公开(公告)号：US06445498B1

公开(公告)日：2002-09-03

申请号：US09427385

申请日：1999-10-25

申请人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  John E. Smith ,  Michael A. Wachala ,  Brian G. Tingey ,  Brent G. Duchon ,  Stanley H. Dewan

发明人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  John E. Smith ,  Michael A. Wachala ,  Brian G. Tingey ,  Brent G. Duchon ,  Stanley H. Dewan

IPC分类号： G02B2300

CPC分类号： G02B23/16

摘要： A telescope system facilitates easy upgrading from friction lock mounting to manual worm drive, and from manual worm drive to motor drive. Vibration isolation provides a steady field of view for enhanced observation and photography. A telescope mount facilitates enhanced below the horizon and zenith viewing. A tripod has detents which hold the legs thereof in a deployed position during handling of the tripod. A cam lock reliably maintains a desired length of telescoping tripod legs. An X-Y adjustable finder scope facilitates easy alignment thereof with the telescope

摘要翻译： 望远镜系统便于从摩擦锁安装到手动蜗杆传动，以及从手动蜗杆传动到电机驱动器的轻松升级。 振动隔离为观察和摄影提供了稳定的视野。 望远镜座便于在地平线和天顶观测之下进行增强。 三脚架具有在处理三脚架期间将其腿部保持在展开位置的棘爪。 凸轮锁可靠地保持所需长度的伸缩式三脚架腿。 X-Y可调式取景器镜架便于与望远镜轻松对准

公开(公告)号：US06304376B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-16

申请号：US09551332

申请日：2000-04-18

申请人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  John E. Smith ,  John E. Hoot ,  Michael A. Wachala ,  Brian G. Tingey ,  Brent G. Duchon ,  Stanley H. Dewan

发明人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  John E. Smith ,  John E. Hoot ,  Michael A. Wachala ,  Brian G. Tingey ,  Brent G. Duchon ,  Stanley H. Dewan

IPC分类号： G02B2300

CPC分类号： G02B23/00 ,  F16M11/10 ,  F16M11/18 ,  F16M11/2014 ,  F16M11/32 ,  G02B23/16 ,  G02B23/165

摘要： A fully automated telescope system is able to be fully operable in both Alt-Az and polar configurations. In either configuration, the telescope aligns itself to be celestial coordinate system following a simplified initialization procedure during which the telescope tube is first pointed north and then pointed towards a user's horizon. A command processor, under application software program control orients the telescope system with respect to the celestial coordinate system given the initial directional inputs. The initial telescope orientation may be further refined by initially inputting a geographical location indicia, or by shooting one or two additional celestial objects. Once the telescope's orientation with respect to the celestial coordinate system is established, the telescope system will automatically move to and track any desired celestial object without further alignment invention by a user.

摘要翻译： 全自动望远镜系统能够在Alt-Az和极地配置中完全可操作。 在任一配置中，望远镜本身就是天文坐标系，遵循简化的初始化过程，在此期间望远镜管首先朝北，然后指向用户的地平线。 在应用软件程序控制下，命令处理器控制望远镜系统相对于给定初始方向输入的天体坐标系。 可以通过初始输入地理位置标记，或者通过拍摄一个或两个额外的天体来进一步改进最初的望远镜取向。 一旦建立了相对于天体坐标系的望远镜取向，望远镜系统将自动地移动到并跟踪任何期望的天体，而无需使用者进一步对准发明。

公开(公告)号：US06563636B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-13

申请号：US09427386

申请日：1999-10-25

申请人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  Brian G. Tingey ,  Stanley H. Dewan

发明人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  Brian G. Tingey ,  Stanley H. Dewan

IPC分类号： G02B2300

CPC分类号： G02B23/16 ,  G02B23/165

摘要： A telescope system has an intelligent motor controller for accurately controlling telescope position to facilitate location of celestial objects and to precisely control the speed at which the telescope moves to facilitate tracking of celestial objects. An optical encoder utilizes two photodetectors to provide enhanced servo control of the telescope positioning motors, a calibration circuit eliminates a need to test LED's during assembly of the optical encoder and a brushless mount provides electrical communication to an altitude drive motor located in a fork thereof in a manner which mitigates problems due to undesirable wrapping of an electrical cable around the mount as the mount rotates in azimuth.

摘要翻译： 望远镜系统具有智能马达控制器，用于精确地控制望远镜位置，以便于天体的定位，并精确地控制望远镜移动的速度以便于跟踪天体。 光学编码器利用两个光电检测器来提供对望远镜定位电动机的增强的伺服控制，校准电路消除了在组装光学编码器期间测试LED的需要，并且无刷安装件向位于其叉的位置的高度驱动电动机提供电气通信 这是当安装座以方位旋转时由于电缆绕安装件的不期望的缠绕而减轻问题的方式。

公开(公告)号：US07079317B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-18

申请号：US10358754

申请日：2003-02-05

申请人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  John E. Hoot ,  Brian G. Tingey

发明人： Kenneth W. Baun ,  John E. Hoot ,  Brian G. Tingey

IPC分类号： G02B23/00

CPC分类号： G02B23/00 ,  F16M11/10 ,  F16M11/18 ,  F16M11/2014 ,  F16M11/32 ,  G02B23/16 ,  G02B23/165

摘要： An automated telescope includes an optical system and respective altitude and azimuth motor systems. Each motor system is configured to rotate the optical system about a corresponding altitude or azimuth axis. Each of the altitude and azimuth motor systems includes a motor and a microprocessor configured to control its respective motor. A third microprocessor is connected to microprocessors of both the altitude and azimuth motor systems. The third microprocessor is programmed to determine a relationship between a celestial coordinate system and an altitude-azimuth coordinate system and to generate motion control commands based at least in part on the determined relationship. Each microprocessor of the altitude and azimuth motor systems then controls its respective motor based at least in part on the motion control commands.

摘要翻译： 自动望远镜包括光学系统和相应的高度和方位电机系统。 每个电动机系统被配置为围绕相应的高度或方位角轴旋转光学系统。 每个高度和方位电动机系统包括电动机和被配置为控制其相应电动机的微处理器。 第三个微处理器连接到高度和方位电机系统的微处理器。 第三微处理器被编程以确定天体坐标系和高度 - 方位坐标系之间的关系，并且至少部分地基于确定的关系产生运动控制命令。 高度和方位角马达系统的每个微处理器至少部分地基于运动控制命令控制其相应的马达。