CCD Sensor Array And Microprocessor Application To Military Missile Tracking

James L. Riedl

doi:10.1117/12.955169

15 November 1976 CCD Sensor Array And Microprocessor Application To Military Missile Tracking

James L. Riedl

Proceedings Volume 0095, Modern Utilization of Infrared Technology II; (1976) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955169
Event: 20th Annual Technical Symposium, 1976, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Heretofore, production military missile trackers relied on opto-electroic systems which tracked the target as a point source. With the advent of charge-coupled technology sensor arrays and fast micro-processors, military missile trackers will be able to track imaged targets. Imaged targets contain a multifold increase in information content. To utilize this information content in real time during a tracking scenario, fast microprocessors solve tracking, countermeasures, predictive tracking, image correlation, windowing, and adaptive thresholding. The objective is to develop cheap strap-down missile trackers devoid of gimbals, gyros, and sundry hardware. This paper describes research to date on this objective.

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James L. Riedl "CCD Sensor Array And Microprocessor Application To Military Missile Tracking", Proc. SPIE 0095, Modern Utilization of Infrared Technology II, (15 November 1976); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.955169

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