Method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence with a CCD sensor having an imaging optic. Method includes generating, in signal processing having sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, single images by comparing each pixel of CCD sensor to
Method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence with a CCD sensor having an imaging optic. Method includes generating, in signal processing having sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, single images by comparing each pixel of CCD sensor to respective threshold values and by storing a pixel value exceeding the respective threshold value for an image processing, ascertaining, in the signal processing, a mean or peak value of stored pixel values of the single image pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples, forwarding a signal image obtained in signal processing for image processing at image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz, and identifying from signal image, in an image processing, at least one signal pixel representing incident laser radiation. Method further includes determining direction of incidence of laser radiation from position of signal pixels on signal image.
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1. A method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence with a CCD sensor having an imaging optic, comprising: generating, in a signal processing having a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, single images by comparing each pixel of the CCD s
1. A method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence with a CCD sensor having an imaging optic, comprising: generating, in a signal processing having a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, single images by comparing each pixel of the CCD sensor to a respective threshold value and by storing a pixel value that exceeds the respective threshold value for an image processing;ascertaining, in the signal processing, a mean value or peak value of the stored pixel values of the single image pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples;forwarding a signal image obtained in the signal processing for image processing at an image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz;identifying from the signal image, in an image processing, at least one signal pixel representing incident laser radiation; anddetermining a direction of the incidence of the laser radiation from a position of the signal pixels on the signal image. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the respective threshold values in the comparing in the first signal processing are constant over an entirety of the single image. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the respective threshold values in the comparing in the first signal processing are based on a threshold value image having locally different threshold values. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the threshold value image is continuously obtained in the image processing, in that in the event of local accumulations of signal pixels in the signal image, the respective threshold value is only raised for this image region. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the signal processing is performed in the CCD sensor, and the signal images are read out from the CCD sensor. 6. A CCD sensor for use in the method of claim 1, comprising: an image optic,wherein a signal processing having a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz is performed in the CCD sensor, and the signal processing including generating single images by comparing each pixel of the CCD sensor to a threshold value and by storing the pixel value for further processing when the pixel value exceeds the respective threshold value, ascertaining a mean value or peak value of the stored pixel values of the single image pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples, and obtaining a signal image at an image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz. 7. An imaging laser alerter for performing the method of claim 1, the image laser alerter comprising: a CCD sensor having an assigned imaging optic, the CCD sensor being structured and arranged for signal processing having a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, the signal processing including generating single images by comparing each pixel of the CCD sensor to a threshold value and by storing the pixel value for further processing when the pixel value exceeds the respective threshold value, ascertaining a mean value or peak value of the stored pixel values of the single image pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples, and obtaining a signal image at an image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz; andan image processing. 8. The imaging laser alerter according to claim 7, further comprising an objective arranged in front of, with respect to incident pulsed laser radiation, the CCD sensor. 9. The imaging laser alerter according to claim 8, wherein the objective has a high luminosity. 10. The imaging laser alerter according to claim 8, further comprising an interference or color filter in front of, with respect to incident pulsed laser radiation, the objective. 11. The imaging laser alerter according to claim 7, wherein the signal processing comprises near sensor signal processing implemented directly on the CCD sensor. 12. The imaging laser alerter according to claim 7, wherein each pixel of the CCD sensor is read out and compared to the respective threshold value at least every 200 μs. 13. The imaging laser alerter according to claim 7, wherein the image processing comprises at least one of noise filtering and signature filtering signal processing comprises near sensor signal processing implemented directly on the CCD sensor. 14. A method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence with a CCD sensor having an imaging optic, comprising: generating, in a signal processing having a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, single images by comparing each pixel of the CCD sensor to a respective threshold value and by storing a pixel value that exceeds the respective threshold value for an image processing;ascertaining, in the signal processing, a mean value or peak value of the stored pixel values of the single image pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples;forwarding a signal image obtained in the signal processing for image processing at an image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz;identifying from the signal image, in an image processing, at least one signal pixel representing incident laser radiation;determining a direction of the incidence of the laser radiation from a position of the signal pixels on the signal image; andcontinuously deriving from a preceding signal image with respect to time in the image processing, a current threshold value for the comparing in a current signal processing, wherein the current threshold value is increased or decreased if a fixed span of non-empty signal pixels is exceeded or undershot, respectively, in the signal image. 15. A method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence with a CCD sensor having an imaging optic, comprising: generating, in a signal processing having a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz, single images by comparing each pixel of the CCD sensor to a respective threshold value and by storing a pixel value that exceeds the respective threshold value for an image processing;ascertaining, in the signal processing, a mean value or peak value of the stored pixel values of the single image pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples;forwarding a signal image obtained in the signal processing for image processing at an image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz;identifying from the signal image, in an image processing, at least one signal pixel representing incident laser radiation; anddetermining a direction of the incidence of the laser radiation from a position of the signal pixels on the signal image,wherein the respective threshold values in the comparing in the first signal processing are based on a threshold value image having locally different threshold values,wherein the threshold value image is continuously obtained in the signal processing in that the mean value is formed from at least two single images which precede the current threshold value comparison with respect to time, and an additional positive value is added thereto. 16. A method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence, comprising: receiving pulsed laser radiation on a CCD sensor having an image optic;signal processing the pulsed laser radiation incident on the CCD sensor with a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz;forwarding a signal image obtained in the signal processing for image processing;image processing at an image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz the signal image to identify at least one signal pixel representing incident laser radiation; anddetermining a direction of the incident pulsed laser radiation from a position of the signal pixels on the signal image,wherein the signal processing comprises: comparing each pixel of the CCD sensor to a respective threshold value; andstoring a pixel value for each pixel that exceeds the respective threshold value foran image processing,wherein single images are produced, andwherein the signal processing further comprises ascertaining a mean value or peak value of the stored pixel values of the single images pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples. 17. A method for detecting pulsed laser radiation having two-dimensional resolution of the direction of incidence, comprising: receiving pulsed laser radiation on a CCD sensor having an image optic;signal processing the pulsed laser radiation incident on the CCD sensor with a sampling frequency of at least 5 kHz;forwarding a signal image obtained in the signal processing for image processing;image processing at an image frequency of 10 Hz to 500 Hz the signal image to identify at least one signal pixel representing incident laser radiation; anddetermining a direction of the incident pulsed laser radiation from a position of the signal pixels on the signal image,wherein the signal processing further comprises ascertaining a mean value or peak value of the stored pixel values pixel-by-pixel over at least 10 samples.
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