DE3144952A1 - Optical fibre control system for missiles - Google Patents

Abstract

The optical fibre control system for missiles consists of a television camera which is located in the missile, an optical fibre via which the target image is transmitted in digitised form to the control point on the ground, and control spectacles which are worn by the controller. The control spectacles are designed such that on one side of the eyes is a miniaturised television tube (cathode ray tube) on which the target image is generated, and an optical system having variable optical transparency and an adjustable dioptric strength is mounted on the other side of the eyes of the control spectacles. A controller with control spectacles thus has the possibility of observing the surroundings normally through one eye and to have with the other eye the impression of being in the missile. This combination puts the controller optimally in the position of detecting a rapidly moving target with the normally seeing eye, of launching the missile, and of bringing the missile to the target with the other eye, which sees the target image. Advantages of the invention: - relatively simple, handy and accurate control system even for rapidly moving targets, - target can be detected rapidly and the defence can be initiated, - operation and, moreover, transport of the missile can be carried out by one person. r

Description

Description

Fiber optic control system for Elug bodies The fiber optic control system for missiles provides that a missile via a light guide a miniature control stick and steering glasses can be guided to the target by a man.

For this purpose, there is a television camera on the front of the missile, which is directed exactly in the direction of flight and detects the target object.

The image from the television camera is digitized via a light guide Form sent to the control station on the ground.

The control signals are transmitted to the missile control in the light guide in the opposite direction.

The light guide is housed in the tail of the missile and coils after starting from a coil.

The digitized target image arriving at the control station is electronically implemented and transferred to a steering glasses. In the control glasses there is a miniaturized television picture tube on one side of the eye which the target image is generated. Via a beam deflector and an optical system the target image comes into the field of vision of one eye, causing the viewer the impression is given that he is located as a pilot in the missile. The optical one The system between the eye and the screen has the task because of the relatively short distance eye to screen to facilitate the accumulation of the eye.

There is a second on the other side of the eye of the control glasses optical system with variable light transmission and adjustable diopter strength. Due to the variable light transmission, the adaptation of both eyes to different Light intensity facilitated and practically everyone thanks to the adjustable dioptric thickness Allows the viewer to see normally.

The helmsman with control glasses is thus given the opportunity to to look at the surroundings normally with one eye and the impression with the other eye to have it was in the missile.

Through this constellation, a tax person is optimally able to to quickly grasp even a rapidly moving target with the normal seeing eye Launch missile and use a joystick in the direction of the target bring to.

Appears in the field of view of the television camera built into the missile the target is also visible to the other eye and the missile can easily be guided to the goal, even if the goal is in between the direct field of vision has left.

Additional advantages are that the missile is not in must be started in the immediate vicinity of the helmsman and that with "friend recognition" a hit can also only be prevented shortly before the target.

Structure of the fiber optic control system for missiles (see Fig. 1 and 2) The fiber optic control system consists of the following essential components and functions: 1 control person 2 control goggles 3 control stick 4 control and conversion electronics 5 Light guide 6 Missile 7 TV camera 8 Miniature screen 9 Beam deflection 10 Accommodation optics 11 Normal optics 12 Direction of view eye 1 13 Direction of view Eye 2 functional example for fiber optic control system (see Fig. 1 and 2) The control person (1) detects a target object via his eye 2 and the normal optics (11) of the control glasses (2). The control person starts via the control and conversion electronics (4) and light guides (5) the missile (6).

Via the control stick (3) and the direct view of the missile and Target object, the missile is brought in the direction of the target object.

The control signals for the missile come from the control stick (3) to the control and sales electronics (4) and become a missile via light guides (5) sent.

From the television camera (7) in the missile (6) and in the direction of flight Recorded images reach the conversion electronics in digitized form via light guides (5) (4). The conversion electronics bring the received images to the miniature picture tube (8), which is located under the eye against the control goggles (2), for display.

The images generated by the picture tube (8) are deflected by a beam deflector (9) and the accommodation optics (10) brought into the field of view of eye 1.

If the target object is in the viewing area of the television camera (7), so the target object also appears in the field of view (12) of eye 1.

Now, for the sake of concentration, the helmsman becomes more expedient Close eye 2 and over eye 1 and the received target image the missile bring to the goal.

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Claims (3)

Claims 1. Light guide control system for missiles consisting from a missile with a television camera and fiber optic coil installed in the direction of flight, which unwinds the light guide during the flight and a portable control box with control stick, characterized in that the recorded in the direction of flight The target image is sent via the light guide to control goggles (2) in which a cathode ray tube is located (8) is built in, which creates the target image while in the field of view of one eye the missile and the target can be detected directly via the other eye. 2. Light guide control system according to claim 1, characterized in that that on the eye side - (13) the control goggles through which the target can be detected directly can, an optical system (11) with variable light transmission and adjustable Diopter power is located. 3. Light guide control system according to claim 1, characterized in that that the cathode ray tube (8) in which the image is generated in the viewing direction in the control goggles are installed and a beam deflector (9) and an optical one System (10) that facilitates the accommodation of the eye, the target image in the field of vision (11) one eye.