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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Steven Preston, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Thomas H. Penner, Apopka, FL (US);
Thomas C. Penrose, Oakland, FL (US);
James A. Frey, Ocoee, FL (US);
Steven Preston, Winter Springs, FL (US);
Thomas H. Penner, Apopka, FL (US);
Thomas C. Penrose, Oakland, FL (US);
James A. Frey, Ocoee, FL (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A set of light generating devices provide simultaneously emission of a first modulated light beam and at least a second modulated light beam. The set of light generating devices are positioned so that their respective light beams are incident on the scanning mirror at different elevation angles. A photodetector detects reflected light from the target. A simulation controller is coupled to receive data obtained from the reflected light to generate a scan control signal based on the receive data and a projectile trajectory path for the projectile to the target. The scan control signal sequentially scans the elevation angle of the scanning mirror so that the respective light beams simultaneously scan different sectors of the simulated trajectory path to obtain a simulation that represents the projectile trajectory path.