US Patent Issued to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE on Jan. 27 for "Method and device for visualizing impacts of laser pulses on a target" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,565, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE (Paris).

"Method and device for visualizing impacts of laser pulses on a target" was invented by Vincent Marie (Moissy-Cramayel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for visualising impacts of laser pulses emitted by a laser designator, according to a predetermined repetition interval (PRI), onto a target present in a scene, by means of a device including: an optronic sensor of the silicone-based CMOS type having a predetermined number of rows associated with a rolling shutter-type readout circuit. Each row of the sensor is exposed for an exposure time and...