Ultrashort pulsewidth laser ranging system employing a time gate producing an autocorrelation and method therefore

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 …

Differential ranging measurement system and method utilizing ultrashort pulses

A Hariharan, DJ Harter - US Patent 5,489,984, 1996 - Google Patents
An optical correlator is disclosed that, in combination with an ultrafast optical pulsed source,
can be used for estimating the differential position of remote objects with submicron …

Laser pulse compression ranging system using double-chirped pulses

MJ Brienza, EB Treacy - US Patent 3,549,256, 1970 - Google Patents
US3549256A - Laser pulse compression ranging system using double-chirped pulses - Google
Patents US3549256A - Laser pulse compression ranging system using double-chirped pulses …

Method and apparatus for improved ranging

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 …

Modulated laser range finder and method

DR Jungwirth - US Patent 9,335,415, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Laser range finders project a laser beam to measure the distance to a target
object. Traditional laser range finders are relatively compact, while still providing relatively …

Method and apparatus for coherent burst ranging

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 …

Laser ranging system

I Urbach - US Patent 5,835,204, 1998 - Google Patents
A laser ranging system which includes a laser pulse emitter, an imaging and impingement
detecting amplifier and a system processor is provided. The laser pulse emitter produces a …

Multichannel receiver system for angularly resolved laser ranging measurement

H Becht - US Patent 6,727,984, 2004 - Google Patents
The invention relates to a multichannel receiver System (1) for angularly resolved laser
ranging measurement, in which a laser light pulse from a laser (7) using the pulse travel time …

Laser rangefinder and method thereof

SH Lee, JY Lee, KC Nam, KM Kang, GS Yoo - US Patent 7,499,829, 2009 - Google Patents
It is an advantage of the present invention to use low-power laser diodes, and to accurately
detect a target signal from a rangefinder according to a pulse detection method. It is an …

System and method for laser range finder

M Gavish, KT Chen - US Patent 6,310,682, 2001 - Google Patents
(*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this a target is determined by adjusting the
measured parameter by a measurement error. The error adjustment is based on the …