Reconnaissance system comprising an air-borne vehicle rotating about its longitudinal axis
US4543603A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 10, 1983 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C11/025
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to a reconnaissance system comprising an air-borne vehicle capable of moving above a territory to be surveyed by rotating about its longitudinal axis, and means for taking images disposed on board the vehicle to observe said territory by a helicoidal scanning in relation with the rotation of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is of the self-propelled missile type and the sensitive members are formed by at least one linear assembly of photosensitive elements disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the missile to give at each line an image of an elementary strip of territory, which scans a strip of territory upon each revolution of the missile, the total image of the territory being formed by the plurality of images of the successive strips.
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