Image scanning on a sparsely populated focal plane array to achieve nyquist sampling

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PATENT NO 9869583
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15335500

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An apparatus includes: a focal plane array (FPA) of receivers for a passive millimeter wave camera, the FPA comprising: receivers configured to sample an image, the image comprising one or more regions, the receivers arranged in an array of dimensions m rows by n columns, and a scanning reflector configured to move, thereby moving an image of the scene across the FPA transverse to the receiver columns.

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NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE FALLS CHURCH VA 22042-4511

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Agravante, Hiroshi Long Beach, US 2 4
Donovan, John C Norwalk, US 1 2
Yujiri, Mikio L Manhattan Beach, US 8 43

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