Star catalog navigation system

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1979-12-31

1986-11-04

Chin, Gary

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356141, G06F 1550

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046213295

ABSTRACT:
A star pattern within the field of view is transmitted through a non-collinear acousto optic filter and is focused upon the input screen of a vidicon, which in turn is coupled to input storage devices of a computer, each device being associated with a particular frequency band within the spectrum of light being examined. The contents of the input storage devices are compared with binary data within a star catalog which contains geometric reference patterns of stars and their frequency signatures. When a correlation signal is produced by the comparator, an output signal indicating the position of the pattern in the sky may be produced by a dictionary which could form part of the computer or be remotely located with respect to the computer.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3571567 (1971-03-01), Eckermann et al.
patent: 3636330 (1972-01-01), Holeman et al.
patent: 4052121 (1977-10-01), Chang
patent: 4181851 (1980-01-01), Allen et al.

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