Patent ID: 6181271
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: G01C,G01S,G05D,H01Q

Abstract:
A target locating system comprising:a milli-wave radar system for obtaining first target position information of a flying object being about to land, by capturing and tracking the flying object from a maximum detection distance;a stereo-camera system for taking over the tracking of the flying object in the vicinity of a landing point by acquiring the first target position information of the flying object from the milli-wave radar system, and obtaining second target position information having higher precision than the first target position information; anda controller for managing the first target position information of the milli-wave radar system and the second target position information of the stereo-camera system, controlling the milli-wave radar system to capture and track the flying object to the vicinity of the landing point, and controlling the stereo-camera system to capture and track the flying object at the time of landing of the flying object.