LIGHT SOURCE TRACKER
    31.
    发明公开
    LIGHT SOURCE TRACKER 有权
    LIGHT指导

    公开(公告)号:EP2232201A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-29

    申请号:EP08860434.3

    申请日:2008-12-10

    申请人: Moser, Mark K.

    发明人: Moser, Mark K.

    IPC分类号: G01C21/02 G01C21/24 G01J1/20

    摘要: A tracking device for automatically following a moving light source that is detectable in the presence of ambient light. A carrier platform including one or more radiant energy conversion devices and a sensor array is mounted to an upright support column with a universal joint. Three independently-operated, linear actuators are equally angularly spaced about the support column with an upper end connected to the carrier platform with a universal hinge and a lower end connected to a floating base with a spherical hinge. A sensor array carried by the carrier platform includes a primary sensor associated with each actuator. During operation, when a primary sensor is not receiving direct radiant energy, the actuator retracts, and when it is receiving radiant energy directly, the actuator extends. The result is that the platform will directly track the sun across the horizon.

    APPARATUS FOR DETECTING RADIATION AND MUNITION INCORPORATING SAME
    32.
    发明公开
    APPARATUS FOR DETECTING RADIATION AND MUNITION INCORPORATING SAME 审中-公开
    设备辐射和弹药,以便在检测

    公开(公告)号:EP2087327A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-08-12

    申请号:EP07875115.3

    申请日:2007-11-12

    发明人: TURNER, Mark, A.

    IPC分类号: G01J1/20 G01C21/02 G01C21/24

    摘要: An apparatus for detecting radiation includes an entry window configured to receive radiation from a target, the entry window having an outer surface and an inner surface, such that the outer surface is not parallel to the inner surface. The apparatus further includes a radiation transmission assembly configured to receive at least a portion of the radiation received by the entry window. The apparatus further includes a radiation sensor configured to receive at least a portion of the radiation from the radiation transmission assembly.

    BANC DE TEST AU SOL D'UN SENSEUR STELLAIRE
    33.
    发明授权
    BANC DE TEST AU SOL D'UN SENSEUR STELLAIRE 有权
    BODENPRÜFBANK一个明星传感器

    公开(公告)号:EP1337806B1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-10

    申请号:EP01993812.5

    申请日:2001-11-08

    摘要: The invention concerns a bench comprising: a) means supporting (1) the stellar sensor (2) to be tested; b) a video monitor (3); c) means controlling (8, 9, 10, 11) display, on the video monitor (3), of a moving sky portion; d) optical means (7) to form an image of said screen on a sensitive surface of a stellar sensor (2) mounted on the support means (1); and e) means (13) for testing the sensor (2). The invention is characterised in that the means controlling (8, 9, 10, 11) the video monitor (3) comprise means for real time simulation (11) of the movement on a predetermined orbit of a satellite equipped with said attitude control system, the system using in closed loop the signals transmitted by said tested sensor (2).

    Attitude acquisition method and spacecraft attitude acquisition and control system
    34.
    发明公开
    Attitude acquisition method and spacecraft attitude acquisition and control system 有权
    姿态确定方法和Raumfahrzeugslagebestimmungs-和控制系统

    公开(公告)号:EP1422138A3

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-02

    申请号:EP03026297.6

    申请日:2003-11-15

    IPC分类号: B64G1/36 G01C21/02 G05D1/08

    摘要: Attitude acquisition methods and systems are provided which reduce the time generally required to acquire spacecraft attitude estimates (76) and enhance the probability of realizing such estimates (76). The methods and systems receive, over a time span Δt, successive frames of star-sensor signals (70) that correspond to successive stellar fields-of-view (102A-102N), estimate spacecraft rotation Δr throughout at least a portion of the time span Δt, and, in response to the spacecraft rotation Δr, process the star-sensor signals (70) into a processed set of star-sensor signals that denote star positions across an expanded field-of-view (120) that exceeds any of the successive fields-of-view (102A-102N). The expanded field-of-view (120) facilitates identification of the stars (104,105,106,108,110,112,114) that generated the processed set of star-sensor signals to thereby acquire an initial attitude estimate (72).

    BANC DE TEST AU SOL D'UN SENSEUR STELLAIRE
    38.
    发明公开
    BANC DE TEST AU SOL D'UN SENSEUR STELLAIRE 有权
    BODENPRÜFBANK一个明星传感器

    公开(公告)号:EP1337806A1

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-27

    申请号:EP01993812.5

    申请日:2001-11-08

    摘要: The invention concerns a bench comprising: a) means supporting (1) the stellar sensor (2) to be tested; b) a video monitor (3); c) means controlling (8, 9, 10, 11) display, on the video monitor (3), of a moving sky portion; d) optical means (7) to form an image of said screen on a sensitive surface of a stellar sensor (2) mounted on the support means (1); and e) means (13) for testing the sensor (2). The invention is characterised in that the means controlling (8, 9, 10, 11) the video monitor (3) comprise means for real time simulation (11) of the movement on a predetermined orbit of a satellite equipped with said attitude control system, the system using in closed loop the signals transmitted by said tested sensor (2).