Patent ID: 7239975
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. An automatic stabilization and positioning control system for a device, comprising: an attitude producer determining current attitude and attitude rate measurements of said device; a target coordinate producer measuring a desired pointing direction of said device by capturing and tracking a target, wherein said target coordinate producer is adapted for capturing and tracking said target to measure said desired pointing direction of said pointed device; an actuator rotating said device to said desired pointing direction, wherein said actuator changes said current attitude of a pointed device to bring said pointed device into closer correspondence with a desired orientation; a pointing controller computing platform rotation commands to said actuator using said desired pointing direction of said device and said current attitude measurement of said device to rotate said device, wherein said pointing controller determines platform commands to said actuator by using errors between said desired pointing direction and said current direction of said pointed device; and a visual and voice device for providing an operator with audio and visual signals including displaying said desired pointing direction and current attitude of said device, target trajectory, and producing a voice representing a pointing procedure.