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Class Information
Number: 250/203.1
Name: Radiant energy > Photocells; circuits and apparatus > Photocell controls its own optical systems > Following a target (e.g., a star or instrument pointer or other object) other than a pattern
Description: Subject matter having means for illuminating the photocell in accordance with the relative position of the photoelectric cell and an object, and having means for causing the photoelectric cell to follow the object under the control of said illumination.
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Patents under this class:
| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7432488 |
Tracking solar collector with non-uniform solar cells and empirical tracking system including solar angle information |
Oct. 7, 2008 |
| 7411167 |
Tracking a moving object from a camera on a moving platform |
Aug. 12, 2008 |
| 7385759 |
Optical system with variable pointing and method implementing such a system |
Jun. 10, 2008 |
| 7312429 |
Method and apparatus of using optical distortion in a directed countermeasure system to provide a variable field of view |
Dec. 25, 2007 |
| 7307771 |
Gimbal with orbiting mirror |
Dec. 11, 2007 |
| 7294815 |
System and method for generating positional and orientation information of an object |
Nov. 13, 2007 |
| 7282695 |
Active search sensor and a method of detection using non-specular reflections |
Oct. 16, 2007 |
| 7276681 |
On-board light source based gain correction for semi-active laser seekers |
Oct. 2, 2007 |
| 7227114 |
Method of estimating the attitude of a space device with improved precision |
Jun. 5, 2007 |
| 7227111 |
Optical inertial reference unit for kilohertz bandwidth submicroradian optical pointing and jitter control |
Jun. 5, 2007 |
| 7197381 |
Navigational system and method utilizing sources of pulsed celestial radiation |
Mar. 27, 2007 |
| 7151245 |
Systems and methods for compensating for dim targets in an optical tracking system |
Dec. 19, 2006 |
| 7145121 |
Monolithic silicon integrated circuit for detecting azimuth and elevation of incident radiation and method for using same |
Dec. 5, 2006 |
| 7140574 |
Inertial position target measuring systems and methods |
Nov. 28, 2006 |
| 7109460 |
System, method and equipment for reading information on a target |
Sep. 19, 2006 |
| 7105791 |
Orbital debris detection and tracking system utilizing sun or moon occlusion |
Sep. 12, 2006 |
| 7064309 |
Method for detecting foreign object debris |
Jun. 20, 2006 |
| 6900425 |
System for illuminating an object |
May. 31, 2005 |
| 6875974 |
Device for detecting the angle of incidence of radiation on a radiation incidence surface |
Apr. 5, 2005 |
| 6872960 |
Robust infrared countermeasure system and method |
Mar. 29, 2005 |
| 6815651 |
Optical position measurement system employing one or more linear detector arrays |
Nov. 9, 2004 |
| 6762400 |
High resolution imaging instrument using non-uniformly arrayed sensors |
Jul. 13, 2004 |
| 6703596 |
Apparatus and system for imaging radio frequency electromagnetic signals |
Mar. 9, 2004 |
| 6700108 |
Means for protecting optical focal plane sensor arrays against excessive irradiation |
Mar. 2, 2004 |
| 6700109 |
Optical inertial reference generator |
Mar. 2, 2004 |
| 6587265 |
Prime focus unit |
Jul. 1, 2003 |
| 6566640 |
System and method for autonomous correction of star tracker high spatial frequency (HSF) error |
May. 20, 2003 |
| 6561462 |
Spacecraft power/sun aquistion algorithm using slit sun sensors |
May. 13, 2003 |
| 6555803 |
Method and apparatus for imaging a field of regard by scanning the field of view of an imaging electro-optical system in a series of conical arcs to compensate for image rotation |
Apr. 29, 2003 |
| 6555809 |
Incremental rotary encoder |
Apr. 29, 2003 |
| 6507392 |
Single multiple aperture ("SMART") lens system |
Jan. 14, 2003 |
| 6478260 |
Star detection and location system |
Nov. 12, 2002 |
| 6460809 |
Spacecraft methods and systems for autonomous correction of star tracker charge-transfer-efficiency errors |
Oct. 8, 2002 |
| 6455830 |
Scanning sensor system with multiple rotating telescope subassemblies |
Sep. 24, 2002 |
| 6384405 |
Incremental rotary encoder |
May. 7, 2002 |
| 6376820 |
Two axis gimbal having a spherical bearing |
Apr. 23, 2002 |
| 6373041 |
Image tracker having means for eliminating systematic error in centroid determination of reconstructed images |
Apr. 16, 2002 |
| 6324475 |
Method for identifying in a pre-established catalogue stars detected by a star sensor |
Nov. 27, 2001 |
| 6310730 |
Optical system with asymmetric optical corrector |
Oct. 30, 2001 |
| 6180945 |
Dual spiral photoconductive detector |
Jan. 30, 2001 |
| 6172747 |
Airborne video tracking system |
Jan. 9, 2001 |
| 6158694 |
Spacecraft inertial attitude and rate sensor control system |
Dec. 12, 2000 |
| 6154317 |
Device for stabilizing of a remotely controlled sensor, like a camera |
Nov. 28, 2000 |
| 6123287 |
Missile tracking system having nonlinear tracking coordinates |
Sep. 26, 2000 |
| 6121606 |
Multi detector close packed array rosette scan seeker |
Sep. 19, 2000 |
| 6087645 |
Remote controllable laser projection apparatus |
Jul. 11, 2000 |
| 6072571 |
Computer controlled optical tracking system |
Jun. 6, 2000 |
| 6054701 |
Target acquisition apparatus |
Apr. 25, 2000 |
| 6023058 |
Photosensitive detector and mosaic of photosensitive detectors for the detection of luminous flashes and applications |
Feb. 8, 2000 |
| 6008484 |
Observer tracking directional display and observer tracking illumination system |
Dec. 28, 1999 |
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