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US 4,060,791 AGranted
Imaging system
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsCharles H. Jones, Dale D. Skinner
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Abstract
An energy imaging system providing high resolution at the center of the field of view and reduced resolution as a function of the distance away from the center.
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An imaging system comprising:
- a. a plurality of receiving elements for receiving energy from a field of view;
- b. said elements being operable to provide corresponding output signals upon receipt of said energy;
- c. means for processing and displaying said signals as a picture of said field of view;
- d. said elements being oriented relative to one another and said means for processing being operable to provide for relatively high resolution at the center of said field of view and reduced resolution away from said center.
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An imaging system for imaging a target region, comprising:
- a. transmitter means for projecting energy onto said target region;
- b. receiver means including a plurality of receiver elements radially arranged along a carrier and being responsive to energy returned from said target region to provide corresponding output signals;
- c. means for rotating said radially arranged receiver elements about an axis;
- d. a lens system for focusing said returned energy onto said elements;
- e. said elements being radially non-uniformly arranged so as to receive said returned energy from resolution areas of varying spacing on said target region, and
- f. means for processing said output signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.