This product was developed from the technologies
of the following awarded US Patents: 6,205,400; 6,311,555; 6,415,223;
6,427,122; 6,427,131; 6,510,354; 6,596,976; 6,757,569; 7,239,975
and 7,239,976
Product Summary:
The coremicro® PS is based on the coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS
Integration Unit (UNCUN1) and provides INS, AHRS and GPS/INS integration
technology which incorporates coremicro IMU angular measurements
and closed loop control technologies. It stabilizes the attitude
of a sensor on a platform and makes the sensor stationary with respect
to inertial space or move according to the input command. The interference
induced by the motion of the platform is eliminated by the stabilization
mechanism. The widely appealing commercial applications of the coremicro
Pointing and Stabilization Mechanism include:
— Antennas for wireless communication systems
— Radar beams
— Laser beam, laser pointing systems
— Measurement devices for land surveying
— Optical pointing cameras
— Optical communication devices
— Telescope systems
— Imaging systems
The coremicro PS receives through a signal, such
as video or laser, information relating to coordinates for a desired
pointing direction. The coremicro® PS, incorporating the UNCUN1,
executes its functions by the following steps:
(a) identifying a desired pointing direction for a device by providing
the attitude and coordinates of a target as derived by a target
coordinates producer;
(b) determining the current attitude of the device through the UNCUN1
measurements;
(c) computing rotation commands by comparing, in a pointing controller,
the desired pointing direction of the device and the current attitude
measurements of the device;
(d) rotating the device to the desired pointing direction by use
of an actuator;
(e) illustrating the target, desired pointing direction and current
direction of the device; and
(f) also being capable in producing a voice message representing
the pointing procedure. AGNC’s 4D GIS Virtual Reality for
Controlling, Monitoring and Prediction of Manned/Unmanned Systems
product can be used as an optional data acquisition/display.