Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Fred S Hurt

Michael A Cross

Robert A Hale

John G Romanski

William F Clarke

James C Bremer

Richard F Kroupa

Ronald G Kraus

Victor J Norris, Jr

A dual line of sight forward looking infrared (FLIR) navigation and targeting system including two separate infrared turrets housing respective optical gimbal assemblies which simultaneously provide two independently controlled lines of sight, one of which has wide field(s) of view for implementing a pilotage function and the other has narrow magnified field(s) of view for implementing a targeting function. Both lines of sight are merged following individual temperature compensating image gain and level adjusting operations in an optical multiplexer assembly, the output of which is coupled to a single IR detector in the form of a focal plane array having time delay integration. Two separate FLIR video image signals are generated in a single common processor, one for pilotage and one for targeting which can be viewed simultaneously and independently. The processor is also utilized and integrated with a radar system.

Optically multiplexed dual line of sight flir system

An improved target sighting device operable to converge on targets whose initial velocity has caused its image to move a significant fraction within the field of view during the period between detections utilizing less electrical circuitry and only one focal plane detector array. A detector array and associated signal processing system for incorporation within an electro-optical tracking system, the detector array comprising both fine track and coarse track detector elements wherein fine track and coarse track detector elements are further interconnected to hybrid fine track and coarse track signal processing algorithms. The resultant signals from the fine track and coarse track detections on the hybrid array will result in commands to gimbals about reflecting means or about a receiver telescope allowing the reflective means or receiver telescope means to be repositioned towards the target with greater accuracy.

Concentric detector array and associated hybrid signal processing for

An improved passive optical range simulator device which can be used to test the ranging function of an optical radar ranger system having parallel beams leaving and entering. An adapter member provides for mechanical coupling and optical alignment of the simulator device with the ranger system. A focusing lens transforms parallel beams entering and leaving the ranger system into focused beams entering and leaving one end of a coil of optical fiber having a mirror at its opposite end to act as an optical delay medium. A primary tilted-glass-element optical attenuator limits optical energy allowed to reach the optical fiber entrance face, while defecting first surface reflection away from ranger system input. A removable attenuator assembly having oppositely-tilted flat glass elements at the fiber entrance face permits, by substitution, fine adjustment of beam attenuation. An X-Y-Z translation assembly for the fiber entrance face, together with a light source at the opposite end of the fiber, provides for proper alignment with the focused beams.

Passive optical range simulator device

An improved passive optical range simulator device used to test the ranging function of the optical radar ranger system by input to a coil of optical fiber having a mirror at its inner terminus that permits such coil to act as an optical delay medium. Improvement resides in inclusion of a partial mirror at the input end of the optical fiber coil to present multiple 'target echo' reflections of the laser pulses back to the optical radar ranger system undergoing test.

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Ellicott City, MD, United States of America

Fred S Hurt