Automatic sensor alignment

Details Automatic sensor alignment Automatic sensor alignment

1990-05-07

1993-09-21

Jordan, Charles T.

Ordnance

Mounts

Training mechanisms

F41G 154

Patent

active

052459098

ABSTRACT:
A problem faced by designers of advanced electronic military equipment is the strigent angular alignment requirement of aircraft avionics and weapon system sensors. Meeting the alignment requirements in the case of advanced systems presents an ever-increasing problem. In airborne systems, as the alignment requirements of its sensors are becoming more stringent, the aircraft are becoming more flexible structurally. Conventional sensor alignment systems are expensive and utilize complex optical-mechanical equipment and procedures, for instance aircraft jacks, optical targeting boards, precision optical mirrors, sophisticated tooling, and ground support personnel. Past alignment procedures also required ground personnel having the same skill level as those in the aircraft in order to operate such equipment as optical target boards, precision optical mirrors, autocollimators and other instruments. By of this invention a system for aligning avionic/weapon sensors is provided which eliminates the need for support equipment outside the vehicle to boresight and align sensors on the the vehicle. It also allows more flexibility in the location of alignment-sensitive equipment when the vehicle, especially aircraft, is designed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4012989 (1977-03-01), Hunt et al.
patent: 4104730 (1978-08-01), Morrison et al.

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