Object detection apparatus

The present invention relates to an object detection apparatus, and more specifically to an object detection apparatus having a light intensifier tube which includes a shutter electrode, and which finds usefulness in viewing objects in environments having on the one hand, low ambient light, or on the other hand, other conditions which prohibit the timely, and effective imaging of the objects. An object detection apparatus including a light intensifier tube for use on an overland vehicle is described and which includes an electromagnetic radiation emitter which emits electromagnetic radiation which is reflected from an object of interest; and an electromagnetic radiation receiver which discriminately receives the reflected electromagnetic radiation at predetermined time intervals and which provides an output signal from which information regarding the object of interest may be derived.