Patent ID: 7818911
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: F41G,H01S

Abstract:
1. A target marking system comprising: (a) a thermal imager selected to detect and image thermal radiation; (b) a handheld target marker having a housing defining an interior and an exterior; (c) a molecular vibrational mode laser retained in the interior of the housing for emitting a beam at beam wavelength along a beam path, the beam wavelength selected to induce a localized temperature differential in a target detectable by the thermal imager; (d) a driver retained within the housing and operably connected to the laser causing the laser to emit the beam along the beam path; (e) a lens system connected to the housing and located in the beam path, the lens system including optics to one of focus and collimate the beam; (f) a filter in the beam path to substantially preclude passage of radiation outside the beam wavelength; and (g) a power supply operably connected to at least one of the driver and the laser.