Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Remote control
Patent
1974-10-18
1977-04-19
Engle, Samuel W.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Remote control
244 317, F41G 700, F41G 900, F42B 1502
Patent
active
040184056
ABSTRACT:
An electromagnetic beam which is preferably generated by means of a laser is transmitted to a vehicle such as a missile to be controlled, and reflected back from such vehicle by means of an optical reflector. The beam is passed through separate optical modulators, one of these being at the control station, where the transmitter is located; the other of these being on the controlled vehicle. A television type camera is installed on the vehicle and provides a picture of objects in the path of the vehicle. This picture is modulated onto the beam by means of the aforementioned modulator. The picture is received at the control station and fed to a display device for viewing by an operator. Using this picture, the operator moves a hand control device in azimuth and elevation, as may be necessary, to generate control signals to correct the path of the vehicle so as to properly direct its course towards a selected target. The control signals so generated are modulated onto the beam and received at the vehicle where they are decoded and utilized to control the steering of the vehicle.
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Engle Samuel W.
Northrop Corporation
Sokolski Edward A.
Webb Thomas H.
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