Optoelectronic device for videofrequency scanning of images
AssigneeThomson-CSF
InventorsJean L. Beck, Jean F. Le Bars, Yves A. Emmanuelli, Denis Bargues
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AssigneeThomson-CSF
InventorsJean L. Beck, Jean F. Le Bars, Yves A. Emmanuelli, Denis Bargues
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The optoelectronic device comprises an optical element for producing an image scan and an optical element for focusing on an array of detectors. The detected signals are processed by amplifying circuits and a thermal-drift correcting unit comprising an occultation device having two states. A correction loop of the unit includes a memory for storing the values of amplifying circuit signals in the first state of the occultation device, a first circuit for subtracting the stored values from the amplifying circuit outputs in order to compensate for thermal drift, a measuring circuit for obtaining the mean value of the amplified videofrequency signals, and a second circuit for subtracting the mean value from the signal of each detector.
An optoelectronic device for scanning videofrequency images comprising an optical element driven in such a manner as to produce an image scan, an optical element for focusing on a detection system comprising at least one array of detectors, and videofrequency means for processing detailed signals comprising in particular circuits for amplifying the respective detected signals and a correcting unit, wherein each amplifying circuit is connected to the corresponding detector by means of a direct-current coupling and said correcting unit is formed by a so-called occultation device having two states for producing a uniform flux on all the detectors during an initialization stage and in the first state instead of the reception flux corresponding to the videofrequency image and conversely in the second state, and a correction loop comprising:
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