Aerial vehicle imaging and targeting system

The subject disclosure relates to a tracking system to mount to an aircraft and to image and track a target aircraft. The tracking system may include a structured light source operatively coupled to a processor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) operatively coupled with the processor, a mirror to s...

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Hauptverfasser:	Choi, Jae-Woo, Paduano, James D
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACCESSORIES THEREFOR AEROPLANES AIRCRAFT ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM ARMOUR ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES ARMOURED TURRETS AVIATION BLASTING CALCULATING CINEMATOGRAPHY COMPUTING CONTROLLING COSMONAUTICS COUNTING DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY ELECTROGRAPHY HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS HEATING HELICOPTERS HOLOGRAPHY LIGHTING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL MEASURING MEASURING ANGLES MEASURING AREAS MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION PRESENTATION OF DATA RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION RECOGNITION OF DATA RECORD CARRIERS REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TESTING TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	The subject disclosure relates to a tracking system to mount to an aircraft and to image and track a target aircraft. The tracking system may include a structured light source operatively coupled to a processor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) operatively coupled with the processor, a mirror to steer light from the light source toward the target aircraft, and a stereo-vision system having a first camera and a second camera. The IMU may be configured to generate position data representing a position of the aircraft. The stereo-vision system may be operatively coupled to the processor and configured to determine a 3D position of the target aircraft as a function of the position data. The processor may be configured to adjust the mirror position as a function of a mirror position.