DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF A LOW-LUMINOSITY EMISSIVE SOURCE AND ITS USE IN STELLAR OBSERVATION

Patent №

US 5,227,619

Granted

1993-07-13

Filed 1992

Owner

U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

07834024

The device includes an objective (12) and a photosensitive detection matrix CCD (110) provided with a read register and an output stage. According to the invention, the device furthermore includes read means (13) for reading the matrix, in groups of 4 or 9 pixels arranged in a square, these groups being arranged in quincunx, and for determining the brightest square group.

VisionG01S 3/7864G01S 3/784H04N 25/443

AI classification

Vision0.60
AI hardware0.01
Machine learning0.00
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

U.S. PHILIPS CORPORATION

assignment · 60610296

Assignors

VILAIRE, DIDIER, PEZANT, CHRISTIAN

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

© 2026 NYSGPT2525 LLC