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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Kenneth W. Baun, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Brian Tingey, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Ghassan El-khatib, Long Beach, CA (US);
Kenneth W. Baun, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Brian Tingey, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Ghassan El-Khatib, Long Beach, CA (US);
Meade Instruments Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A telescope capable of motorized focus and/or collimation. The telescope includes control electronics capable of correcting the focus and/or collimation based on identified information, such as, for example, information about optical or other elements of the telescope, information about a user or imaging device, or the like. In various embodiments, such identified information is acquired through radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. In other embodiments, an automated system controls the actuators based at least in part upon identification information, such as through user or device recognition.