Patent ID: 8058598

Claim:
A system for imaging a far away fast moving target comprising: A) a number greater than five of separate laser sources each of said separate laser sources located separately from the other laser sources with each of the separate laser sources adapted to produce a laser beam shifted in frequency with respect to each other beam so as to produce a large number of beat frequencies in a composite beam directed at the target; B) a laser positioning system adapted to rapidly change the positions of each of the laser sources during an illumination period of a few seconds, C) a large number of at least 20 light buckets adapted to collect and light reflected from the target; D) data storage electronics adapted to store information developed from the light collected by the light buckets to define the light intensity collected by each of the light bucket as a function of time; E) electronic adapted to monitor and store positions and frequencies of each of the laser sources as a function of time; and F) one or more computer processors programmed with algorithms for analyzing the stored information defining the intensity of the collected reflected light as a function of time and the positions of the laser sources as a function of time to produce images of the target.