Light sensitive orienting device
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1. A SINGLE LIGHT SENSING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE ATTITUDE OF THE DEVICE RELATIVE TO A LIGHT SOURCE, COMPRISING A LIGHT SENSITIVE DETECTOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL WHEN EXPOSED TO LIGHT, A COARSE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE OVER A SUBSTANTIAL SOLID ANGLE AND A FINE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE WITHIN A RELATIVELY SMALL SOLID ANGLE, THE COARSE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND THE FINE OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING LIGHT GATHERING MEANS DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY 90 DEGREES TO ONE ANOTHER AND BEING POSITIONED AND ARRANGED RELATIVE TO THE DETECTOR TO DIRECT LIGHT FROM THE SOURCE ONTO THE SAME SEGMENTS OF THE DETECTOR TO PROVIDE SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO THE ATTITUDE OF THE DETECTOR RELATIVE TO THE LIGHT SOURCE.
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1. A SINGLE LIGHT SENSING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE ATTITUDE OF THE DEVICE RELATIVE TO A LIGHT SOURCE, COMPRISING A LIGHT SENSITIVE DETECTOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL WHEN EXPOSED TO LIGHT, A COARSE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE OVER A SUBSTANTIAL SOLID ANGLE AND A FINE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE LIGHT SOURCE WITHIN A RELATIVELY SMALL SOLID ANGLE, THE COARSE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND THE FINE OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING LIGHT GATHERING MEANS DISPOSED AT SUBSTANTIALLY 90 DEGREES TO ONE ANOTHER AND BEING POSITIONED AND ARRANGED RELATIVE TO THE DETECTOR TO DIRECT LIGHT FROM THE SOURCE ONTO THE SAME SEGMENTS OF THE DETECTOR TO PROVIDE SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO THE ATTITUDE OF THE DETECTOR RELATIVE TO THE LIGHT SOURCE.
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Current AssigneeWilliam R. Polye
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Original AssigneeWilliam R. Polye
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InventorsPolye, William R.
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Application NumberUS04/178,610Time in Patent Office1,586 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current250/203.4CPC Class CodesB64G 1/36 using sensors, e.g. sun-sen...B64G 1/363 using sun sensorsG01S 3/7862 mounted on a moving platfor...
