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Patent No.:

US 7520464 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2006

Spinning threat roll bearing estimator

Applicant:

Russell N. Van Allen, Melbourne, FL (US);

Inventor:

Russell N. Van Allen, Melbourne, FL (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorneys:

Jeffrey D. Myers

Peacock Myers, P.C.

Timothy D. Stanley

Primary Examiner:

Bernarr E Gregory

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 15/01 (2006.01); F42B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and method for determining a bearing from a spinning projectile to a target emitting electromagnetic radiation comprising disposing a plurality of electromagnetic radiation sensors on a body of the projectile, receiving sensed electromagnetic radiation from the plurality of sensors, determining a periodic phase modulation between pairs of the plurality of sensors, integrating the modulation over a plurality of revolutions of the projectile, and calculating a bearing estimate from the projectile to the target using the integration.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Van Allen, Russell. (2009). Spinning threat roll bearing estimator (U.S. Patent No. 7520464). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7520464

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