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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Harold T. Wright, Pelham, NH (US);
Harold T. Wright, Pelham, NH (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed that provide a high-speed synchronized interface for command and control between the sensor and the laser of countermeasure systems. The techniques may be implemented, for example, in a countermeasure system configured for operation with a laser and sensor, wherein the system includes an interface with laser and sensor command control words synchronized with a master clock having an embedded System Heart Beat defining a Master Frame period, a command and control protocol for the laser and the sensor within the Master Frame period; and a Tsensor to measure the time a laser pulse leaves the system, wherein the sensor uses the measured time as reference to set frame start and timing measurements. The system may support both active ranging and passive tracking (e.g., Master Frame period may include both passive and active sub-frames). The active ranging may include both coarse and fine resolution ranging.