Global Patent Index - EP 1590683 A1

EP 1590683 A1 20051102 - ULTRAVIOLET, INFRARED, AND NEAR-INFRARED LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD

Title (en)

ULTRAVIOLET, INFRARED, AND NEAR-INFRARED LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD

Title (de)

ULTRAVIOLETT-, INFRAROT- UND NAHINFRAROT-LIDAR-SYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET SYSTEME LIDAR PROCHE INFRAROUGE, INRAROUGE ET ULTRAVIOLET

Publication

EP 1590683 A1 20051102 (EN)

Application

EP 04702184 A 20040114

Priority

  • US 2004000949 W 20040114
  • US 44030303 P 20030115

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004065984A1] Pushbroom and flash lidar operations outside the visible spectrum, most preferably in near-IR but also in IR and UV, are enabled by inserting - ahead of a generally conventional lidar receiver front end - a device that receives light scattered from objects and in response forms corresponding light of a different wavelength from the scattered light. Detailed implementations using arrays of discrete COTS components - most preferably PIN diodes and VCSELs, with intervening semicustom amplifiers - are discussed, as is use of a known monolithic converter. Differential and ratioing multispectral measurements, particularly including UV data, are enabled through either spatial-sharing (e.g. plural-slit) or time-sharing.

IPC 1-7

G01S 7/486; G01S 17/89

IPC 8 full level

G01S 7/48 (2006.01); G01S 7/486 (2020.01); G01S 17/89 (2020.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01S 7/4802 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 7/486 (2013.01 - EP); G01S 17/89 (2013.01 - EP US); G01S 7/4816 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2004065984A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004065984 A1 20040805; AU 2004206520 A1 20040805; CA 2546612 A1 20040805; EP 1590683 A1 20051102

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2004000949 W 20040114; AU 2004206520 A 20040114; CA 2546612 A 20040114; EP 04702184 A 20040114