EP0266250A1 - Gerät zur Hilfe in der Zielauffindung durch einen Bedienungsmann in einem Waffensystem - Google Patents

Gerät zur Hilfe in der Zielauffindung durch einen Bedienungsmann in einem Waffensystem Download PDF

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EP0266250A1
EP0266250A1 EP87402254A EP87402254A EP0266250A1 EP 0266250 A1 EP0266250 A1 EP 0266250A1 EP 87402254 A EP87402254 A EP 87402254A EP 87402254 A EP87402254 A EP 87402254A EP 0266250 A1 EP0266250 A1 EP 0266250A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G5/00—Elevating or traversing control systems for guns

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  • the present invention relates to a device for assisting in the acquisition of a target by an operator in a weapon system.
  • a weapon system is composed in a known manner of a target detection and location unit, such as a radar, and of firing units, capable of firing in the direction of targets thus located.
  • the present invention relates more particularly to a short-range weapon system in which the firing operations are carried out manually by an operator, which supposes that prior to any firing operation, the operator acquires the target in its sight, and either therefore brought to look in the direction of this one. For this, one might think a priori that the operator's own means of perception are sufficient; in reality such a method would be ineffective, in particular in the presence of fast targets flying at low altitude and revealing themselves late (for example due to the interposition of natural obstacles such as trees or hills).
  • a more effective solution consists in transmitting information from the detection and localization system, which also acquires the target, towards the operator, in order to indicate to the latter, in order to anticipate his reaction, in particular the nature of the target, its source, its approach speed; but the problem then lies in the choice of the communication interface between the detection and localization system and the operator.
  • this is done in the form of an alert, usually given by voice.
  • This method is however very restrictive for the operator who, because of the speed of certain targets and the implementation times of this method, often has very little time to react.
  • the subject of the present invention is another alert method which is both less restrictive for the operator from a physiological point of view, and more effective from an operational point of view.
  • a device for assisting in the acquisition of a target by an operator, in a weapon system comprising a target detection and location system delivering target location information
  • a weapon system comprising a target detection and location system delivering target location information
  • '' It comprises means for synthesizing stereophonic sound signals intended for the operator, and means for converting target location information into control information for synthesis of stereophonic signals, in order to give the operator the subjective feeling of an attack direction corresponding to the real direction of the target with respect to this operator.
  • the device 1 for assisting in the acquisition of the target by an operator in a weapon system provides an interface between the detection and localization system 2 of the weapon system and n operators fitted with stereophonic headsets such as 3 n (only one of them having been represented for clarity).
  • This device comprises, associated with each of the n headsets 3 n , a processor 4 n , called the headset processor, capable of carrying out the synthesis of stereophonic signals, under the control of signals received from a computer 5 with which it communicates.
  • This computer 5 itself receives from the detection and localization system 2, for each of the targets detected by this system (assumed to be multi-target) the nature (N), the direction (D1), the distance (d) and the approach speed (V) thereof.
  • the computer 5 From this information, called target location information, the computer 5 prepares information for controlling the synthesis of stereophonic sound signals which, transmitted to the headphones of the headsets provided with the n operators, give them the subjective feeling of a direction of attack corresponding to the real direction in which the target assigned to them is situated, in relation to them.
  • the direction information is therefore converted by the computer 5 into phase information ( ⁇ ), the distance information into intensity information (I), and the speed information (V) into information of frequency (f).
  • the target direction information (D1) Prior to its conversion into phase information, the target direction information (D1) is combined with the direction information (D2) in which the operator is looking, in order to obtain the stereophonic direction of the target relative to the operator, taking into account the tilt of his head.
  • This direction information (D2) in which the operator looks can be delivered by a gyrometric platform, but also, taking into account the very relative precision which is required, by a magnetic system adjusted to the local declination; it is then transmitted from the headset processor 4 to the computer 5.
  • the information for controlling the synthesis of stereophonic signals is stored in n registers 6 n , for multiplexed transmission to the n processors 4 n .
  • each headset processor contains, recorded in ROM 7, the binary signals corresponding to the different natures of targets.
  • the suitable memory selected by virtue of the target nature information (N), is read at a rate corresponding to the frequency developed by the computer 5, and the signal obtained, after digital / analog conversion in a converter 8 is applied to the input of two stereophonic amplifiers 9 and 10 which provide the gains and phase shifts corresponding to the intensity and phase information transmitted by the computer 5.
  • the operator thus hears a sound signal which gives him the subjective impression of the direction and the approach of the target and informs him about his nature.
  • the information for controlling the synthesis of stereophonic signals is updated by the computer 5 as a function of the movements of the head of the operator and of the extrapolated movement of the target.
  • the subjective direction of the noise thus always corresponds to the effective direction of the latter.
  • the operator is thus able to orient himself very quickly in the direction of the target assigned to him and to acquire it.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Aiming, Guidance, Guns With A Light Source, Armor, Camouflage, And Targets (AREA)
  • Radar Systems Or Details Thereof (AREA)
  • Geophysics And Detection Of Objects (AREA)
  • Stereophonic System (AREA)
EP87402254A 1986-10-14 1987-10-09 Gerät zur Hilfe in der Zielauffindung durch einen Bedienungsmann in einem Waffensystem Expired - Lifetime EP0266250B1 (de)

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AT87402254T ATE66295T1 (de) 1986-10-14 1987-10-09 Geraet zur hilfe in der zielauffindung durch einen bedienungsmann in einem waffensystem.

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FR8614258 1986-10-14
FR8614258A FR2605094B1 (fr) 1986-10-14 1986-10-14 Dispositif d'aide a l'acquisition de cible par un operateur dans un systeme d'armes

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JP (1) JPS63118599A (de)
AT (1) ATE66295T1 (de)
DE (1) DE3772152D1 (de)
ES (1) ES2024536B3 (de)
FR (1) FR2605094B1 (de)
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HK124793A (en) 1993-11-19
JPS63118599A (ja) 1988-05-23
FR2605094B1 (fr) 1990-08-24
US4967641A (en) 1990-11-06
SG112193G (en) 1994-01-21
ES2024536B3 (es) 1992-03-01
DE3772152D1 (de) 1991-09-19

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