Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Remote control
Patent
1995-09-28
1997-07-29
Carone, Michael J.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Remote control
244 313, 244 314, 244 316, F41G 700, F42B 1500
Patent
active
056515120
ABSTRACT:
A closed-loop missile tracking system (10) employs a missile (12) with a thermal beacon (22) and an optical beacon (24). A target designator (40) defines a boresight from a missile firing location, such as an aircraft, to a target. The closed-loop missile tracking system (10) employs a first tracker (48) and a second tracker (64) with a forward looking infrared (FLIR) sensor (52) to track the displacement of the optical beacon (22) and thermal beacon (24) from the boresight. The first tracker (48) generates a first set of azimuth and elevation error signals. The second tracker (64) further includes a video demultiplexing interface (70) which transforms serial multiplexed video signals, which are output by the FLIR sensor (52) and contain a field with M rows and L columns of pixels, into a demultiplexed parallel video signal. A video thermal tracker (VTT) (58) selects the N adjacent horizontal rows of pixels and generates a second set of azimuth and elevation error signals therefrom. The VTT (58) selects at least one of the first set of error signals, the second set or a combination thereof to guide the missile (12).
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Gaskell George L.
Sand Richard J.
Wells Michael L.
Carone Michael J.
Denson-Low Wanda K.
Hughes Electronics
Lindeen III Gordon R.
Sales Michael W.
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