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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter V. Messina, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/738 ; G01P 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/738 ; G01P 2/100 ;
Abstract
A system ( ) for calibrating an apparatus ( ) for aligning components ( ) relative to a desired line of sight. The system includes a first mechanism ( ) for generating a command designed to move a line-of-sight of one of the components ( ) to a first position, the line-of-sight moving to a second position in response thereto. A second mechanism ( ) automatically compensates for a variation between the first position and the second position via a scale factor ( ).