Patent ID: 7379164

Claim:
A laser imaging system with a gated camera, comprising: a laser device, for generating a beam of laser energy in the form of pulses toward at least one target; and a gated camera assembly for receiving the energy of light reflexes of said pulses reflected from said at least one target; said system is characterized in that: the gating of said camera assembly is synchronized to set said camera assembly to an OFF state for at least the time it takes said laser device to produce a laser pulse of said pulses, in addition to the extra time it takes the substantial entirety of said laser pulse to complete traversing a minimal range (Lm) from said laser device, and reflecting back to said camera assembly, and set said camera assembly to an ON state for an ON time duration thereafter until the substantial entirety of said laser pulse reflects back from a maximal range (Lt) from said laser device, and is received in said camera assembly; said at least one target being located between said minimal range (Lm) and said maximal range (Lt); and said pulses comprise a long pulse width in the microsecond range or longer, substantially corresponding to at least said ON time duration.