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US 12,000,674 B1Granted
Handheld integrated targeting system (HITS)
OwnerLoran Ambsinventor
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Abstract
An aiming system for handheld weapons that includes a target detection and tracking system; an IMU integrated with the target detection and tracking system, weapon launching system; an IMU integrated with the weapon launching system, a fire control computer and a display system enabling the weapons launcher operator to point the weapon with the appropriate elevation and azimuth for the weapon projectile to intercept the intended target.
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A weapon aiming system configured to direct a target countermeasure to a target, the weapon aiming system comprising:
- at least one target sensor configured to detect and compute location and tracking information of the target in three-dimensional space;
- at least one weapon launcher including a countermeasure aiming aide, the weapon launcher configured to launch the countermeasure under control of a weapon launcher operator;
- a tracking kinematics system configured to compute target kinematic data of the target and compute target countermeasure kinematic data of the target countermeasure in the weapon launcher;
- an inertial measurement unit integrated with the weapon launcher configured to determine an elevation and azimuth orientation of the weapon launcher with respect to a launch direction of the target countermeasure;
- a fire control computer configured to compute a fire control solution for the determined elevation and azimuth orientation of the weapon launcher based on the location and motion characteristics of the radar, the location and motion characteristics of the target, the location and motion characteristics of the weapon launcher, and flight characteristics of the target countermeasure;
- wherein the countermeasure aiming aide is configured to display, based on the computed firing solution,
- a first symbol at a fixed point, the first symbol indicating a correct orientation of the weapon launcher to implement the fire control solution, and
- a second symbol positioned relative to the first symbol, the second symbol indicating a magnitude and a direction of a correction necessary to orient the weapon launcher to implement the computed fire control solution.
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A weapon aiming system configured to direct a target countermeasure to a target, the weapon aiming system comprising:
- at least one target sensor configured to detect and compute location and tracking information of the target in three-dimensional space;
- at least one weapon launcher configured to launch the countermeasure under control of a weapon launcher operator;
- at least one countermeasure aiming aide spatially separated from the weapon launcher;
- a tracking kinematics system configured to compute target kinematic data of the target and compute target countermeasure kinematic data of the target countermeasure in the weapon launcher;
- an inertial measurement unit integrated with the weapon launcher configured to determine an elevation and azimuth orientation of the weapon launcher with respect to a launch direction of the target countermeasure;
- a fire control computer configured to compute a fire control solution for the determined elevation and azimuth orientation of the weapon launcher based on the location and motion characteristics of the radar, the location and motion characteristics of the target, the location and motion characteristics of the weapon launcher, and flight characteristics of the target countermeasure;
- wherein the countermeasure aiming aide is configured to display, based on the computed firing solution,
- a first symbol at a fixed point, the first symbol indicating a correct orientation of the weapon launcher to implement the fire control solution, and
- a second symbol positioned relative to the first symbol, the second symbol indicating a magnitude and a direction of a correction necessary to orient the weapon launcher to implement the computed fire control solution.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.