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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2007
Edward Max Flowers, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Lionel D. Liebman, Plano, TX (US);
Gregory N. Whitfield, Mansfield, TX (US);
Arthur S. Bornowski, Sunnyvale, TX (US);
Edward Max Flowers, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
Lionel D. Liebman, Plano, TX (US);
Gregory N. Whitfield, Mansfield, TX (US);
Arthur S. Bornowski, Sunnyvale, TX (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a multifaceted imaging semi-active laser system ('I-SALS'). In one aspect, the I-SALS closes on a laser designation of a target until it starts imaging the target, whereupon the I-SALS then homes on the target from the image. Some embodiments employ a slightly defocused designation. Other embodiments use existential jitter in the designation and other embodiments intentionally induce a jitter in the designation called dither. One particular embodiments provides a dual field-of-view optics package that has no moving parts.