Automatic homing systems and other sensor systems
OwnerOvi Roulyinventor
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Abstract
Automatic homing systems are disclosed, operable between pairs of objects. One or both of the objects in the pair may be moving and/or unmanned. Examples of a pair of objects between which the inventive automatic homing systems may be operated are ground vehicles in leader-follower configuration, as well as aircraft, spacecraft, watercraft. The automatic homing systems are based on a relatively simple, elegant concept of rightness/leftness and a line-of-sight link between a respective leader vehicle and follower vehicle. Complex EO/IR cameras, LIDAR, RADAR, and/or SONAR-based sensor systems can be avoided. Convoys of vehicles in leader-follower configuration advantageously may be operated without needing human operators in the follower vehicles.
Claims42
An automatic homing method, comprising at least the steps of:
- emitting light of at least two different frequencies;
- and
- automatically detecting the emitted light.
An automatic direction finder system operating between at least a first object which is a leader object and a second object which is a follower object, wherein either or both objects may be moving, wherein the system comprises:
- a multiple light automatic direction finder (mLADF) system in which multiple light sources are arrayed, the multiple light sources including at least a first-frequency emitting source and a second-frequency emitting source.
An automatic direction finder system operating between at least a first object which is a leader object and a second object which is a follower object, wherein either or both objects may be moving, wherein the system comprises:
- a light source assembly that emits light;
- and
- a multi-carrier detector assembly that senses light emitted by the light source assembly.
A homing device system, wherein none of electro-optical (EO), infra-red (IR) cameras, LIDAR, RADAR or SONAR-based sensor systems is needed.
A homing system for leader-follower ground vehicles, comprising:
- a leader ground vehicle from which is emitted at least one radio frequency;
- a follower ground vehicle having an automatic detection device automatically detecting the at least one radio frequency emitted from the leader ground vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.