Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g. – Return signal controls external device – Missile or spacecraft guidance
Patent
1996-09-23
1998-03-17
Sotomayor, John B.
Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g.,
Return signal controls external device
Missile or spacecraft guidance
342 63, 342139, 342140, 342146, 342463, G01S 1346
Patent
active
057292345
ABSTRACT:
An arrangement for coordinating positional and angle information made on separate relatively moving platforms, such as aircraft, having independent coordinate systems, uses measurements of a common reference made on both platforms. The measurements are transmitted to a common location. Measurements made at a first time are processed to determine two of three coordinate transformation angles. After a period of time, a second set of measurements is used to determine the third coordinate transformation angle. In a particular embodiment of the invention, the direction of motion of one of the platforms is controlled to be orthogonal to a coordinate axis of the other platform. When the coordinate transformation is determined, it can be used to coordinate or align navigation instruments, weapons, or the like. In one embodiment of the invention, a missile is directed toward a target, in a situation in which the target is viewed from the missile and another moving vehicle.
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Morris Randall Deen
Patel Naresh Raman
Stetson, Jr. John Batterson
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meise W. H.
Sotomayor John B.
Weinstein S. D.
Young S. A.
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