EA Wachter, WG Fisher - US Patent 5,745,437, 1998 - Google Patents
A high resolution ranging method is described utilizing a novel modulated waveform, hereafter referred to as coherent burst modulation. In the coherent burst method, high …
EA Wachter, WG Fisher - US Patent 5,889,490, 1999 - Google Patents
A high resolution ranging method is described utilizing a novel modulated waveform, hereafter referred to as coherent burst modulation. In the coherent burst method, high …
CC Allen Jr - US Patent 4,895,441, 1990 - Google Patents
An improved method and apparatus for precision rang ing is described using a frequency- modulated signal source to stimulate creation of interference fringes at a rate proportional to …
A Hariharan, DJ Harter - US Patent 5,585,913, 1996 - Google Patents
An optical correlator is disclosed which, in combination with an ultrafast optical pulsed source, can be used for estimating distances of objects with submicron precision. The …
G Burcea - US Patent 9,031,811, 2015 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A pulse-echo ranging system and method wherein transmit burst pulses are transmitted to a target at a first repetition frequency, an intermediate frequency signal is …
PA Maltseff - US Patent 8,010,316, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Laser range finders are commonly implemented based on a measurement of the round trip delay of a signal echoed by a target. For example, the round trip delay is …
SF Nati Jr - US Patent 5,898,485, 1999 - Google Patents
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method and apparatus for detecting re? ected pulses from multiple targets in a? eld of vieW such that a range to each …
F Le Chevalier - US Patent 5,977,905, 1999 - Google Patents
Coherent bursts of N wideband, low repetition frequency width-modulated pulses are transmitted, and they are received with pulse compression and then Sampling. For each …
MJ Brienza, EB Treacy - US Patent 3,549,256, 1970 - Google Patents
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