Method and apparatus for automatically orienting a computer disp

Details Method and apparatus for automatically orienting a computer disp Method and apparatus for automatically orienting a computer disp

1994-12-21

1997-09-30

Carone, Michael J.

Ordnance

Mounts

Training mechanisms

89 4119, 89 4122, 345121, 345133, F41G 300, G06F10106

Patent

active

056728409

ABSTRACT:
An automatically oriented computer display for a targeting computer used in connection with a shoulder-fired missile launcher. A computer operator member of an air defense team will read a computer display from a handheld targeting computer so as to give directional and distance information of approaching aircraft. An electronic compass rigidly secured to the handheld computer continually updates the directional orientation of the computer display as the computer operator moves. Therefore, the computer operator is able to accurately give directional information to a gunner operating a shoulder-fired missile launcher such that the gunner is ready to assess the hostility of the approaching aircraft as they become visible. An embedded computer is provided to decipher the compass signals so they are readable by the handheld computer. Additionally, a global positioning system receiver is provided to give positional information of the gunner and the computer operator.

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