Patent ID: 6138944
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: F41G

Abstract:
A scatterider guidance system for guiding a flying object toward a more direct impact on a target, the flying object having a longitudinal axis, a nose section, a flight motor and at least one stabilizing fin, said scatterider guidance system being mounted on the flying object and co-operating with a beam of laser pulses emitted at a pre-set repetition frequency from a laser designator toward the target and further co-operating with atmospheric particles, said scatterider guidance system comprising: a means for detecting laser light scattering from the particles; a means for receiving said detected laser light and, in response thereto, calculating the perpendicular distance between the laser beam and the longitudinal axis of the flying object; a means for steering the flying object to within a pre-determined perpendicular distance from the laser beam; and a control actuator, said actuator being coupled to receive the calculated distance from said calculating means and generate guidance commands and subsequently input said guidance commands to said steering means such that the flying object flies toward a more direct impact on the target.