Wireless systems and methods for controlling a telescope
OwnerKenneth Baun, Brian Tingey +1inventors
InventorsKenneth Baun, Brian Tingey, Ghassan El-Khatib
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Abstract
Wireless control systems and methods for adjusting the position and/or alignment of a telescope. In one example, a wireless handheld controller enables a user to adjust a corresponding telescope from a remote location. The controller preferably communicates motion commands via radio frequency to a transceiver coupled to the telescope. The transceiver may also communicate status information to the controller regarding the current position and/or alignment of the telescope. In certain embodiments, the controller and transceiver are assigned corresponding identification codes and/or operational frequencies to enable handshaking between the controller and the transceiver during wireless communication.
Claims22
A telescope system having an electronic positioning subsystem, the telescope system comprising:
- a wireless control device capable of receiving user input and capable of transmitting at least one command signal based at least on the user input;
- a first motor assembly capable of adjusting a position of a telescope;
- a transceiver capable of receiving the at least one command signal from the wireless control device and outputting at least one control signal to the first motor assembly to adjust the position of the telescope.
An electronic system capable of generating signals to adjust an optical instrument usable to view distant objects, the electronic system comprising:
- a controller capable of transmitting to a transceiver one or more command signals usable to adjust a field of view of an optical instrument, the controller further comprising:
- at least one input capable supplying an adjustment parameter selection of a user representing an adjustment to be made to a telescope,
- a processor for receiving the adjustment parameter selection from the at least one input, the processor further capable of generating the one or more command signals based at least in part on said adjustment parameter selection, and
- an antenna capable of wirelessly transmitting the one or more command signals.
A method of communicating commands for electronically adjusting a position of a telescope, the method comprising:
- receiving, with an electronic controller, user input indicative of at least one adjustment of a position of a telescope;
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- wirelessly transmitting a command signal based at least in part on said user input, wherein the command signal is usable to electronically adjust a field of view of the telescope.
An electronic system for adjusting a position of a telescope, the electronic system comprising:
- means for receiving user input indicative of a desired adjustment of a position of a telescope;
- means for wirelessly transmitting a command signal based at least in part on said user input;
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- means for generating at least one control signal for adjusting the position of the telescope, wherein the at least one control signal is based on said command signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.