Observation and reconnaissance system for armored vehicles
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1. Observation and reconnaissance system for armored vehicles, comprising:
- an imaging device for generating image signals mounted on the outside of the armored vehicle;
means for controlling said imaging device in free motion in at least two spatial coordinate directions from inside the armored vehicle in a sequenced stepwise manner for scanning sectors of a combat area, said combat area divided into a plurality of sectors;
an image display installation electrically coupled with the imaging device, said image display installation comprising a pluality of image display devices at least corresponding to the number of sectors to be scanned and arranged in an approximately circular pattern for the directional display of images, in an azimuthal plane around an observer in an internal compartment of the armored vehicle, wherein said image display devices are responsive to said image signals for displaying an image with the stepwise sequence of the imaging device;
electronic image memory means for storing an image signal and causing a corresponding image to be displayed until a subsequent image signal is stored in said memory means, coupling each display device to said imaging device.
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Abstract
An observation and reconnaissance system to improve the all-around automatic vision in an armored vehicle. The system is equipped with an image device mounted on a telescope mast or the like outside the armored vehicle. The image signals are transmitted in a spatially true manner to image display devices positioned semi-spherically around an observer within the armored vehicle.
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1. Observation and reconnaissance system for armored vehicles, comprising:
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an imaging device for generating image signals mounted on the outside of the armored vehicle; means for controlling said imaging device in free motion in at least two spatial coordinate directions from inside the armored vehicle in a sequenced stepwise manner for scanning sectors of a combat area, said combat area divided into a plurality of sectors; an image display installation electrically coupled with the imaging device, said image display installation comprising a pluality of image display devices at least corresponding to the number of sectors to be scanned and arranged in an approximately circular pattern for the directional display of images, in an azimuthal plane around an observer in an internal compartment of the armored vehicle, wherein said image display devices are responsive to said image signals for displaying an image with the stepwise sequence of the imaging device; electronic image memory means for storing an image signal and causing a corresponding image to be displayed until a subsequent image signal is stored in said memory means, coupling each display device to said imaging device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Apparatus for observing a combat area from an armored vehicle located within the area wherein the combat area is divided into a plurality of radial sectors comprising:
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imaging means for sequentially generating image signals corresponding to viewed sectors; means for displaying image signals including a plurality of monitor means, corresponding to the plurality of sectors, surrounding an observation point each for displaying the image signal of a corresponding sector; step control means coupled to the imaging means for manual and automatic sequence control of said imaging means; sequential control means, responsive to said step control means, for receiving said image signal from said imaging means and distributing said signal to the corresponding monitor means. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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