Patent ID: 7155354
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: G01J

Abstract:
1. A spectral analysis system for acquiring and analyzing the spectral signature of a point-like dynamic source event in order to approximate the location of the source event within a predetermined field of view, the system comprising: a data processing system programmed to execute a spectral analysis algorithm and including a central processor and at least one memory device communicatively linked to the processor; an imaging-sensor array adapted to detect wavelengths over a predetermined range of electromagnetic wavelengths, the imaging-sensor array being communicatively linked to the data processing system; and an optical system including a focusing element defining a focal plane corresponding in location to the imaging-sensor array, the optical system being adapted for imaging a dispersion pattern of electromagnetic energy emitted from a source event external to the optical system onto the imaging-sensor array, the optical system furthermore being characterized at least in part by a set of attributed pre-contrived electromagnetic-energy dispersion patterns including at least one dispersion signature correlating a source-event location, within a predetermined field of view, with impingement positions upon the focal plane of a plurality of dispersed wavelengths within the sensitivity range of the imaging-sensor array; wherein