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US 2016/0255285 A1Published application
Marking system and method
AssigneeLaserMax, Inc.
InventorsDaniel J. Balonek, Christopher A. Gagliano, Susan Houde-Walter
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Abstract
A system for use in identifying a user includes a portable emitter transported with the user. The emitter includes a quantum cascade laser configured to emit a thermal beam identifying a location of the user in response to a command, the thermal beam having a wavelength between approximately 2 μm and approximately 30 μm.
Claims30
A target marking method, comprising:
- (a) forming a thermal designation on a target with an emitter mounted on a vehicle, the emitter including at least one quantum cascade laser forming the designation with a thermal beam having a wavelength between approximately 2 μm and approximately 30 μm;
- (b) viewing the designation with a thermal imager;
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- (c) taking action in response to the viewing.
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A target marking method, comprising:
- (a) marking a moving target selected from a plurality of moving targets with a thermal designation formed by an emitter mounted to a support structure, wherein the emitter is aimably moveable for marking the target, the emitter including at least one quantum cascade laser, and forming the designation by impinging a thermal beam on the target, the thermal beam having a wavelength between approximately 2 μm and approximately 30 μm;
- (b) viewing the designation with a thermal imager;
- and
- (c) taking action in response to the viewing.
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A target marking method, comprising:
- mounting an emitter on a manned vehicle via a support structure coupled to the vehicle, the emitter comprising at least one quantum cascade laser;
- transporting the emitter, via the vehicle, from a first location to a second location different than the first location;
- emitting a first thermal beam with the at least one quantum cascade laser, the first thermal beam having a wavelength between approximately 2 μm and approximately 30 μm;
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- impinging the first thermal beam on a target, thereby forming a thermal designation on the target.
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A system for use in marking a target, comprising:
- an emitter mounted to a manned vehicle via a support structure, the emitter comprising a quantum cascade laser configured to impinge a thermal beam upon the target in response to a command, thereby forming a thermal designation on the target, the thermal beam having a wavelength between approximately 2 μm and approximately 30 μm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.