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Three-dimensional electro-optical tracker

US4855932A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 8, 1987
Grant dateAug 8, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 8, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/867
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Improved performance in an electro-optical tracker is achieved by incorporating range measurements. Further, the tracker uses a Kalman filter in which the target is modeled as the superposition of two Gaussian ellipsoids in space and projected onto an image plane.

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