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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
May. 29, 2009
Applicant:
James R. Gallivan, Pomona, CA (US);
Inventor:
James R. Gallivan, Pomona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/66 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of a target tracking system and method with jitter reduction suitable for directed energy systems are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the directed energy system includes a target tracking system to track one or more track points on a moving target, and a beam transmission unit to maintain a directed energy beam on a selected one of the track points in response to tracking control signals provided by the target tracking system. The track points may be smaller than a spot size of the directed energy beam maintained on the target.