Brent R Hedman
Land Surveyors in Ridgecrest, CA
License number
Utah 181897-9925
Issued Date
Aug 3, 1990
Expiration Date
Dec 31, 1999
Category
Engineer/Land Surveyor
Type
Engineer in Training - Obsolete
Address
Address
Ridgecrest, CA
Professional information
Image Guided Weapon System And Method
US Patent:
6157875, Dec 5, 2000
Filed:
Jul 17, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/118096
Inventors:
Brent R. Hedman - Ridgecrest CA
Charles T. Nash - Springfield VA
Charles T. Nash - Springfield VA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC
International Classification:
G06F 700, F42B 2500
US Classification:
701 1
Abstract:
An image guided weapon system employing passive optical terminal guidance d method which provides the precision strike capability without requiring the use of a designator or the presence of an additional designator aircraft, which can operate through the weather, which allows rapid attack of multiple targets, and which does not require any aircraft to remain in the target area after a weapon has been launch. A target area is designated and an image of the target area is generated. An aimpoint within the target area is selected and GPS coordinates of the aimpoint are determined. An image template is generated using flight orientation data, the image of the target area, and GPS coordinates of aimpoint. Image processing software creates an image template which is downloaded to a weapon. The weapon's seeker generates seeker images which are compared to the image template.