CA1149953A - Laser altimeter and probe height sensor - Google Patents

Laser altimeter and probe height sensor

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Publication number
CA1149953A
CA1149953A CA000350611A CA350611A CA1149953A CA 1149953 A CA1149953 A CA 1149953A CA 000350611 A CA000350611 A CA 000350611A CA 350611 A CA350611 A CA 350611A CA 1149953 A CA1149953 A CA 1149953A
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probe
set forth
sensor
plane
focus
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French (fr)
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Richard B. Mallinson
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Singer Co
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Singer Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C3/00—Measuring distances in line of sight; Optical rangefinders
    • G01C3/10—Measuring distances in line of sight; Optical rangefinders using a parallactic triangle with variable angles and a base of fixed length in the observation station, e.g. in the instrument
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B9/00—Simulators for teaching or training purposes
    • G09B9/02—Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft
    • G09B9/08—Simulators for teaching or training purposes for teaching control of vehicles or other craft for teaching control of aircraft, e.g. Link trainer
    • G09B9/30—Simulation of view from aircraft
    • G09B9/305—Simulation of view from aircraft by viewing with a camera a small-scale model of the terrain

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  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Length Measuring Devices By Optical Means (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Optical Distance (AREA)
CA000350611A 1979-05-03 1980-04-24 Laser altimeter and probe height sensor Expired CA1149953A (en)

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US3587779A 1979-05-03 1979-05-03
US35,877 1979-05-03

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EP (1) EP0027822A4 (2)
JP (1) JPS56500473A (2)
CA (1) CA1149953A (2)
WO (1) WO1980002455A1 (2)

Families Citing this family (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4391514A (en) * 1981-02-13 1983-07-05 The United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration Sidelooking laser altimeter for a flight simulator
DE3631373A1 (de) * 1986-09-15 1988-03-24 Morander Karl Erik Geraet zur bestimmung des realen oder virtuellen abstandes einer lichtquelle von einer messebene
DE3703904A1 (de) * 1987-02-09 1988-08-25 Breithaupt & Sohn F W Sensor mit integrierter signalverarbeitung fuer ein- bis dreidimensionale positionierung
GB2222047A (en) * 1988-07-25 1990-02-21 Unisearch Ltd Optical mapping of field of view and information storage

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CA728860A (en) * 1966-03-01 W. Rignall Michael Distance measuring devices
US3520070A (en) * 1968-09-23 1970-07-14 North American Rockwell Aircraft flight simulator
US3631610A (en) * 1969-07-14 1972-01-04 Redifon Ltd Method and apparatus for producing a visual display of a scene by direct optical projection
US3914011A (en) * 1974-09-10 1975-10-21 Singer Co Cascaded relay for improved scheimpflug probe
GB1527413A (en) * 1977-03-11 1978-10-04 Secr Defence Aircraft simulator apparatus

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JPS56500473A (2) 1981-04-09
EP0027822A4 (en) 1981-09-01
WO1980002455A1 (en) 1980-11-13
EP0027822A1 (en) 1981-05-06

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