18799287. SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND WEATHER MEASUREMENT (HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.)
SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND WEATHER MEASUREMENT
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Matthew Wiebold of Mankato MN (US)
Andrew Csizmar of Arnprior (CA)
Marc Salsbury of Gloucester (CA)
Thomas Dobbins of Watertown MN (US)
SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND WEATHER MEASUREMENT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18799287 titled 'SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND WEATHER MEASUREMENT
Original Abstract Submitted
A system for optical communication and weather measurement is provided. The system includes a shared telescope used to collect and focus laser beams. The optical communication system includes an optical communication transceiver and optical communication beam steering optics. The optical communication beam steering optics are configured to steer generated transmit communication laser beams to a communication satellite. The optical communication beam steering optics further are configured to steer received communication laser beams from the shared telescope to the optical communication transceiver. The weather LiDAR system includes a LiDAR laser, LiDAR beam steering optics and LiDAR weather instruments. The LiDAR laser is used to generate transmit weather laser beams. The LiDAR beam steering optics is configured to direct the generated transmit weather laser beams. The LiDAR weather instruments are configured to process scattered laser light captured by the shared telescope to determine environmental information.
