Method of autonomous target acquisition

Details Method of autonomous target acquisition Method of autonomous target acquisition

1979-03-09

1981-05-12

Orsino, Jr., Joseph A.

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Facsimile

Specific signal processing circuitry

89 41TV, H04N 718

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042675626

ABSTRACT:
A method of target acquisition and lock-on-launch strike capability of self uided explosive canisters, such as imaging missile systems and imaging artillery projectiles, by launching an imaging sensor platform over the battlefield area and transmitting imagery of the battlefield to an image processing computer system and an image receiving on-board microcomputer. The sensor platform may be an artillery television camera fired over the battlefield and parachute deployed, or an airlift sensor platform aboard a helicopter or the like. The image processing computer system is comprised of an automatic target cueing system and CRT display in which the system displays cued targets on the CRT. The method has an important man-in-the-loop, as a crew-chief, who examines the cued targets on the CRT and eliminates false targets, such as a bush or rock, and annotates selected targets to be struck by the explosive canisters. The self guided explosive canisters have electrical connectors between the microcomputer system and the computer system to directly receive and store thresholded digital target maps of the battlefield targets therein from the computer system. After launch of the canister, the microprocessor directly receives sensed imagery from the battlefield, compares and matches the sensed imagery with the stored digital target map, and guides the explosive canister to its designated target.

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