US Patent 7508528 Optical air data system

Patent 7508528 was granted and assigned to Michigan Aerospace Corporation on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Michigan Aerospace Corporation

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7508528

Date of Patent

March 24, 2009

Patent Application Number

11927155

Date Filed

October 29, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Patrick J Connolly

Patent abstract

At least one second beam of light from a first beam of light generated by a laser is directed into an atmosphere. Light therefrom scattered by molecules or aerosols in the atmosphere is collected by at least one telescope as at least one light signal, which together with a reference beam from the first beam of light are simultaneously processed by an interferometer, and resulting fringe patterns are imaged onto a detector adapted to output a resulting at least one signal responsive thereto. A data processor determines at least one air data product responsive thereto.