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Alignment, code and power test of airborne laser designators

  • US 5,734,466 A
  • Filed: 09/27/1995
  • Issued: 03/31/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for testing and aligning a laser target designator, said laser target designator including a laser for radiating a laser beam along a beam optical axis, a target image detector for viewing an image in a field of view which contains the target and into which said laser beam extends along said beam optical axis, servo means for moving said laser and target image detector together as well as a means to make alignment adjustments between said laser and said target image detector, along with image processing for tracking said servo means to a target in said field of view, said apparatus for field testing and alignment comprising:

  • an optical assembly containing an aperture that will both focus the incoming laser light and limit laser energy passing through the optical assembly so that a maximum will be achieved when the laser beam is centered on the aperture;

    a beam splitter assembly optically positioned so that a laser detector assembly, positioned at the split optical focus, will detect maximum energy when the beam is fully on the optical assembly while the remaining energy is focused at a thermal resistor assembly all optically positioned so that both the laser detector assembly and the thermal resistor assembly appear at the same point in space in the view of the said laser target designator image processing;

    said thermal resistor assembly positioned at the focus of the beam passing through the beam splitter; and

    a signal processing assembly to provide designation intensity, determine laser designation code, and misalignment between said laser and said target image detector.

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