METHOD FOR LINE-OF-SIGHT CONTROL OF AN ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM; TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM WITH LINE-OF-SIGHT CONTROL

The invention relates to a method for line-of-sight control of an electro-optical sensor system (10) during tracking of a target object (20), sensors of the sensor system (10) capturing a video image of the tracked target object (20) and a video image processing unit (30) using the video image to determine an angular difference (51) between the line of sight of the sensor system (10) and the tracked target object (20) and said determined angular difference (51) being supplied to a line-of-sight control unit (40) as a measuring variable controlling the line of sight of the sensor system (10) via a recommended speed (53). The line-of-sight control (40) is carried out on the observation side in a software on a computer card (11) of the electro-optical sensor system (10), an observer (41) generating an estimated angular difference (60; 60') which is supplied to a controller (42) that hands over a commanded recommended speed (52) to a subordinate control (12) of the sensor system (10) which controls the line of sight via a recommended speed (53). The invention further relates to an associated target tracking system for tracking a target object (20), comprising said line-of-sight control.