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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1998
Naoki Hosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Chiba, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The invention comprises a mulli-wave radar system for obtaining first target position information of a flying object by capturing and tracking the flying object from a maximum detection distance, a stereo-camera system for taking over the tracking of the flying object in the vicinity of a landing point by acquiring the first target position information of the flying object from the milli-wave radar system, and obtaining second target position information having higher precision than the first target position information, and a controller for managing the first target position information of the milli-wave radar system and the second target position information of the stereo-camera system, controlling the milli-wave radar system to capture and track the flying object to the vicinity of the landing point, and controlling the stereo-camera system to capture and track the flying object at the time of landing of the flying object.