Imaging system for a missile
AssigneeDeutsche Aerospace AG
InventorWladimir Sardanowsky
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Abstract
An imaging system for a missile rotating about a principal axis (A) has an imaging lens arrangement 6 and a detector arrangement 8 situated in the focal plane of the imaging lens arrangement for the generating of electric image signals which are processed while the respective rotating position of the missile is taken into account to achieve a high image definition in a manner that is very simple technically as well as with respect to signal processing techniques, the detector arrangement and the imaging lens arrangement with their optical axis are arranged to carry out the same motion as the missile while rotating about the principal axis of the missile, and the detector arrangement comprises one or several detector row(s) which extend from the image field edge of the imaging lens arrangement toward the missile axis.
Claims22
An imaging system for a missile rotating about a missile principal axis comprising:
- an imaging lens arrangement,
- a detector arrangement situated in the focal plane of the imaging lens arrangement for generating electric image signals, said detector arrangement comprising at least one detector row extending transversely with respect to the missile principal axis,
- said detector arrangement and imaging lens arrangement being arranged to carry out the same rotating motion as the missile about the missile principal axis,
- and a polar signal image processing system which utilizes the distance of individual detector elements from the missile principal axis as a radius vector and the respective angle of rotation of the missile as a polar angle for generating a non-rotating two-dimensional image from the electric image signals of the detector arrangement.
An imaging system for a missile rotating about a principal axis, comprising an imaging lens arrangement and a detector arrangement situated in the focal plane of the imaging lens arrangement for the generating of electric image signals which are processed while the respective rotating position of the missile is taken into account, wherein the detector arrangement and the imaging lens arrangement with their optical axis are arranged for carrying out the same motion as the missile rotating about a principal axis of the missile, wherein the detector arrangement comprises at least one detector row extending toward the axis of the missile, and wherein several detector rows are provided for frequency-selective image scanning, and wherein each detector row responds to different frequency ranges and is arranged mutually offset at an angle with respect to the missile axis.
An imaging system for a missile rotating about a principal axis, comprising an imaging lens arrangement and a detector arrangement situated in the focal plane of the imaging lens arrangement for the generating of electric image signals which are processed while the respective rotating position of the missile is taken into account, wherein the detector arrangement and the imaging lens arrangement with their optical axis are arranged for carrying out the same motion as the missile rotating about a principal axis of the missile, wherein the detector arrangement comprises at least one detector row extending toward the axis of the missile, and wherein the imaging lens arrangement has a continuously variable focal length.
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