Laser spot tracking receiver

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9810511
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14687744

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A technique is presented for tracking a target illuminated by a laser designator. A light beam scattered from the target in response to illumination by the designator is received and projected on a detector as an unfocused spot. The detector is divided into a plurality of sectors, each sector being adjacent to two sectors and all sectors meeting at a common point. Each sector outputs a signal indicative of a respective energy of the portion of the light beam illuminating the sector of the detector. A sum of the signals is determined. A plurality of ratios is determined, each ratio corresponding to a respective sector and being calculated by dividing a signal from the respective sector by the sum of the signals. The orientation of the system with respect to the target is determined based on the three ratios, via a look-up table and/or via one or more algorithms.

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ANALOG MODULES INCLONGWOOD FL

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Chandler, Noal Conan Apopka, US 1 0
Crawford, Ian Drummond Longwood, US 2 1

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