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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2010
William B. King, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Peter V. Messina, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Ronald George Hegg, Vista, CA (US);
Chaunchy F. Mckearn, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
William B. King, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Peter V. Messina, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Ronald George Hegg, Vista, CA (US);
Chaunchy F. McKearn, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
An off-axis telescope having a primary optical element configured to reflect an energy beam from an optical reference source that emits the energy beam along an optical path. The telescope includes angle sensors arranged on a periphery of the primary optical element to determine angular motion of the energy beam from the optical reference source. The angle sensors are operable to be biased to positional settings associated with a desired pointing direction of the energy beam. A secondary optical element is arranged in the optical path and translated along three orthogonal axes. A plurality of steering mirrors arranged between the optical reference source and the secondary optical element is configured to be tilted in response to a control signal. A controller auto-aligns the telescope by at least translating the secondary optical element and tilting the steering mirrors via the control signal using at least inputs from the plurality of angle sensors.