| US 7,432,498 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for optically detecting and identifying a threat | ||
| Barbara A. Capron, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Philip E. Cassady, Snoqualmie, Wash. (US); Dennis G. Koshinz, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Jonathan Saint Clair, Seattle, Wash. (US); William D. Sherman, Renton, Wash. (US); Fong Shi, Bellevue, Wash. (US); and Minas H. Tanielian, Bellevue, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/164,414. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0149817 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 26/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—234 [250/216; 359/291; 359/298] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A detection apparatus comprising:
a housing having an opening therein for receiving light rays;
a micro-mirror array comprising a plurality of individually directable mirrors arranged in rows;
a plurality of optics, directing all of the light rays to the micro-mirror array; and
a controller coupled to the micro-mirror array programmed to instruct the micro-mirror array to successively project different
sets of rows of mirrors in the micro-mirror array toward a detector to determine an event characteristic.
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