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ABSTRACT
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EMBODIMENT
FIG. 1 provides an exploded view of some of the
optics of a seeker head 10 and illustrates the environ
of digitizing a return pulse and analyzing the pulse for 55 ment in which the present invention is intended to oper
ate. A gallium aluminum arsenide laser 12 pumps a solid
characteristics of the pulse other than range.
state laser 14, which emits the laser light energy em
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
ployed for illuminating the target. The gallium alumi
num
arsenide pumping laser 12 produces a continuous
The present invention provides a LADAR seeker
Thus, there remains a need for a digital system that
reduces the uncertainties in determining a range to a
target. Such a system advantageously includes a method
tion.
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secondary mirror 42, the lens assembly 46, and the scan
ning mirror 34, toward the apertured mirror 32. Be
cause the re?ected beam is of substantially larger cross
duce separation of the beams within the optical system, 25 scattered light from the transmitted pulse to provide a
but preferably is sufficiently great to provide a small
timing start pulse. The light received by the ninth ?ber
degree of separation at the target, as the fan-shaped
is transmitted to one of the diodes 64 of the detector
beam array is, scanned back and forth over the target.
The resultant segmented beams are then re?ected
from a third turning mirror 28, passed through a central
aperture 30 of an apertured mirror 32, and subsequently
reflected from a scanning mirror 34 in a forward direc
tion relative to the missile. The scanning mirror 34 is
pivotally driven by a scanning drive motor 36, which is
operable to cyclically scan the beam array for scanning
the target area. The beam array is preferably scanned at
a rate of approximately 100 Hz. The turning axis of the
perpendicularly to the plane in which the beams are 40 tem, analog LADAR signals are re?ected from a target
aligned.
area and must be received and detected, the detection
nal).
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mirror 40 and the scanning mirror 34, and an aperture 50 returning laser pulses. The sensor supplies eight analog
48 is formed centrally through the primary mirror in
electrical channels to the circuit for analysis. The pulse
alignment with the lens structure. The transmitted
capture electronics (PCE) sends the results of the analy
beams which are reflected from the scanning mirror are
sis to a processor for execution of the targeting algo
directed through the lens structure 46 for beam shaping,
rithms. The PCE comprises primarily ?ve signal pro
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second-pulse logic to extract secondary returns even if 25 to cover any adaptations or variations of the invention.
We claim:
1. A high-speed laser ranging system comprising:
primary return.
frequency considerations.
ues;
re?ection;
b. receiving the re?ection;
c. converting the re?ection into sequential digital
over time;
. encoding and de-multiplexing the digital values to
form; and
g. determining the maximum degree of coincidence
between the predetermined waveform and a series
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