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Patent No.:

US 7312429 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 17, 2003

Method and apparatus of using optical distortion in a directed countermeasure system to provide a variable field of view

Applicants:

Robert C. Guyer, Beverly, MA (US);

Anthony Kirkham, St. Asaph, GB;

Inventors:

Robert C. Guyer, Beverly, MA (US);

Anthony Kirkham, St. Asaph, GB;

Assignee:

BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);

Attorneys:

Robert K. Tendler

Daniel J. Long

Primary Examiner:

Georgia Epps

Assistant Examiner:

Patrick J Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/24 (2006.01); G01J 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A single, hard-mounted set of optics is utilized to replace a two field-of-view system for directed countermeasures. It includes within one continuous but distorted field of view the capability to detect, acquire and characterize targets at the edge of the field while precisely tracking with high target fidelity at the field center. With multiple targets, both tracking of a primary target and acquisition of a secondary target can occur simultaneously, greatly improving countermeasure effectiveness.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Guyer, Robert. (2007). Method and apparatus of using optical distortion in a directed countermeasure system to provide a variable field of view (U.S. Patent No. 7312429). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7312429

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