Bundled Systems
:: 3D IR Visible
:: Gimbaled
:: Aircraft
:: Transport

3D Cameras
:: Portable
:: Breadboard
:: Flashlamp
:: Miniature
:: Underwater
:: Super-high resolution

Laser Transmitters
:: Air Cooled
:: Heat-pipe
:: Flashlamp
:: Transmitter and Filters

Receiver Optics
:: 17mm f1
:: 85mm f1
:: 250mm f2
:: 500mm f4
:: 750mm f8
:: 1800mm f22
:: Visible
:: Custom Optics

Custom Readout ICs
:: Detectors
:: Custom Readouts
:: Wafer Level Testing

Support
:: FAQ

Applications
:: Data

References
:: Papers

Frequently Asked Questions:

Q. Are all items currently available?

A. Yes, contact us for pricing.

Q. What is the advantage of the small size and low weight of the 3_D flash ladar camera?

A. ASC’s 3-D Flash Ladar camera has the approximate form factor of a typical 2-D digital camera.  Typically these cameras can therefore be used on lightweight platforms such as small UAVs.

Q. Why is high data rate so important?

A. High data rate means that topographical mapping, for example, can be obtained more rapidly decreasing the flight time required.

A clear but perhaps not-so-intuitive advantage of the high data rate is that time dependent 3-D movies can be acquired at the repetition frequency of the associated laser, making 3-D collision avoidance, 3-D robotic navigation and 3-D object tracking possible.

The high-speed deformation of objects can also be captured.

Another not-so-intuitive advantage is that the 3-D images cannot be blurred by platform motion, platform vibration and object motion due to the speed-of-light capture of the data frame.

Q. What are some of the applications for Flash Ladar?

A. Applications for Flash Ladar

• Small UAV Topographical Mapping
• UGV Navigation
• Reconnaissance
• Obscuration Penetration
• Underwater 3-D Mine Detection and Identification
• Security (Perimeter and Harbor)
• Potential IED Identification when 3-D Fused with IR and Visible 2-D Sensors
• RPG,  Mortar and potentially MANPAD Tracking
• Self-Correcting Missile Seeker for Laser Designated Targets
• Autonomous Missile Seeker
• High Speed Imaging of Object and Deformation

Q. What is ASC’s background?

A. Advanced Scientific Concepts, Inc. (ASC) was founded in 1987 for the purpose of developing cutting-edge sensors based on ASC Readout Integrated Circuit (ROIC) designs. One of those sensor systems, which eventually become known as 3-D Flash Ladar, was initially designed for underwater laser radar (ladar) imaging and later developed by ASC engineers and scientists into a dual-mode obscuration penetration and hard target 3-D imaging capability. ASC’s 3-D Flash Ladar sensors are active, requiring a laser pulse to probe the external world and, via reflection, bring back range and intensity information.

Q. What is the advantages of 3D Flash Ladar/ Lidar?

A. Advantages of 3-D Flash Ladar/Lidar

• All pixels in frame automatically registered
• Unaffected by platform motion (speed of light system)
• Can generate dynamic (time dependent), dimensionally accurate 3-D “movies”
• Camera is lightweight
• Camera is small
• No altitude limitation for topographical mapping

Q. How is the camera controlled?

A. Control is accomplished through a user-friendly GUI run on a laptop computer. The GUI also displays a 3D image that can save a JPEG file and 3D AVI movie. Alternatively, the 3D image can be exported as X, Y, Z, intensity coordinates of each pixel in a text file. Clicking your mouse HERE will allow you to see the GUI.