Optical muzzle blast detection and counterfire targeting system and method
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Abstract
An authomated system for remote detection of muzzle blasts produced by rifles, artillery and other weapons, and similar explosive events. The system includes an infrared camera, image processing circuits, targeting computation circuits, displays, user interface devices, weapon aim point measurement devices, confirmation sensors, target designation devices and counterfire weapons. The camera is coupled to the image processing circuits. The image processing circuits are coupled to the targeting location computation circuits. The aim point measurement devices are coupled to the target computation processor. The system includes visual target confirmation sensors which are coupled to the targeting computation circuits.
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11 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An apparatus comprising:
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a spectral filter;
a temporal filter;
a spatial filter;
an image processor cooperating with at least one of said spectral filter, said temporal filter, and said spatial filter to detect a flash event;
a targeting processor cooperating with said image processor to determine a target location based on the flash event; and
a gimbal cooperating with said targeting processor to slew toward the target location. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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7. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said image processor comprises an exposure control.
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