Phased guidance system
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1. A GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A GYROSCOPE, MEANS MOUNTING THE GYROSCOPE FOR RESPONSIVE TO ROTATION TO THE MOUNTING MEANS FOR PROVIDING A FIRST SIGNAL, THE ANGULAR TRANSDUCING MEANS BEING CALIBRATED AT A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE ANGULAR POSITIONS, MEANS FOR PROVIDING A SECOND SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID DISCRETE POSITIONS, MEANS FOR PROVIDING A THIRD SIGNAL REPRESENTING AN ANGLE LESS THAN THE ANGULAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAID ONE DISCRETE POSITION AND AN ADJACENT DISCRETE POSITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND SIGNALS FOR TORQUING THE GYROSCOPE THROUGH A LIMITED ANGLE AND FOR PROVIDING AN ANGULAR INDICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH TORQUING, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD SIGNALS AND TO THE ANGULAR INDICATION FOR
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1. A GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A GYROSCOPE, MEANS MOUNTING THE GYROSCOPE FOR RESPONSIVE TO ROTATION TO THE MOUNTING MEANS FOR PROVIDING A FIRST SIGNAL, THE ANGULAR TRANSDUCING MEANS BEING CALIBRATED AT A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE ANGULAR POSITIONS, MEANS FOR PROVIDING A SECOND SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO ONE OF SAID DISCRETE POSITIONS, MEANS FOR PROVIDING A THIRD SIGNAL REPRESENTING AN ANGLE LESS THAN THE ANGULAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAID ONE DISCRETE POSITION AND AN ADJACENT DISCRETE POSITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND SIGNALS FOR TORQUING THE GYROSCOPE THROUGH A LIMITED ANGLE AND FOR PROVIDING AN ANGULAR INDICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH TORQUING, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FIRST AND SECOND AND THIRD SIGNALS AND TO THE ANGULAR INDICATION FOR
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Current AssigneeFrank S. Preston, Leo Botwin
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Original AssigneeFrank S. Preston, Leo Botwin
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InventorsPreston, Frank S., Botwin, Leo
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Application NumberUS04/362,861Time in Patent Office1,366 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current244/3.2CPC Class CodesG06G 7/78 for direction-finding, loca...
