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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Steven E Shields, San Diego, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Platforms on a vessel in motion are stabilized relative to one another and relative to the vessel. Primary sensors sense the position and orientation of the vessel's center of mass, which it uses as a common reference. Secondary sensors sense local platform motion to compensate for positional variations due to the vessel flexing or other localized motion. A computational system processes secondary position information relative to the common reference and calculates adjustments required to stabilize the localized platforms. By using secondary sensors in conjunction with the primary sensors, the platforms are stabilized in real time without accumulation of position error over time and are capable of being synchronized to each other.