Long-Range Hyper-Temporal Acoustic Imaging

The invention is an apparatus for remotely sensing an object using polarization characteristics of light received from the object to determine acoustic information regarding the object. 

Background:
Current methods of free-space optical communication are limited by the atmospheric degradation of operational distance, resolution from detectors, and intensity fluctuations associated with noise. 

Applications:

• Remote sensing
• Free space optical communication
• Audio capture

Advantages:

• Can identify the object, determine the state of operation of the object, and determine functions of the object
• Can use a wide variety of light sources including solar reflections and artificial light

Status: issued U.S. patents #10,228,323; #10,677,716; and #10,976,239