Method and system for automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device
First Claim
1. A method for automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device, comprising the steps of (a) identify a desired pointing direction of said device by providing coordinate of a target;
- (b) determining a current attitude measurement of said device;
(c) computing platform rotation commands of said device using said desired pointing direction of said device and said current attitude measurement of said device;
(d) rotating said device to said desired pointing direction;
(e) visualizing said target and desired pointing direction and current direction of said device; and
(f) producing a voice representing a pointing procedure.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for an innovative design of the automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device based on the MEMS technology, which is small enough and has acceptable accuracy to be integrated into many application systems, such as, laser pointing systems, telescopic systems, imaging systems, and optical communication systems. The stabilization mechanism configuration design is based on utilization of AGNC commercial products, the coremicro IMU and the coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS Integration Unit. The coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS Integration Unit is used as the processing platform core for the design of the MEMS coremicro IMU based stabilization mechanism.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device, comprising the steps of
(a) identify a desired pointing direction of said device by providing coordinate of a target; -
(b) determining a current attitude measurement of said device;
(c) computing platform rotation commands of said device using said desired pointing direction of said device and said current attitude measurement of said device;
(d) rotating said device to said desired pointing direction;
(e) visualizing said target and desired pointing direction and current direction of said device; and
(f) producing a voice representing a pointing procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An automatic stabilization and positioning control system for a device, comprising:
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an attitude producer determining current attitude and attitude rate measurements of said device;
a target coordinate producer measuring a desired pointing direction of said device by capturing and tracking a target, wherein said target coordinate producer is adapted for capturing and tracking said target to measure said desired pointing direction of said pointed device;
an actuator rotating said device to said desired pointing direction, wherein said actuator changes said current attitude of a pointed device to bring said pointed device into closer correspondence with a desired orientation;
a pointing controller computing platform rotation commands to said actuator using said desired pointing direction of said device and said current attitude measurement of said device to rotate said device, wherein said pointing controller determines platform commands to said actuator by using errors between said desired pointing direction and said current direction of said pointed device; and
a visual and voice device for providing an operator with audio and visual signals including displaying said desired pointing direction and current attitude of said device, target trajectory, and producing a voice representing a pointing procedure. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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