METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOTOR-DRIVEN DEVICES ADAPTED TO BE DIRECTED ONTO MOVING TARGETS AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING THE METHOD

摘要

Method and apparatus for controlling motor-driven devices adapted to be directed onto a moving target, such as weapons, particularly guns, or target acquisition devices, particularly optical sighting device, radar apparatus, sound locators or infrared tracking apparatus, the target being followed by at least one of these devices and the control quantities for the drive of the devices adapted to be directed onto a moving target being calculated by computer means, wherein based on the values of the lateral angle and elevation angle which values are derived continuously from one of the devices adapted to be directed onto a moving target, and on the values of the target velocity and the angle of inclination of the target path with respect to the horizontal plane, on the basis of the geometrical relationships which hold true for a rectilinear uniform movement, the lateral angular velocity and the elevational angular velocity are calculated and fed to the drives of the devices adapted to be directed onto a moving target.