LASER BEAM RIDER GUIDANCE UTILIZING BEAM QUADRATURE DETECTION
Assignee
NORTHROP CORPORATION
Filed
Feb 12, 1985
Granted
Jun 27, 1995
Location
Hawthorne CA (Northrop)
Abstract
A beam rider guidance system is presented which uses a rotating laser light pattern to enable a weapon-borne laser receiver to derive its position relative to the beam axis. The guidance beam consists of changing light patterns detected and decoded by the receiver as a guidance code, which defines the unique weapon position in the beam. The code is composed of four distinguishable patterns of light bars which can be detected and decoded into electrical pulses by the laser receiver located anywhere within the confines by the guidance beam.
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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Aug 19, 1986
Rescinded
Feb 1, 1995
Duration
8 years, 5 months
Inventor
- 1KAY C. TONG
Sensitive facility: Hawthorne CA (Northrop)
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 5427328
- Application
- 06701043
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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