Patent ID: 6766979
Filing Date: 2004-07-27
Classification: F41G,F42B,G01S

Abstract:
A guidance seeker system effective to guide a projectile to a target, comprising:an optics package disposed at a forward end of said projectile, said optics package including a plurality of photoconductive sensing elements and a lens disposed between said target and said photoconductive sensing elements at a distance, D, from said photoconductive sensing elements; a plurality of course correctors mounted on an exterior surface of said projectile wherein illumination of one or more of said photoconductive sensing elements generates a pulse for selecting and activating one of said plurality of course correctors to reduce a variance between a present flight path of said projectile and said target; and a recirculating shift register disposed between said photoconductive sensing elements and said course correctors, said recirculating shift register receiving and transmitting said generated pulse to a first selected course corrector for activation thereof, wherein when said first selected course correctors is inactive said recirculating shift register delays transmission of said generated pulse for a predetermined time period to select and activate a second course corrector that has rotated to an original position of said first selected course corrector.