Method and system for homing
AssigneeC.2.V Line Ltd
InventorsEphraim (Francois Henri) Rubinraut, Aron Szapiro
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Abstract
A method of guiding a guidable vehicle to a target comprises: acquiring at least one position vector describing a position of the target and a position of the guidable vehicle; calculating a distance between the guidable vehicle and a virtual line passing through a predicted position of the target; controlling the guidable vehicle to reduce the calculated distance; repeating the acquisition of the at least one position vector, and automatically updating the virtual line, responsively to the repeated acquisition.
Claims20
A system for guiding a guidable vehicle to a target, the system comprising:
- a tracking system for acquiring at least one position vector describing a position of the target and a position of the guidable vehicle;
- a guidance processor configured to define a virtual designator at a point in space, and to calculate a distance between the guidable vehicle and a virtual line passing through the target and also through said virtual designator;
- and
- a guidance controller configured to control the guidable vehicle to reduce said calculated distance;
- wherein said guidance processor is also configured to automatically shift said virtual line parallel to itself responsively to repeated acquisitions of said at least one position vector by tracking system.
A system for guiding a guidable vehicle to a target, the system comprising:
- a tracking system for acquiring at least one position vector describing a position of the target and a position of the guidable vehicle;
- a guidance processor configured to define a virtual designator at a point in space, and to calculate a distance between the guidable vehicle and a virtual line passing through a predicted position of the target and also through said virtual designator;
- and
- a guidance controller configured to control the guidable vehicle to reduce said calculated distance;
- wherein said guidance processor is also configured to automatically update said virtual line responsively to repeated acquisitions of said at least one position vector by tracking system.
A system for guiding a guidable vehicle to a target, the system comprising:
- a tracking system for acquiring at least one position vector describing a position of the target and a position of the guidable vehicle;
- a guidance processor configured to receive an input direction of impact between the guidable vehicle and the target, to define a virtual line passing through the target based on said input direction of impact, and to calculate a distance between the guidable vehicle and said virtual line;
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- a guidance controller configured to control the guidable vehicle to reduce said calculated distance;
- wherein said guidance processor is also configured to automatically shift said virtual line parallel to itself responsively to repeated acquisitions of said at least one position vector by tracking system.
A system for guiding a guidable vehicle to a target, the system comprising:
- a tracking system for acquiring at least one position vector describing a position of the target and a position of the guidable vehicle;
- a guidance processor configured to calculate a distance between the guidable vehicle and a virtual line passing through the target;
- and
- a guidance controller configured to control the guidable vehicle to reduce said calculated distance;
- wherein said guidance processor is also configured to automatically shift said virtual line parallel to itself responsively to repeated acquisitions of said at least one position vector by tracking system;
- wherein said guidance processor is configured for biasing said distance between the guidable vehicle and said line;
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- wherein said guidance controller is configured for controlling the guidable vehicle to reduce said biased distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.