Video guidance sensor system with integrated rangefinding
US7006203B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C3/08
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A video guidance sensor system for use, e.g., in automated docking of a chase vehicle with a target vehicle. The system includes an integrated rangefinder sub-system that uses time of flight measurements to measure range. The rangefinder sub-system includes a pair of matched photodetectors for respectively detecting an output laser beam and return laser beam, a buffer memory for storing the photodetector outputs, and a digitizer connected to the buffer memory and including dual amplifiers and analog-to-digital converters. A digital signal processor processes the digitized output to produce a range measurement.
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