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EP0016684A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Device for determining a line of sight

Assignee: Thales Avionics SAS
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Filing: 1980-03-07
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2000-03-07
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Abstract

Abstract Translated from French Le dispositif de l'invention comporte un casque de visée (1) muni d'un viseur (2), et sur lequel sont fixés un magnétomètre (3) et un accéléromètre (4). Des moyens de calcul (6) permettent de traiter les informations délivrées par le magnétomètre (3) et l'accéléromètre (4). Le procédé de l'invention permet de déterminer l'orientation du trièdre de visée associé au casque (1) dans un trièdre de référence. L'invention est particulièrement bien adaptée au pointage automatique d'armes ou d'outils. The device of the invention comprises an aiming helmet (1) provided with a viewfinder (2), and on which are fixed a magnetometer (3) and an accelerometer (4). Calculation means (6) make it possible to process the information delivered by the magnetometer (3) and the accelerometer (4). The method of the invention makes it possible to determine the orientation of the aiming trihedron associated with the helmet (1) in a reference trihedron. The invention is particularly well suited to the automatic pointing of weapons or tools.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jean Robert Costet
  • 👤 Jacques Devaud
  • 👤 Michel Moulin

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
F; F41; F41G; F41G3/00; F41G3/22; F41G3/225; F41G3/14; G; G01; G01C; G01C17/00

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References Cited (Backward Citations)

GB1268938A Cited
FR2076693A5 Cited
FR2126981A1 Cited
US3791043A Cited
US3862499A Cited
FR2319765A1 Cited
FR2392470A1 Cited

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