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公开(公告)号:US20210343514A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US17375734
申请日:2021-07-14
发明人: Mark Michalski , Ransom Hal Castleberry , John A. Balboni , Arlynn W. Smith , Raymond Leo Chabot
摘要: A method of controlling the performance of a night vision device includes supplying, by a power supply, to a microchannel plate of a light intensifier tube, a control voltage that controls a gain of the microchannel plate, determining an amount of compensation to apply to the control voltage based on a change to the control voltage attributed to a change in temperature of an operating environment of the night vision device, adjusting the control voltage in accordance with the amount of compensation to obtain a compensated control voltage, and supplying, by the power supply, the compensated control voltage to the microchannel plate of the light intensifier tube. The method may further include determining whether the night vision device has been used for a predetermined amount of time, and only after that predetermined amount of time, is the method configured to supply the compensated control voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US11901168B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-13
申请号:US17375734
申请日:2021-07-14
发明人: Mark Michalski , Ransom Hal Castleberry , John A. Balboni , Arlynn W. Smith , Raymond Leo Chabot
摘要: A method of controlling the performance of a night vision device includes supplying, by a power supply, to a microchannel plate of a light intensifier tube, a control voltage that controls a gain of the microchannel plate, determining an amount of compensation to apply to the control voltage based on a change to the control voltage attributed to a change in temperature of an operating environment of the night vision device, adjusting the control voltage in accordance with the amount of compensation to obtain a compensated control voltage, and supplying, by the power supply, the compensated control voltage to the microchannel plate of the light intensifier tube. The method may further include determining whether the night vision device has been used for a predetermined amount of time, and only after that predetermined amount of time, is the method configured to supply the compensated control voltage.
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