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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Roy Wiegert, Panama City, FL (US);
Roy Wiegert, Panama City, FL (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A magnetic anomaly homing system uses an array of magnetic sensors coupled to a non-magnetic platform. The array is defined by a plurality of single-axis subsystems with each one thereof having two magnetic sensors spaced apart from one another. A processor coupled to the magnetic sensors generates a plurality of magnetic total field scalars that can be used to directly home in on a magnetic object from both long and short-range distances to the target. The scalars define guidance control parameters used to steer the platform to align the platforms's direction of motion with the magnetic anomaly.