1. A shared aperture, point-ahead laser transmitter pointing and target tracking system, comprising:
means for transmitting a source laser beam to a target;
means for producing a marker laser beam;
means for sensing the apparent direction of a target and specifically a desired aimpoint on the target;
means for sensing the direction of said marker laser beam relative to the apparent desired aimpoint direction;
means for sensing the direction said source laser beam directed at the target actually goes relative to the desired aimpoint on the target;
means responsive to the difference between selected different pairs of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker beam relative to said target aimpoint direction, and said source laser beam’s impingement relative to said desired aimpoint for controlling the direction of transmission of said source laser beam and the alignment of said marker beam in the apparent direction of the desired aimpoint; and
means responsive to wavefront aberrations of said source laser beam and said marker laser beam for providing wavefront corrections in said source and marker laser beams and thereby the target image.
2. A shared aperture, point-ahead laser transmitter pointing and target tracking system, comprising:
means for transmitting a source laser beam to said target;
means for sensing the direction of said source laser beam;
means for producing a marker laser beam;
means for sensing the apparent direction of a desired aimpoint on said target;
means for sensing the direction of said marker laser beam relative to the apparent target direction;
means for producing a designator laser beam;
means for sensing the direction of said designator laser beam;
means for sensing the direction said designator laser beam directed at said target is going, relative to the desired aimpoint on the target;
means responsive to the difference in directions of said source laser beam and said designator laser beam for aligning said designator laser beam with said source laser beam; and
means responsive to the difference between selected different pairs of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker beam relative to said target aimpoint direction, and said designator laser beams’ impingement relative to said desired aimpoint for controlling the direction of said designator laser beam and thereby said source laser beam, and for controlling the alignment of said marker beam in the apparent direction of the desired aimpoint.
3. The invention according to claim 2, comprising:
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said source laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said source laser beam;
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said marker laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said marker laser beam; and
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said designator laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said designator laser beam;
correction of said wavefront of said marker laser beam thereby improving the target image.
4. A shared aperture, point-ahead laser transmitter pointing and target tracking system, comprising:
means for producing a source laser beam;
means for transmitting said source laser beam to said target;
means for producing a marker laser beam;
means for sensing the apparent direction of a desired aimpoint on said target;
means for sensing the direction of said marker laser beam relative to the apparent target direction;
means for sensing the direction said source laser beam directed at the target is going relative to the desired aimpoint on the target;
means for producing a first inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for producing a second inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for sensing the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for sensing the direction of said second inertially stabilized direction reference;
means responsive to the difference in the sensed directions of said first inertially stabilized direction reference and said marker laser beam for stabilizing said marker laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference in the sensed directions of said second inertially stabilized direction reference and said source laser beam for stabilizing said source laser beam;
means responsive to the difference between a first selected pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker laser beam relative to said apparent target aimpoint direction, and said source laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference; and
means responsive to the difference between a selected different second pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker laser beam relative to said apparent target aimpoint direction, and said source laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said second inertially stabilized direction reference.
5. The invention according to claim 4, comprising:
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said source laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said source laser beam; and
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said marker laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said marker laser beam;
correction of the wavefront of said marker laser beam thereby improving the target image.
6. A shared aperture, point-ahead laser transmitter pointing and target tracking system, comprising:
means for producing a source laser beam;
means for transmitting said source laser beam to said target;
means for producing a marker laser beam;
means for producing a designator laser beam;
means for sensing the direction of said designator laser beam;
means for sensing the apparent direction of a desired aimpoint on said target;
means for sensing the direction of said marker laser beam relative to the apparent target direction;
means for sensing the direction said source laser beam directed at the target is going relative to the desired aimpoint on the target;
means for producing a first inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for producing a second inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for sensing the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for sensing the direction of said second inertially stabilized direction reference;
means responsive to the difference in the sensed directions of said first inertially stabilized direction reference and said marker laser beam for stabilizing said marker laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference between a first selected pair of the sensed directions of said second inertially stabilized direction reference, said source laser beam, and said designator laser beam for controlling said source laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference between a second selected pair of the sensed directions of said second inertially stabilized direction reference, said source laser beam, and said designator laser beam for controlling said designator laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference between a first selected pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker laser beam relative to said target aimpoint direction, and said designator laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference; and
means responsive to the difference between a selected different second pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker laser beam relative to said target aimpoint direction, and said designator laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said second inertially stabilized direction reference.
7. The invention according to claim 6, comprising:
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said source laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said source laser beam;
means responsive to wavefront aberrations of said marker laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said marker laser beam; and
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said designator laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said designator laser beam;
correction of said wavefront of said marker laser beam thereby improving the target image.
8. A separate aperture, point-ahead laser transmitter pointer and target tracking system, comprising:
first means providing a receiver optical system with a receiving aperture;
means for producing a marker laser beam in said receiver optical system;
second Means providing a transmitter optical system with a transmitting aperture;
means for producing a source laser beam in said transmitter optical system;
means for sensing the apparent direction of a desired aimpoint on said target;
means for sensing the direction of said marker laser beam relative to the apparent target direction;
means for sensing the direction said source laser beam directed at the target actually goes, relative to the desired aimpoint on the target;
means for producing a first inertially stabilized direction reference within said receiving optical system;
means for producing a second inertially stabilized direction reference within said transmitting optical system;
means for sensing the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for sensing the direction of said second inertially stabilized direction reference;
means responsive to the difference in the sensed directions of said first inertially stabilized direction reference and said marker laser beam for stabilizing said marker laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference in the sensed directions of said second inertially stabilized direction reference and said source laser beam for stabilizing said source laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference between a first selected pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker beam relative to said apparent target direction, and said source laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference; and
means responsive to the difference between a selected different second pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker beam relative to said apparent target direction, and said source laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said second inertially stabilized direction reference.
9. The invention according to claim 8, comprising:
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said source laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said source laser beam; and
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said marker laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said marker laser beam;
said marker correction thereby also correcting the target image.
10. A separate aperture, point-ahead laser transmitter pointer and target tracking system, comprising:
first means providing a receiver optical system with a receiving aperture;
means for producing a marker laser beam in said receiver optical system;
second means providing a transmitter optical system with a transmitting aperture;
means for producing a source laser beam in said transmitter optical system;
means for sensing the apparent direction of a desired aimpoint on said target;
means for sensing the direction of said marker laser beam relative to the apparent target direction;
means for producing a designator laser beam;
means for sensing the direction of said designator laser beam;
means for sensing the direction said designator laser beam directed at the target actually goes, relative to the desired aimpoint on the target;
means for producing a first inertially stabilized direction reference within said receiving optical system;
means for producing a second inertially stabilized direction reference within said transmitting optical system;
means for sensing the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference;
means for sensing the direction of said second inertially stabilized direction reference;
means responsive to the difference in the sensed directions of said first inertially stabilized direction reference and said marker laser beam for stabilizing said marker laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference between a first selected pair of the sensed directions of said second inertially stabilized direction reference, said source laser beam, and said designator laser beam for controlling said source laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference between a second selected pair of the sensed directions of said second inertially stabilized direction reference, said source laser beam, and said designator laser beam for controlling said designator laser beam direction;
means responsive to the difference between a first selected pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker laser beam relative to said apparent direction, and said designator laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said first inertially stabilized direction reference; and
means responsive to the difference between a selected different second pair of the sensed directions of said apparent direction of said desired aimpoint, said marker laser beam relative to said apparent target direction, and said designator laser beam relative to said desired aimpoint, for controlling the direction of said second direction stabilized laser beam.
11. The invention according to claim 10, comprising:
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said source laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said source laser beam;
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said marker laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said marker laser beam; and
means responsive to the wavefront aberrations of said designator laser beam for correcting the wavefront of said designator laser beam;
correction of said wavefront of said marker laser beam thereby improving the target image.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A windshield-wiper system for a motor vehicle with a wiper-blade carrier, comprising a wiper blade held on the wiper-blade carrier, which wiper blade has an elastically flexible wiper element, and comprising a heating mechanism for the wiper blade, characterized in that the wiper-blade carrier (1) has at least one wall section (3), which conducts heat at least in sections, and which flanks the wiper element (11) andor the wiper blade (12) at least in sections, and that at least one heating-medium line (9) consisting of a heat-conducting material is laid along the wall section (3).
2. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 1, characterized in that a cooling-medium line (9) of a cooling-medium cycle of a drive motor of the motor vehicle is provided as the heating-medium line.
3. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 1, characterized in that the wiper-blade carrier (1) has two wall surfaces (3) at least approximately parallel to one another as wall sections, which wall surfaces flank the wiper blade (12) over its length on opposing sides.
4. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 3, characterized in that the wall surfaces (3) have trough-like or bead-like indentations (7), in which the at least one cooling-medium line (9) is embedded.
5. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 1, characterized in that the cooling-medium line is formed by an inherently stable tubing (9), and that the tubing (9) is integrated at least in sections in the indentations (7) of the wall surfaces (3).
6. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 4, characterized in that the indentations (7) extend at least over the length of the wiper blade (12) along the wall surfaces (3).
7. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 3, characterized in that the wall surfaces (3) are connected to one another by at least one connecting web (4).
8. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 7, characterized in that the wall surfaces (3) and the connecting web (4) are formed by a sheet-metal construction.
9. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 7, characterized in that the wall surfaces (3) and the at least one connecting web (4) for the wiper blade (12) form a cassette-like housing, whereby the elastic wiper element (11) of the wiper blade (12) projects outwardly to one open side of the housing.
10. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 9, characterized in that the housing has a receiving means (2) for fastening of a wiper arm.
11. The windshield-wiper system according to claim 10, characterized in that the tubing (9) is laid annularly in the housing and has two tube connections (8), which project out of the housing preferably in the vicinity of the receiving means (2).