US PATENT SUBCLASS 356 / 3.06
.~.~.~ With a single photodetector having multiple elements

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3  DF  RANGE OR REMOTE DISTANCE FINDING {9}
3.01  DF  .~ Triangulation ranging to a point with one projected beam {3}
3.03  DF  .~.~ Using a source beam with a fixed axial direction or plane {3}
3.06.~.~.~ With a single photodetector having multiple elements {1}
3.07  DF  .~.~.~.~> Having electronic scanning of the photodetector

DEFINITION

Classification: 356/3.06

With a single photodetector having multiple elements:

(under subclass 3.03) Subject matter wherein a detector produces an electrical signal related to the angular position of the source based on the output of a particularly positioned one of an array of at least three subelements in the focused field of view of a single detector structure.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

3.03, for vidicon-type detection.

3.07, for CCD-type multi-element detectors that are electronically scanned.

3.08, for two separated detectors that are paired.