Accession Number:

ADD014237

Title:

Programmable Near-Infrared Ranging System.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 26 Feb 88, patented 25 Jul 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1989-07-25

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

A high angular resolution ranging system particularly suitable for indoor applications involving mobile robot navigation and collision avoidance uses a programmable array of light emitters that can be sequentially incremented by the microprocessor. A plurality of adjustable level threshold detectors are used in an optical receiver for detecting the threshold level of the light echoes produced when light emitted from one or more of the emitters is reflected by a target or object in the scan path of the ranging system. Patents. RRH

Descriptors:

Subject Categories:

  • Target Direction, Range and Position Finding
  • Optical Detection and Detectors
  • Land and Riverine Navigation and Guidance
  • Cybernetics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


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