northfield, MN (US) Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC. Burnsville, MN (US) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the tem ofthis patent is extended of adjusted under 35 USCC. 1544b) by 633 days. Appl. Now 141067,000 Filed: Oct. 30, 2013 Prior Publication Data US 201610161587 AL Jun. 9, 2016 Related U.S. Application Data Continuation-in-par of application No, 13924,028, filed on Jun, 21 Int. Cl, Gore ss Gois 786 FG 722 FG 70 GOIS 3781 v, CoC 2013. (2005.01) (2005.01) (2006.01), (2008.01) (2006.01) (Continued) GOIS 37786 (2013.01), FIG 77008 G01S.01, PUG 7226 (201301), PUG 72255 (201301); FAIG 72293 (2013.01) PAG 726 201301}; GUIS W781 (201301): GOIS 37784 (2013.01) Field of Classification Search crc ‘Se application file for complete search history. ‘06: Gol 786: FIG 726 8 Pane ite ase saben 2 3B (10) Patent No.: (4s) Date of Patent: US 9,568,583 B2 Feb. 14, 2017 66) References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS. GALL241 A 82000 English eta Sbe7286 B2 12005 English tal (Coutinved) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS 2178 AL 11/1979 (OTHER PUBLICATIONS uopean Search Repos for European Application No. 1734756 Date Fb. 9, 2015-7 ps (Continved) Primary Esaminer — Lake Ratcliffe Assistant Examiner —Samsutha K Abraham (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Castor Colburn LLP on ABSTRACT A method to spread laser photon energy over separate pixels to improve the likelihood that the fofl sensing time of al the pixels together includes the laser pulse. The optical signal is Spread over number of pixels, N,on a coaverter array by ‘means of various optical components. The N pixels are read ‘out sequentially i time with each sub-interval short enough that the integration of background photons competing with the laser pulse is reduced, Likewise, the pixel read times may be staggered such that laser pulse energy will be detected by at least one pixel during the required pulse jnterval, The serangemeat of the N pixels may be by converter array column, row, two dimensional array sub- ‘window. or any combination of sub-windows depending on the optical path ofthe laser signal and the capability of the ROIC conto 9 Drawing Sheets ——~ Nevgeson) | Steeing Spm | | Sytem om Fife “Fi US 9,568,583 B2 Page 2 (1) nec. Gois 3788 (2006.01) FAG 126 (2006.01), 66) References Cited USS. PATENT DOCUMENTS. 7ss899 Be “Tener eta let037 Jenkins tl 341302 Murphy ea aoosboessi? AL* 3/2008 Evans ois 7481 350501, 20090224706 AL 102005. on Rosenborg, Je aopooost7ey Al* '3.2006 Garood Bey 2000 25072081 20070129853 AL_ 62007 Grenfeld doowonsonss A+ $/2008 Chen Be 1000 21667 200910228159 AL 9/2008 Flowers otal 2o1o000ILI9 AL 1/2010 Lindgren Bo1OOIzTIM AL $2010 Tener et 2O1L0071703 AL ¥201T Schott 2012024K288 AL_ 102012 Linder etal dowgoaao12 Ale 122012 Murphy Fa 23.16 (OTHER PUBLICATIONS European Search Report for European Applistion No. H4LT3SS48. sical Overview.” Signal Processing Magazine, IEFE, vo. 20; No.3 Pp 21, 36, May 2005, * cited by examiner US 9,568,583 B2 Sheet 1 of 9 Feb. 14, 2017 U.S. Patent OL Joyeubiseg yobiel Jese7 Oll- janes Jo wong sing 188e] janes Jo woqoalig Old MA A-J0-PjP14 48499S “oor

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