Abstract: Improved performance in an electro-optical tracker is achieved by incorporating range measurements. Further, the tracker uses a Kalman filter in which the target is modeled as the superposition of two Gaussian ellipsoids in space and projected onto an image plane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 8, 1987
Date of Patent:
August 8, 1989
Assignee:
Lockheed Electronics Company
Inventors:
Gene L. Cangiani, Appasaheb N. Madiwale
Abstract: A radar object locator having a transmitter radiating carrier energy in at least one band of frequencies and a receiver tuned to a frequency different from that radiated by the transmitter whereby only a frequency band of carrier energy produced by the electrical non-linearity characteristics of particular objects is detected by the receiver.