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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Teledyne Flir Defense, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Titensor, Orem, UT (US);

Nathan Knoebel, Orem, UT (US);

Jerel B. Nielsen, Orem, UT (US);

Assignee:

Teledyne FLIR Defense, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); G01C 3/06 (2006.01); G01S 17/48 (2006.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/00 (2013.01); G01C 3/06 (2013.01); G01S 17/48 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 10/25 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

Laser designator systems (laser designator systems) and related techniques are provided to improve the operational flexibility of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A laser designator system includes an imaging module configured to image a scene according to a first field of view (FOV) of the imaging module; a laser spot tracker configured to detect a plurality of PRF encoded laser spots disposed within the scene and to provide a corresponding plurality of angular positions of the plurality of PRF encoded laser spots within a second FOV of the laser spot tracker; and an optical datum faceplate coupled to and configured to optically align the imaging module and the laser spot tracker to each other and a boresight for the laser designator system defined by the optical datum faceplate.


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