Laser Detection and Warning System
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorDouglas R. Jungwirth
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Abstract
A laser detection and warning system and associated methods of warning a pilot of an aircraft of incoming laser radiation and determining a location of a source of laser radiation including a detector configured to be mounted to an aircraft, the detector having an optical subsystem, a detector subsystem, and a processor subsystem to determine characteristics of incoming laser radiation and transmit a laser warning output signal, wherein the laser warning output signal may include wavelength characteristics of the laser radiation, corresponding protective eyewear type, and location of the source of the laser radiation.
Claims20
A laser detection and warning system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a detector connected to said vehicle, said detector comprising an optical subsystem, a detector subsystem, and a processor subsystem to determine characteristics of incoming laser radiation and transmit a laser warning output signal in response to said laser radiation.
A method of warning a pilot of an aircraft of a presence of laser radiation, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a detector mounted to said aircraft, said detector comprising an optical subsystem, a detector subsystem, and a processor subsystem;
- detecting incoming laser radiation with said optical subsystem;
- focusing and directing said laser radiation to said detector subsystem;
- generating a digital signal in response to said laser radiation;
- transmitting said digital signal to said processor subsystem;
- processing said digital signal to determine a wavelength characteristic of said laser radiation;
- and
- transmitting a laser warning output signal to said pilot based on said wavelength characteristic.
A laser detection method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vehicle;
- mounting a detector onto said vehicle;
- detecting laser radiation with said detector, said laser radiation emanating from a source;
- determining a direction of approach of said laser radiation;
- determining a spatial position of said vehicle;
- and
- determining a location of said source based on said direction of approach and said spatial position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.