Weapon firing and target simulator and methods thereof
AssigneeSaab AB
InventorAlf Axerud
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Abstract
The present invention describes a weapon firing simulator comprising a laser transmitter arranged to emit a light beam triggered by a simulated firing, wherein the laser transmitter has sweeping means arranged for sweeping the emitted light beam typically around the simulated projectile or missile, the laser transmitter has modifying means arranged for modifying the emitted light beam to contain information, for transmission of a simulated engagement coordinate.
Claims15
A weapon firing simulator comprising a laser transmitter configured to emit a single light beam triggered by a simulated firing, wherein:
- the laser transmitter has sweeping means configured for sweeping the single emitted light beam over at least one of a simulated projectile or a missile;
- the single emitted light beam is round shaped;
- the single emitted light beam is swept over the at least one of the simulated projectile or the missile in at least two different directions, two of the at least two different directions being orthogonal relative to one another;
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- the laser transmitter has modifying means configured for modifying the single emitted light beam to contain at least one type of information, said information comprising at least one of a simulated projectile or missile engagement coordinate configured for transmission thereof.
A weapon target simulator comprising at least one laser receiver configured to receive a light beam from a simulated firing by a laser transmitter, wherein:
- the laser receiver comprises receiving means configured to receive a modified light beam swept over the receiver in at least two different directions;
- two of the at least two different directions are orthogonal relative to each other;
- the light beam is round shaped;
- the laser receiver comprises interpreting means configured to interpret the received modified light beam into information by separating the individual sweeps in a sequence of sweeps and interpreting the information in each individual sweep, for translation into a simulation of at least one of a simulated projectile or missile engagement coordinate and outcome.
A weapon firing simulator method comprising the steps of, triggered by a simulated firing:
- emitting a single light beam from a laser transmitter, the light beam being modified to contain information;
- sweeping, by the laser transmitter, the light beam, wherein the light beam is round shaped, over at least one of a simulated projectile or a missile, the sweeping occurring in at least two different directions, two of the at least two different directions being orthogonal to each other;
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- transmitting to a target for translation into a simulation of a projectile or missile engagement coordinate.
A weapon target simulator method using at least one laser receiver configured to receive a light beam from a simulated firing by a laser transmitter, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a modified light beam swept over the receiver in at least two different directions, two of the at least two different directions being orthogonal to each other, the modified light beam being round shaped;
- interpreting information received by the laser receiver from the modified light beam, by separating individual sweeps in a sequence of sweeps and interpreting the information in each individual sweep;
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- translating the interpreted information into a simulated projectile or missile engagement coordinate and outcome.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.