ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,196, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Mode chaining for multifunction laser radar" was invented by Adam Hodge Greenberg (Los Angeles), Joseph Marron (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Sueanne Shimon (El Segundo, Calif.) and Eran Marcus (Culver City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a multifunction laser radar system including receiving a target state corresponding to parameters of a target, selecting a mode of operation from a plurality of modes of operation for the laser radar system based on the target state, receiving returns reflected by the target via the laser radar system o...