END-POINT OPTICAL TRACKER
Assignee
FORD AEROSPACE & COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, A CORP OF DE.
Filed
Nov 30, 1981
Granted
Sep 27, 1988
Location
WESTMINSTER CA US
Abstract
An optical tracker for automatically following a designated end-point of an elongated target, such as the nose of a missile, by orienting the received image to align with a predetermined reference and nutating the image over orthogonal detectors to detect an alignment error between the end-point of the target and the optical axis of the optical system. Orientation alignment errors are corrected by appropriately rotating an image rotating optical element about the optical axis, while the optical axis alignment errors are corrected by responsively redirecting the optical system until detected errors are minimal.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Apr 28, 1982
Rescinded
Mar 24, 1988
Duration
5 years, 11 months
Inventor
- 1ROBERT E. EISELE
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 4773754
- Application
- 00632589
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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