Patent ID: 7804056
Filing Date: 2010-09-28
Classification: G01S,G02B

Abstract:
1. An energy signal processing system for directing energy signals substantially along a preselected path axis, said energy signal processing system comprising: a first shaft assembly mounted for rotation about an azimuth axis; a second shaft assembly coaxially mounted for rotation about said azimuth axis; a zenith element constrained by said first shaft assembly in a zenith plane inclined with respect to said azimuth axis, said zenith element being adapted for rotation about a scanning axis normal to said zenith plane; a transmission element rotatably mounted to said zenith element and said second shaft assembly, said transmission element being adapted for rotation about a processing element axis that intersects and is substantially perpendicular to said azimuth axis; an energy signal processing element mounted to at least one of said transmission element and said second shaft assembly and adapted to rotate about said processing element axis as said transmission element rotates, thus maintaining an angle of projection of said energy signal processing element; wherein rotation of said second shaft assembly with respect to said first shaft assembly causes said transmission element to rotate about said azimuth axis, thereby causing said zenith element to rotate about said scanning axis, thereby causing said transmission element and said preselected path axis to rotate about said processing element axis.