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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Eric Larcher, Général de Gaulle, FR;
Cyril Delmau, Rue Claude Lorrain, FR;
Aerospatiale Matra, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process and a device for guiding a flying craft onto a target, the device ( ) comprising a detector (D) pointed at the target in such a way that a projection of the latter is situated on a field of measurement of the detector (D), a computation unit (UC) for determining guidance commands, and members ( ) carrying out the guidance. According to the invention, the said device ( ) furthermore comprises computation means (C C ) for determining commands for varying attitudes of the said flying craft making it possible to center the said projection with respect to a first direction of the measurement field, and the line of sight of the detector (D) is moveable and is controlled in such a way as to center the said projection with respect to a second direction of the measurement field, which is different from the said first direction.