Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Automatic guidance
Patent
1997-11-05
1999-11-23
Jordan, Charles T.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Automatic guidance
73178R, 244 31, 244175, 701 4, 701 6, F41G 700, B64C 1318
Patent
active
059885629
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for determining the angular orientation of a body moving in object space. The invention is usable to detect and identify the angular orientation of the body relative to the theoretical plane of gravity and thereby relative to any other theoretical plane between zero and three-hundred sixty degrees therefrom. The invention is operable regardless of whether the body is rotating with an angular velocity, either natural and/or induced. The invention may employ one or more analog and/or digital sensors. The analog sensor may be an accelerometer. The system may be used to provide real-time orientation data to permit the body to be guided or directed towards a desired destination or simply to permit the orientation of the body to be known, controlled or varied as desired.
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Jordan Charles T.
Wesson Theresa M.
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