Sensor system with dynamic optical corrector
US6201230A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B26/06
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A programmable optical system that dynamically corrects or induces aberrations into the optical path of a missile seeker. The system is dynamic in that the amount and type of aberration may be changed while the missile is in flight. The dynamic correction is accomplished by means of deformations applied to a low-mass mirror or mirrors in the optical path of the missile seeker. The missile includes an aspheric dome, and the optical system is dynamically compensated for aberrations introduced by the dome as the seeker system is moved through the field of regard.
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