LADAR sensor for landing, docking and approach

A system for landing or docking a mobile platform is enabled by a flash LADAR sensor having an adaptive controller with Automatic Gain Control (AGC). Range gating in the LADAR sensor penetrates through diffuse reflectors. The LADAR sensor adapted for landing/approach comprises a system controller, p...

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Hauptverfasser:	Stettner, Roger, Gilliland, Patrick, Short, Brad, Spagnolia, Joseph, Penniman, Steve, Koseluk, Robert W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AIRCRAFT ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FLYING SUITS GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS NAVIGATION PARACHUTES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SURVEYING TESTING TRANSPORTING VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
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Zusammenfassung:	A system for landing or docking a mobile platform is enabled by a flash LADAR sensor having an adaptive controller with Automatic Gain Control (AGC). Range gating in the LADAR sensor penetrates through diffuse reflectors. The LADAR sensor adapted for landing/approach comprises a system controller, pulsed laser transmitter, transmit optics, receive optics, a focal plane array of detectors, a readout integrated circuit, camera support electronics and image processor, an image analysis and bias calculation processor, and a detector array bias control circuit. The system is capable of developing a complete 3-D scene from a single point of view.