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7330567 |
Human tracking apparatus and method, storage medium storing program executing the method, and mobile electronic system including the apparatus
A human tracking apparatus and a human tracking method, a storing medium storing a program for executing the method, and a mobile electronic system including the apparatus. The human tracking...
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7120524 |
System for measuring points on a vehicle during damage repair
A carriage moves back and forth under a vehicle and three cameras or laser fixed along one axis pivot in a common plane, utilizing two cameras at time to locate a target fixed to a reference point...
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7110101 |
Method and device for determining an angular error and use of the device
A method and a device are disclosed for establishing actual changes and intended changes of the spatial angle of a main axis (e) of a sensor or effector attached to a receiver ( 4.1 ). The receiver...
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6955324 |
Laser-tethered vehicle
The present invention provides a position control system for a remote-controlled vehicle, a vehicle operated by the control system, and a method for operating a remote-controlled vehicle. An...
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6907372 |
Device for position indication and detection of guidance errors
A device for position indication and the detection of guidance errors that includes a scale that has a position measuring graduation arranged in a position measurement direction. A first guidance...
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6498959 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a mechanism for positioning video cameras for use in measuring vehicle wheel alignment
An apparatus and method for controlling a mechanism for positioning video cameras for use in measuring vehicle wheel alignment includes optical targets for mounting to the wheels of a vehicle, at...
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6307342 |
Optical apparatus
An apparatus capable of manually and electrically driving an optical unit comprising a manual operation unit for manually driving the optical unit, an electric drive unit for electrically driving...
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6097481 |
Bang-bang laser spot tracker
A "bang-bang", i.e. digital tracking system for a remote laser designated target having position, rate and acceleration errors. The system is responsive to the sign of the error signal (up/down,...
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6072571 |
Computer controlled optical tracking system
A system for tracking a target comprises an acquisition sight used by a pt of an aircraft to acquire and begin tracking the target. Once the pilot acquires the target an operator can use a track...
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6031605 |
Arrangement for the detection of targets
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5978076 |
Reference light generator
A reference light generator that is capable of switching the scan plane of a laser beam between the horizontal and the vertical simply by changing the installation position of the reference light...
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5872661 |
Automatic focusing apparatus for a telephotographic system
An automatic focusing apparatus for a telephotographic system includes a telephotographic system which moves a focusing lens along an optical axis to control the focus, a focus detector which...
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5668629 |
Remote tracking system particulary for moving picture cameras and method
The system includes a base unit sensitive to infrared (IR) signals transmitted by a mobile remote unit to an IR receiver which is placed behind a rotating set of signal blocking blinders whose...
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5572317 |
Remote-controlled tracking system for tracking a remote control unit and positioning and operating a camera and method
The system includes improvements to a remote tracking system for the control of the field of view of a camera. The system provides for improved motor control for PAN and TILT functions and expanded...
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5570177 |
Camera lens control system and method
The system includes distance measuring capability for use in the local and remote control of a camera lens for automatic and programmable control of ZOOM perspective, FOCUS, IRIS and other...
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5237384 |
Laser positioner and marking method using the same
A laser positioner is located at a survey base point for projecting a geodetic design pattern depicting design working points onto a working face remote from the base point by use of a laser...
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5179421 |
Remote tracking system particularly for moving picture cameras and method
The system includes a base unit sensitive to infrared (IR) signals transmitted by a mobile remote unit to an IR receiver which is placed behind a rotating set of signal blocking blinders whose...
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5168321 |
Doped-germanium sensor for use in a system to control the alignment of a CO.sub.2 laser beam
A photoconductive sensor responsive to a CO 2 laser beam. The sensor comprises a silver-doped germanium semiconductor. The silver dopant changes the conductive characteristics of the semiconductor...
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5148012 |
Solar tracking device having three sensors separated by four semicircular vanes
The solar tracking device disclosed herein is for use on a solar energy collection apparatus and facilitates optimal performance by insuring that the collection apparatus is continuously aligned...
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5098185 |
Automatic tracking type measuring apparatus
A reflector provided on a land is automatically collimated in such a way that it always comes to the center of the field of view of an automatic tracking type measuring apparatus provided on a...
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5090803 |
Optical coordinate transfer assembly
An optical coordinate transfer assembly provides angular correlation between spatially separated objects. In a particular embodiment of the invention, roll, pitch and yaw of a second directional...
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5039217 |
Optical transceiver apparatus for detecting distance between two cars
An apparatus for detecting the distance between one's car and the car ahead, together with the angle between the axes of the two cars. The apparatus has a pair of driving optical systems disposed...
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5023440 |
Tracker using angle-converting cones
An optical tracker includes a plurality of detectors (20, 22), each of which is associated with an etendue-preserving concentrator (27, 28) that directs radiation to it. The concentrators (27, 28)...
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5001650 |
Method and apparatus for search and tracking
A method and apparatus for search and tracking multiple targets in an object space. The apparatus (10) includes a targeting FLIR unit (12) operating in imaging mode. The targeting FLIR unit (12) is...
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4978246 |
Apparatus and method for controlling laser guided machines
A guidance system and method for increasing the accuracy of laser guided machines such as screeds, graders, earth movers, floor saws and floor finishing machines. The system includes a laser beam...
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4965453 |
Multiple aperture ir sensor
A multi-aperture, non-imaging sensing system is disclosed, for guiding a moving projectile toward a source of infrared energy. The detectors are arranged peripherally about a forward portion of the...
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4895440 |
Laser-based measurement system
A laser beam three dimensional position measurement system includes a laser transmitter mounted at a stationary reference position at a work site and a receiver mounted on a mobile machine at the...
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4740682 |
Optical tracking, focusing, and information receiving device including a pyramidal light splitter
A precision optical tracking, stabilization, focusing, and information receiving system is described. This invention is designed to improve optical systems in two important areas. The first...
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4671654 |
Automatic surveying apparatus using a laser beam
An automatic surveying apparatus for surveying a route in tunneling work, for example, by directing a laser beam from a laser device onto a screen of a moving target to form a laser spot on the...
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4667091 |
Device for automatically tracking a moving object
In a device for automatically tracking a moving object, which device includes: an optical measuring head rotatable about vertical and horizontal axes, the measuring head having first and second...
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4587622 |
Method and apparatus for determining and correcting guidance errors
Two methods are disclosed for eliminating the influence of guidance errors on the precision of determining the position of guided machine parts as in a coordinate-measuring machine, whereby the...
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4562769 |
Spatially modulated, laser aimed sighting system for a ballistic weapon
A precision weapon aiming system used in conjunction with an optical radar for a weapon includes a pattern projector mounted to direct preselected optical pulses along the boresight of the weapon....
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4386848 |
Optical target tracking and designating system
An optical sight system having in combination: a sight assembly (10), including a stabilized mirror (12, 14), a laser designator (24), a laser ranger (26), a common optical system (16), a...
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4291978 |
Apparatus for automatically determining the position at which a beam of light impinges on a target
A rotating target contains an appropriately shaped section of photoelectric material which detects the position of a beam of light which is incident on the target. The position of the beam is...
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4148026 |
System for tracking a moving target
A system for tracking a moving target from a moving carrier. The system is provided with an arrangement allowing a measurement of the position of the target in relation to the carrier. The...
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4134681 |
Method of determining relative orientation of physical systems
A method and system are provided to determine the relative orientation of o physical systems (i.e., assemblages of equipment which share a common, locally defined coordinate system). Two distinct...
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3999859 |
Device for checking radio aerial navigational aids
The invention concerns a device for checking radio aerial navigational aids. In the device according to the invention, the infra-red scanning head is mounted on a turret by means of two groups each...
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3981588 |
Means and method for determining meridian location and azimuth
Stellar events are timed through a lens system and reticle by a photomultiplier tube, times are compared and a difference factor computed, the difference factor is implemented to move the lens...
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3931515 |
Radiant energy detection apparatus
Optical detecting, tracking and indicating apparatus for producing a target angular position signal independent of target intensity. A photoconductive detector element has four outer electrodes...
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3876308 |
Automatic command guidance system using optical trackers
This invention comprises a missile guidance system wherein an automatic etro-optical tracking device is used to track a target and a second electro-optical tracking device, which shares certain...
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3865491 |
SURVEYING INSTRUMENT TRACKING SYSTEM
The specification discloses an automatic elevation surveying system which includes a pivotal housing mounted on a support pedestal. The support pedestal includes a vertically disposed member...
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3836259 |
APPARATUS FOR TRACKING A LUMINOUS OBJECT
Apparatus for tracking a lamp in the nose of an aircraft calibrating an instrument landing system comprising a vidicon tube, a scanning arrangement for causing scanning the vidicon photocathode...
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3817620 |
METHOD OF GEODETIC MEASUREMENT USING DIFFUSION TYPE PULSE LASER
Pulsed laser light is emitted at a certain interval and diffused in space by a pulse laser source installed on a flying object moving relative to the ground. The diffused laser light is received on...
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3790277 |
OPTICAL INSTRUMENT TRACKING SYSTEM
The specification discloses an automated optical instrument system which includes a support pedestal rotatably supporting a housing on the upper end thereof. The housing includes a laser for...
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3783271 |
RADIATION TRACKING SYSTEM
A tracking system including a staggered array of radiation detectors for use with a telescope wherein the configuration of the array, the geometry of sweep of the array, and the electronics...
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3723744 |
OPTICAL TRACKER WITH VARIABLE DENSITY SPATIAL FILTER
An optical filter whose transmission coefficient increases monotonically with distance from the center of the filter is placed in front of the Image Position Sensor of an optical tracker. The...
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3700905 |
MULTIPLE ELEMENT SENSING APPARATUS
A multiple field optical signal detection apparatus employing a plurality of rotating field detector areas of increasing size, each such area corresponding to an increasing field of view. Each...
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3680958 |
SURVEY APPARATUS
Disclosed is an automated surveying system composed of three separate stations. Two base line stations are positioned at selected points on the terrain and the distance between them measured. A...
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3640628 |
ELECTRO-OPTICAL TARGET ACQUISITION BLANKING SYSTEM
When an electro-optical tracking and ranging system is placed in proximity with the guns being controlled thereby, such as on the turret of a tank, there are a range of azimuth and elevation angles...
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3542477 |
HEMISPHERIC SEARCH DETECTOR
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