Integrated tracking laser defense system and method
AssigneePLX, Inc.
InventorsItai Vishnia, Malcolm Humphrey
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Abstract
An integrated tracking laser defense system for detecting and disrupting moving objects. The system includes a disruptor module arranged to steer and direct a laser on to a moving object and a plurality of tracking laser rangefinder modules, each arranged to detect and track an object as it moves in a field-of-view. The plurality of tracking laser rangefinder modules can be arranged around the disruptor module, and the disruptor module can have a fast-steering mirror device arranged to lock on to and maintain a position on the moving object as it moves in the field-of-view.
Claims20
An integrated tracking laser defense system for detecting and disrupting moving objects, the system comprising:
- a disruptor module arranged to steer and direct a laser on to a moving object;
- and
- a plurality of tracking laser rangefinder modules, each arranged to detect and track an object as it moves in a field-of-view,
- wherein the plurality of tracking laser rangefinder modules are arranged around the disruptor module, and
- wherein the disruptor module comprises a fast-steering mirror device arranged to lock on to and maintain a position on the moving object as it moves in the field-of-view.
A computer-implemented method for, when executed by one or more processors, detecting and disrupting a moving object by an integrated tracking laser defense system having a disruptor module and a plurality of tracking laser rangefinder modules, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a detector photoreceptor, a laser pulse reflected by an object impinged by the laser;
- outputting, by the detector photoreceptor, a laser pulse detection signal based on the detected laser pulse;
- determining continuously and real-time, by a processor, a position of the object based on the laser pulse detection signal;
- and
- controlling, by a fast-steering mirror device, a disruptor laser to track the object as it moves in a field of view,
- wherein the position of the object is determined continuously and in real-time based on the position of the fast-steering mirror device while tracking the object as it moves in the field of view.
A non-transient computer-readable medium containing computer instructions or computer code that, when executed by one or more processors, cause an integrated tracking laser defense system to perform computer-implemented operations for detecting or disrupting a moving object, including operations comprising:
- detecting, by a detector photoreceptor, a laser pulse reflected by an object impinged by the laser;
- outputting, by the detector photoreceptor, a laser pulse detection signal based on the detected laser pulse;
- determining continuously and real-time, by a processor, a position of the object based on the laser pulse detection signal;
- and
- controlling, by a fast-steering mirror device, a disruptor laser to track the object as it moves in a field of view,
- wherein the position of the object is determined continuously and in real-time based on the position of the fast-steering mirror device while tracking the object as it moves in the field of view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.