Minimum miss distance vector measuring system
US4057708A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 1976 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 1996 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41J5/12
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for measuring the minimum miss distance and direction in three planes of a missile trajectory with respect to a target. Space diverse sequential range measurements are made from a plurality of pulse radar sensors mounted on the target. The range measurements are position identified in pairs of data transmitted to a data processor. The data processor adds time data and utilizes a nonlinear conjugate directions algorithm to solve for the minimum miss distance vector with a high degree of accuracy in a relatively short time period.
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