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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Scott B. Goldblatt, Columbia, MD (US);
Ryan P. Dinello-fass, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Jeffery W. Warren, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven J. Conard, Sykesville, MD (US);
Scott B. Goldblatt, Columbia, MD (US);
Ryan P. DiNello-Fass, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Jeffery W. Warren, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven J. Conard, Sykesville, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
An alignment suite includes first and second targeting devices and an optical coupler. The first targeting device is configured to perform a positional determination regarding a downrange target. The first targeting device includes an image processor. The second targeting device is configured to perform a targeting function relative to the downrange target and is affixable to the first targeting device. The optical coupler enables the image processor to capture an image of a reference object at the second targeting device responsive to the first and second targeting devices being affixed together. The image processor employs processing circuitry that determines pose information indicative of an alignment relationship between the first and second targeting devices relative to the downrange target based on the image captured.