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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7614333 | Rounds counter remotely located from gun A rounds counter for a weapon mount is disclosed. The rounds counter is mounted on the mount in a remote location from the weapon itself, such as to a pedestal supporting a gimbal rotating the weapon mount in azimuth, inside an elevation drive housing, or to other s... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7600462 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A gimbaled weapon system (GWS) implements methods for identifying and tracking a target. In one aspect, the sighting system of the GWS moves independently in elevation from the weapon cradle and tracks a target while the weapon cradle and attached weapon are maintai... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7546794 | Adjustable multi-caliber, multi-feed ammunition container An ammunition container is in the form of an enclosure for holding a supply of ammunition, preferably in belt form. A partition member is positioned in the enclosure. The container includes three separate holding features positioned in a spaced-apart relation relati... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7493846 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A gimbaled weapon system (GWS) includes a method of recording target engagement during operation of the GWS. The GWS includes a sighting system, a weapon cradle and a weapon, wherein the weapon cradle is elevated using a first elevation drive. The sighting system is... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7455007 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A gimbaled weapon system (GWS) includes methods for implementing no fire of the weapon, including a method based on azimuth coordinates of predetermined no fire zones which are stored in a control unit, and overriding operator control of the GWS from a second observ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7231862 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A self-contained gimbaled weapon system (GWS) has a shared azimuth axis and two independent elevation axes for a sighting device and a weapon cradle. The GWS allows the weapon cradle to be elevated completely independent of the sighting device. The GWS can be stabil... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6831688 | Multispectral or hyperspectral imaging system and method for tactical reconnaissance A two-dimensional focal plane array (FPA) is divided into sub-arrays of rows and columns of pixels, each sub-array being responsive to light energy from a target object which has been separated by a spectral filter or other spectrum dividing element into a predeterm... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6826358 | Dual band hyperspectral framing reconnaissance camera A dual band hyperspectral framing aerial reconnaissance camera includes an objective optical subassembly for receiving incident radiation from a scene external of the vehicle, and a dividing element receiving radiation from the objective optical subassembly. The div... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6785032 | Laser countermeasure system and method A laser countermeasure system uses a fluence trigger along an optical path between an entrance and a detector at an output. The fluence trigger detects laser radiation and blocks the passage thereof beyond the trigger. A shutter at the front end can be operated in r... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6769347 | Dual elevation weapon station and method of use A self-contained gimbaled weapon system (GWS) has a shared azimuth axis and two independent elevation axes for a sighting device and a weapon cradle. The GWS allows the weapon cradle to be elevated completely independent of the sighting device. The GWS can be stabil... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6747686 | High aspect stereoscopic mode camera and method An aerial reconnaissance camera and method provides for generating a first image of the terrain of interest with the camera pointing angle oriented or rotated about an azimuthal axis some angular amount (θ1) to a first, typically forward orientation, i.e., forward ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6694094 | Dual band framing reconnaissance camera A reconnaissance camera is described which has a Cassegrain optical system forming an objective lens that directs radiation to a spectrum-dividing prism. The prism directs radiation in a portion of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., visible) into a first... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6658207 | Method of framing reconnaissance with motion roll compensation An electro-optical roll-framing camera is described in which successive overlapping frames of scene imagery are generated by an electro-optical imaging array. Image motion compensation is performed electronically to stop or freeze image motion caused by t... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6510282 | Long-life focal plane shutter for reconnaissance cameras A shutter for reconnaissance cameras includes a digital signal processor (DSP) system which provides for control of motors moving two curtains. The curtains each define an edge, the gap between the edges of the curtains defines an exposure slit. The shutt... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6477326 | Dual band framing reconnaissance camera A framing aerial reconnaissance camera is described which has a Cassegrain optical system forming an objective lens that directs radiation to a spectrum-dividing prism. The prism directs radiation in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum int... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6374047 | Cassegrain optical system for framing aerial reconnaissance camera A dual band optical system for a framing aerial reconnaissance camera is described. The camera including at least two two-dimensional image recording media for generating frames of imagery of a scene external of an aerial reconnaissance vehicle carrying t... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6130705 | Autonomous electro-optical framing camera system with constant ground resolution, unmanned airborne vehicle therefor, and methods of use An aerial reconnaissance system generates imagery of a scene that meets resolution or field of view objectives automatically and autonomously. In one embodiment, a passive method of automatically calculating range to the target from a sequence of airborne... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5844602 | Electro-optical imaging array and camera system with pitch rate image motion compensation which can be used in an airplane in a dive bomb maneuver A camera system is described which is based on an electro-optical imaging array performs electronic image motion compensation without moving parts during a reconnaissance maneuver in which the aircraft is experiencing a non-zero rate of change in the pitc... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5841574 | Multi-special decentered catadioptric optical system A multi-spectral decentered catadioptric-type optical system suitable for use with long range oblique aerial reconnaissance camera systems, spectrum analyzers, astronomical imagers, remote sensing, and other applications is described. The optical system i... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5798786 | Electro-optical imaging detector array for a moving vehicle which includes two axis image motion compensation and transfers pixels in row directions and column directions An electro-optical imaging array having pixels arranged in rows and columns electronically compensates for image motion in the plane of the array regardless of whether the motion vector is in the row direction, the column direction, or in a diagonal direc... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5751578 | Platform attitude measurement system A system for measuring the attitude of the platform that is movable relative to a fixed frame. The system comprises at least three platform mounting assemblies, each of the three mounting assemblies comprising (a) an isolation mount interconnecting the pl... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5692062 | Electro-optical imaging array with profiled foward motion compensation An electro-optical imaging array provides compensation for image motion due to variations in scene terrain electronically and with no moving parts. Pixel information representing scene information is transferred through the array in column groups. Each co... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5668593 | Method and camera system for step frame reconnaissance with motion compensation An electro-optical step-frame camera system in which successive overlapping frames of scene imagery are generated by an electro-optical imaging array, and in which electronic image motion compensation is performed by the array during the generation of at ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5424872 | Retrofit line of sight stabilization apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for stabilizing a line of sight of an optical system without the use of gimbals. The apparatus includes a fixed plano-concave lens element mounted in a frame and a moveable plano-convex lens element mounted in a carriage. The frame m... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5406496 | Adaptive digital controller with automatic plant tuning The present invention is a method and an apparatus for automatically tuning a plant. The method includes the steps of applying a plurality of sinusoidal signals to the plant, and measuring the frequency response of the plant to the plurality of sinusoidal... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5231502 | Image information processing techniques for improving the resolution of scanned imaging systems Improved apparatus and methods of image information processing are disclosed which extend the operational coverage of an image system to higher velocity to height ratio scenarios while optimizing image resolution. The invention typically is implemented by... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5155597 | Electro-optical imaging array with motion compensation An electro-optical area array reconnaissance detector is disclosed which accomplishes forward motion compensation electronically and without moving parts. The array is made of photo-sensitive cells arranged in rows and columns, the columns being organized... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5129309 | Electro-optic targeting system An electro-optic targeting system for use with a surface-to-air or air-to-air missile launching system is disclosed. The targeting system provides, in a head-up display type system, the capability of sight observation of a target object and video observat... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5124938 | Gyroless platform stabilization techniques A method and apparatus for platform stabilization. The apparatus uses linear and/or angular accelerometers to derive the roll, pitch, and yaw components of the angular velocity of the vehicle the apparatus is mounted on. Based on the calculation of angula... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4950880 | Synthetic aperture optical imaging system A distributed optical aperture imaging system for generating visual images with arbitrarily high angular resolutions. A large number of relatively small optical receiver modules are optically and electronically phased to synthesize a coherent collecting a... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4664494 | Electronic focal plane shutter A photographic shutter includes first and second curtains having opaque portions terminating at first and second edges which are positionable in spaced relation to define an exposure slit. Rollers support the curtains for movement of the slit in a certain... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4561733 | Panoramic unity vision system The invention provides a viewing system which provides for a substantially continuous and unobstructed horizontal field of view over a desired viewing angle. The system comprises a plurality of entrance plane reflecting surfaces, each of which functions t... | 12/31/1985 |
