Abstract:
An arrangement for creating voltages for aiming a gun, such as for lateral correction or correction of the elevation of the gun making use of the similarity between the charging or discharging function of a capacitor in a series circuit comprising a resistor and a capacitor and the required correction as a function of the firing range of the gun.
Abstract:
A device is disclosed in which a portion of a beam of light transmitted along a path to measure the same is diverted by a beam splitting apparatus for low frequency modulation and use in detection of the original beam when it reaches the end of the path. Two embodiments of low frequency optical modulators are disclosed, each of which employ a rotating optical disk together with light pipes of varying length.
Abstract:
Several embodiments of a device are disclosed for measuring the length of an object by employing a plurality of radiation sensors mounted to divide the length to be measured into a corresponding number of length increments. Each of the sensors respond to a range of radiation in a linear fashion and level off at a predetermined radiation level. The devices are adjusted so that when the length of the entire increment is irradiated, the radiation sensor corresponding thereto will be at its leveling off value. In operation signals from each of the sensors are added together to give an analogue reading of the length to be measured. In one embodiment the analogue signal is converted to digital form.
Abstract:
A device for electro-optical distance measurement comprising a signal transmitter for modulated electromagnetic waves of the type included in the transmission range of the eye, such as ultraviolet, infrared and visible light, and a receiver with a detector which is sensitive to such waves, and an alignment device, which makes it possible by means of the eye to align the device to the far point of the measuring distance, and analyzers connected to the transmitter and the receiver for the evaluation of the distance measured, wherein the detector and the signal transmitter are linked together by means of a control circuit by means of which the mean level of the signal received is adapted to control the mean intensity of the signal transmitted so that the mean level of the signal received is always maintained within a certain range of values sufficient for the detector independently of the length of the measuring distance, so that any unnecessary radiation effect on the aligning eye is prevented.
Abstract:
An arrangement for use in a navigating system for a vehicle includes a directional gyro, a heading indicator responsive to the gyro, and a generator for generating a signal during the movement of the vehicle. During movement of the vehicle the reading of the heading indicator is determined by a signal corresponding to the position of the gyro, under the control of a relay responsive to the presence of the generator signal. While the vehicle is stationary this relay switches the small signal due to gyro draft to cause energization of a torque motor which locks the gyro in a position corresponding to the reading of the heading indicator by nulling the drift.