IP Library Granted Patent US 9,829,284
Granted Patent B2
US 9,829,284 · App. 14/864,242 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Optoelectronics system and methods

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Patent No.
US 9,829,284
App. No.
14/864,242
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods performed by an optoelectronic system are disclosed. A first method may be performed by a pulse data generator configured to acquire time from a clock; determine pulse data representative of a sequence of duration times and/or wavelength ranges as a function of, in part, a wavelength hopping algorithm; and determine and generate an output for controlling an operation of at least one optoelectronic system. A second method may be performed by a sensor controller configured to acquire the pulse data; and generate an output for controlling an operation of an optoelectronic system employed to produce an image viewable to a viewer. A third method may be performed by an image generator configured to acquire the pulse data; acquire digital data from an optoelectronic system; and generate image data representative of an image represented in data acquired from the optoelectronic system as a function of the pulse data.

Claims (58)

1. A method performed in an optoelectronic system, comprising:

acquiring, by at least one processor executing processor-executable code, data representative of a reference time;

determining pulse data representative of a pseudorandom sequence comprised of at least one wavelength range and at least one time as a function of the acquired reference time;

generating an output for controlling an operation of at least one optoelectronic system as a function of the pulse data; and

providing the output to the at least one optoelectronic system, such that

the operation of the at least one optoelectronic system is susceptible to change.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each one of the at least one time is a duration of time.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pseudorandom sequence is comprised of a plurality of wavelength ranges and a plurality of times.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the at least one optoelectronic system is comprised of:

an optoelectronic system employed to produce an image viewable to a viewer,

an optoelectronic system employed to generate a flash of radiation of at the least one wavelength range, or

both of these.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

one optoelectronic system is comprised of an optoelectronic system employed to produce an image viewable to a viewer, such that

the change is comprised of a reduction or suppression of a photocathode's functionality.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein

one optoelectronic system is comprised of a system to generate a flash of radiation of at least one radiation wavelength range, such that

the change is comprised of a generation of a flash of radiation.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the generated output controls an operational change to an image generator, such that

the change is comprised of a pause in a generation of image data.

8. A method performed in an optoelectronic system, comprising:

acquiring, by at least one processor executing processor-executable code, pulse data representative of a pseudorandom sequence comprised of at least one wavelength range and at least one time generated as a function of a reference time;

generating an output for controlling an operation of an optoelectronic system employed to produce an image viewable to a viewer as a function of the pulse data; and

providing the output to the optoelectronic system, such that

a functionality of the optoelectronic system is susceptible to being reduced or suppressed.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein each one of the at least one time is a duration of time.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the pseudorandom sequence is comprised of a plurality of wavelength ranges and a plurality of times.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the pulse data is acquired by a second optoelectronic system employed to generate a flash of radiation of at the least one wavelength range as a function of the pulse data, such that

the flash of radiation is synchronized with the reduction or suppression of the functionality.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the pulse data is acquired by an image generating system employed to generate image data representative of an image represented in data acquired from the optoelectronic system as a function of the pulse data, such that

the generation of the image data is synchronized with the reduction or suppression of the functionality.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein

the pulse data is acquired by a second optoelectronic system employed to generate a flash of radiation of at the least one wavelength range as a function of the pulse data, such that

the flash of radiation is synchronized with the reduction or suppression of the functionality and the generation of the image data.

14. A method performed in an optoelectronic system, comprising:

acquiring, by at least one processor executing processor-executable code, pulse data representative of a pseudorandom sequence comprised of at least one wavelength range and at least one time generated as a function of a reference time;

acquiring data from an optoelectronic system;

generating image data representative of an image represented in the data acquired from the optoelectronic system as a function of the pulse data; and

providing the image data to at least one display unit, such that

the image represented in the image data is presented on the at least one display unit.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein each one of the at least one time is a duration of time.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the pseudorandom sequence is comprised of a plurality of wavelength ranges and a plurality of times.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the generation of the image data is susceptible to being paused.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein

the pulse data is acquired by the optoelectronic system, such that

a functionality of the optoelectronic system is susceptible to being reduced or suppressed as a function of the pulse data, and

the reduction or suppression of the functionality is synchronized with a pause in the generation of the image data.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein

the pulse data is acquired by a second optoelectronic system employed to generate a flash of radiation of at the least one wavelength range as a function of the pulse data, such that

the flash of radiation is synchronized with a pause in the generation of the image data.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein

the pulse data is acquired by the optoelectronic system, such that

a functionality of the optoelectronic system is susceptible to being reduced or suppressed as a function of the pulse data being acquired, and

the reduction or suppression of the functionality is synchronized with the pause and the flash of radiation.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: LARSEN, DOUGLAS C.; KLEINO, THOMAS D.; KASSA, ABRAHAM; BARZ, WILLIAM J.; HARTHCOCK, MATTHEW
To: ZEPHYROS, INC.
Reel/Frame 061249/0974 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2015
From: BENDICKSON, JOHN G; RILEY, MITCHELL A.
To: ROCKWELL COLLINS INC.
Reel/Frame 037092/0109 →