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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Marie Vauchy, St-Cloud, FR;
Dominique de Ponteves, Flers, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B / ; F41G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356152 ; 89 4 / ; 244-316 ; 356141 ; 356149 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the aiming of an optical illuminator on a target. The direction in which is seen the maximum light of the illuminator reflected by the target is detected, the angle formed by this direction and the direction of sight is measured and the result of this measurement is employed for controlling an orientation of the optical axis of the illuminator or of the optical axis of the sighting system, with the result that the direction in which is seen this maximum coincides with the optical axis of the sighting system. The invention is particularly applied to the sending of a moving body, provided with an optical, self-directing system, onto a target.