Patent ID: 11906622
Assignee: TORREY PINES LOGIC, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F  Y | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A device for optically measuring crosswind, comprising:
a receiver comprising a single physical photodiode representing a single pixel and adapted to analyze electromagnetic radiation traveling through an atmosphere between the receiver and a target, wherein the single physical photodiode is subdivided into a plurality of distinct sub-pixel detection portions, wherein each sub-pixel detection portion of the plurality of distinct sub-pixel detection portions simulates a separate physical photodetector, wherein each sub-pixel detection portion receives a scintillation pattern created by atmospheric eddies diffracting and refracting the electromagnetic radiation, and wherein, for each sub-pixel detection portion, converting the scintillation pattern into a single data point measuring cumulative light intensity; and
the device adapted to compare cumulative light intensities from each sub-pixel detection portion and to generate a crosswind profile between the receiver and the target.