Communications – electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices – Distance or direction finding – With plurality of transducers
Patent
1997-07-07
1999-07-06
Lobo, Ian J.
Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices
Distance or direction finding
With plurality of transducers
367906, G01S 518
Patent
active
059205229
ABSTRACT:
This invention discloses a method of indicating information related to the trajectory of a projectile traveling at a supersonic velocity, the trajectory intersecting a predefined target plane at a point of incidence and having an angle of incidence with the target plane, the method including sensing a shock wave generated by the projectile at a plurality of fixed locations in a vicinity of the target plane, not all of which locations lie on a single straight line, and providing a plurality of outputs responsive, respectively, to the shock wave sensed at the plurality of locations determining a time-delay for each of the plurality of locations, relative to a predefined, common, reference time, based on the plurality of outputs and determining at least one of the point of incidence, the angle of incidence and the supersonic velocity by at least estimating a solution to a set of time-delay equations, each equation providing an independent representation of only one of the time-delays as a function of the point of incidence, the angle of incidence and the supersonic velocity.
A system for indicating information related to the trajectory of a projectile traveling at a supersonic velocity and intersecting a predefined target plane at a point of incidence, the trajectory having an angle of incidence with the target plane is also disclosed.
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