Method of autonomous target acquisition
US4267562A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 9, 1979 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF42B12/365
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
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…
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