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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2009
Benjamin Bachrach, Bethesda, MD (US);
Sung Jung, Vienna, VA (US);
Pan Gao, Rockville, MD (US);
Yubing Yang, Rockville, MD (US);
Benjamin Bachrach, Bethesda, MD (US);
Sung Jung, Vienna, VA (US);
Pan Gao, Rockville, MD (US);
Yubing Yang, Rockville, MD (US);
Intelligent Automation, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
An automatic target tracking system and method employ an image capturing system for acquiring a series of images in real time of a distant area containing a remote target, and a processing system for processing the acquired images to identify the target and follow its position across the series of images. An automatic beam steering and method operate in conjunction with a laser source for emitting a laser beam to be transmitted in the form of a transmitted laser beam extending along a steerable beam transmission axis to the remote target. The beam steering system is controlled by the processing system to steer the beam transmission axis to be aimed at the target being tracked by the target tracking system, so that the transmitted laser beam will be transmitted at the appropriate angle and in the appropriate direction to be aimed at the tracked target.