RU2726581C1 - Remote video surveillance system from a tank or self-propelled artillery weapon - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: machine building.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to machine building, particularly to remote video surveillance systems from tanks or self-propelled artillery mounts. System comprises a barrel unit of video cameras connected to the image receiver from them and fixed on the gun barrel or its case. Video camera wall-mounted unit comprises four video cameras - two side cameras, the top and bottom ones, which are oriented to the left, right, up and down respectively.

EFFECT: higher tactical and technical characteristics of a tank or SPG.

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Description

The invention relates to military equipment, specifically to systems for remote visual observation from a tank or self-propelled artillery unit (ACS) through video cameras.

For a long time, armored vehicles have been installing remote optics, including a system of video cameras connected, at least, to the crew's monitors in the armored space [1. The "capsule of life" will save the crew of the "Armata". URL: http://dokwar.ru/publ/vooruzhenie/bronetekhnika/quot_kapsula_zhizni_quot_spasjot_ehkipazh_quot_armaty_quot/13-1-0-788 (date of access: 20.06.2017)]. The barrel of a gun, as a rule, is made with an ejection device [2. Guns of Soviet tanks (1945-1970) / Mikhail Nikolsky. URL: https://military.wikireading.ru/54341 (date of treatment 09/17/2019)]. And in unmanned vehicles (remotely controlled or robots), such optical systems for remote observation are all the more necessary, with the display of images via a radio channel on the monitors of the control center or a separate "field" operator.

Known and widely used are mono- (single) and stereo-periscopes, united into a separate subgroup of IPC - G02B 23/08, G02B 23/18 and received the general classification name "Periscopes". Of particular interest, from the point of view of the claimed invention, are the reconnaissance periscope, trench periscope and field periscope [3. Optics in military affairs: Sat. articles / Ed. acad. S.I. Vavilov and prof. M.V. Sevastyanova. - T. II. - M.-L .: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, pp. 35-44. URL: http://scilib.narod.ru/Military/WarOptics2/contents.htm (date of treatment 09/20/2019)].

Among them are artillery stereoscopic tubes (V-shaped), containing the following main components: a base with a lock and a hinge, two (for each user's eye) identical periscopic tubes with an optical system, including eyepieces and objectives (pupils) with protective caps and device for adjusting the V-shaped collapse of the periscope tubes [4. Artillery / Army stereo tube, 1914, Russia. URL: http://antikvariat.ru/reenact/2831/20234/#. VHdM8Ge DHXQ; 5. Nikiforov N.N., Turkin P.I., Zherebtsov A.A., Galienko S.G. / Under total. ed. Chistyakova M.N. - Moscow: Military Publishing House of the USSR Ministry of Defense, 1953. - pp. 10-12, fig. 192. URL: http://armor.kiev.ua/lib/artilery/08/ (date of treatment 09.20.2019)].

However, on tanks and self-propelled guns, periscope optical devices are currently not carried outside the hull and turret of armored vehicles. Neither in Russia nor abroad.

From the standpoint of the claimed invention, it seems appropriate to note that the history of technology knows long-barreled small arms equipped with a surveillance system "from around the corner" with a side-view video camera taken out "around the corner" [6. RU 2403527, IPC F41G 3/16, 10.11.2010; 7. How they shoot from around the corner in modern special services. URL: https://www.popmech.ru/weapon/387722-kak-strelyayut-iz-za-ugla-v-sovremennyh-specsluzhbah/ (date of treatment 09/23/2019)].

However, this is still a device for a different purpose than an armored vehicle - a tank or an ACS (albeit a firearm one). In addition, there is definitely one camera in it.

The closest analogue (prototype) of the proposed technical solution is a video surveillance system from a tank or a self-propelled artillery installation containing video cameras outside the armor space, connected with at least one image receiver from them [8. Observation devices for promising tanks / Andrey Vasiliev URL: https://topwar.ru/31998-ustroystva-nablyudeniya-perspektivnyh-tankov.html (date of calculation 08.16.2013; date of treatment 09.17.2019)].

The disadvantages of the prototype include the limited viewing area, including the impossibility of:

- to observe from behind a corner or other shelter at least in the left and right corners of the body;

- detailed visual "scanning" of the support surface directly at the machine (especially under the tracks in front, behind and on the sides;

- visual inspection of its own surface.

That, ultimately, determines the insufficiently high performance characteristics of a tank or ACS.

The task to be solved by the claimed invention is to improve the tactical and technical (technical and operational) characteristics of a tank or ACS by expanding the functionality of the onboard system for remote monitoring of the environment, at least by the crew in the armored space, namely, the ability to conduct observation from behind a corner or other cover at least in the left and right solid corners.

The solution to this problem is achieved by the fact that the removed video surveillance system from a tank or self-propelled artillery installation, containing video cameras removed into the armor space, connected with at least one image receiver from them, according to the claimed invention, additionally contains a barrel block of video cameras, fixed on the barrel gun or its casing.

In order to solve the problem, additional features are also proposed (with the main formulated above):

- the barrel block of video cameras can contain four video cameras - two side, upper and lower, oriented, respectively, to the left, right, up and down (This maximizes the technical result due to the additional possibility of observing from behind a corner or other shelter in the upper and lower corporeal corners, allowing timely and relatively covertly detecting helicopters, air drones and other targets located at the top, as well as examining in more detail the surface around the tank or self-propelled guns and objects on it);

- the barrel block of video cameras can be made quick-detachable (This contributes to the reliability of the system, taking into account the possibility of prompt installation, by the crew or the technical service, of the barrel block of video cameras only shortly before the intended use, given the open location in difficult, in general, operational conditions for the use of armored vehicles) ;

- with the previous set of design features, the barrel block of video cameras can be mounted on a clamp, the nominal diameter of which is equal to the diameter of the barrel of the gun (This optimizes the system as required by the promptness of mounting / dismantling the barrel block of video cameras);

- a barrel-mounted video camera unit can be placed behind the bow of a tank or self-propelled artillery mount (This is a technical result in terms of “anticipating danger detection”, especially since “considering the hull of your tank or self-propelled gun for the crew is not as interesting as potential threats“ around the corner ” or on the ground near the machine);

- with the previous set of design features, the barrel block of video cameras can be installed directly in front of the receiver of the ejection device of the gun (This optimizes the location of the barrel block of video cameras in terms of protection from mechanical influences from the soil, vegetation and other physical bodies on the ground, since the receiver of the barrel ejection device, having a larger diameter, it shields the block in front with its end).

Among the known devices are not found those, the set of essential features of which would coincide with the declared one. At the same time, it is due to the latter that a new technical result is achieved in accordance with the task.

The claimed device (for example, a tank with a turret in azimuth and elevation) is shown in the drawings:

in fig. 1 shows a tank with a barrel-mounted camera unit mounted on its cannon, side view;

in fig. 2 - the same, front view;

in fig. 3 - barrel block of video cameras in the removed state;

In this case, the following designations are introduced (positions in the drawings):

1 - tank or self-propelled guns; 2 - armored hull of a tank or self-propelled gun (1); 3 - tank or self-propelled guns (1); 4 - cannon; 5 - image receiver from on-board video cameras (monitor); 6 - barrel block of video cameras; 7-10 - additional video cameras as part of the barrel block (6); 11 - block clamp (6); 12 - receiver of the ejection device (ejector) of the gun barrel (4).

The removed video surveillance system from a tank or ACS 1 (with an armored hull 2 with an armored space 3 and a gun 4) contains video cameras placed in the armored space (course, rear view and other previously known ones - not shown). Video cameras are connected to at least one receiver 5 of the image from them, located in the armor space 2 (for example, in an armored capsule) of a tank or ACS 1 at the disposal of the crew, and also, if necessary, in another place, for example, in the control center (not shown ), in the application, in particular, to unmanned vehicles or in complexes with redundant control.

The system additionally contains a barrel block 6 of video cameras, fixed on the barrel of the gun 4 or its casing (not shown). This is the main essential design feature of the claimed invention.

The further description concerns only additional (rational) design features of the claimed invention.

The barrel block 6 of video cameras can contain four video cameras - two side cameras 7 and 8, upper 9 and lower 10, oriented, respectively, to the left, right, up and down.

It is also possible to use a panoramic view system with a "wreath" of video cameras, the control system of which forms a panoramic video image within 360 °.

The barrel block of 6 video cameras (7-10) can be quick-detachable. In particular (and mainly) it can be mounted on a clamp 11 (metal, plastic or fabric), the nominal diameter of which is equal to the diameter D of the barrel of the gun 4.

The barrel block 6 of video cameras can be carried out beyond the bow of the body 2 of the tank or ACS 1. In particular (and mainly) it can be installed directly in front of the receiver of the ejection device 12 of the gun 4.

The device works as follows.

Block 6 of cameras 7-10 is installed, as a rule, by the crew, fixing it on the barrel (casing) of the gun 4. This can be done before entering the task, and if necessary during the task. For the greater safety of block 6, the second option is preferable, and it is also extremely undesirable to leave it on the barrel due to the very high acceleration of the barrel recoil when fired.

When operating a tank or ACS 1 in an ambush (in a building, in vegetation, etc.), as well as when moving in a built-up or mountainous area), without protruding the hull outside, expose the barrel to block 6 cameras inclusive and conduct observation with the help of it cameras 7-10, preventing (reducing the likelihood), thus, hitting the hull or tower by the enemy.

If it is necessary to "monitor" the support surface directly at the support branches of the tracks of the chassis of a tank or ACS 1, as well as if necessary (desirability) to inspect the vehicle itself "from the side (for the presence and condition of damage, the presence of enemy manpower on the armor) use the image, mainly from the downward-looking camera 10, generally turning the barrel of the gun 4 (for tank 1), that is, rotating the turret in azimuth within all 360 °.

Other special cases (examples) of a specific implementation of the system are possible within the framework of the claimed set of essential features (see also the claims hereinafter in the text).

The use of the invention makes it possible to improve the tactical and technical characteristics of a tank or ACS by expanding the functionality of the on-board system for remote monitoring of the external environment, at least by the crew in the armored space, namely, the ability to observe from around a corner or other cover at least in the left and right corporeal corners.

Claims (2)

1. A remote video surveillance system from a tank or self-propelled artillery installation, containing a barrel block of video cameras connected to at least one image receiver from them, fixed on the barrel of a gun or its casing, characterized in that the barrel block of video cameras contains four video cameras - two side ones, top and bottom, oriented respectively to the left, right, up and down. 2. The video surveillance system according to claim 1, characterized in that the barrel block of video cameras is installed directly in front of the receiver of the gun ejection device.

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