EP2803938A2 - Procédé de désignation de cible pour une rampe de lancement de missile - Google Patents

Procédé de désignation de cible pour une rampe de lancement de missile Download PDF

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EP2803938A2
EP2803938A2 EP14001553.8A EP14001553A EP2803938A2 EP 2803938 A2 EP2803938 A2 EP 2803938A2 EP 14001553 A EP14001553 A EP 14001553A EP 2803938 A2 EP2803938 A2 EP 2803938A2
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G7/00—Direction control systems for self-propelled missiles
    • F41G7/007—Preparatory measures taken before the launching of the guided missiles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/042—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets the launching apparatus being used also as a transport container for the rocket
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/045—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets adapted to be carried and used by a person, e.g. bazookas
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41F—APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS; LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS
    • F41F3/00—Rocket or torpedo launchers
    • F41F3/04—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets
    • F41F3/045—Rocket or torpedo launchers for rockets adapted to be carried and used by a person, e.g. bazookas
    • F41F3/0455—Bazookas
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/02—Aiming or laying means using an independent line of sight
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/04—Aiming or laying means for dispersing fire from a battery ; for controlling spread of shots; for coordinating fire from spaced weapons

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  • the invention relates to a method for targeting a missile launcher, which has at least two optical sighting units.
  • ground targets When fighting ground targets using ground-to-ground guided missiles, it is advantageous to be able to combat the ground targets from a greater distance in order to remain undetected for as long as possible.
  • a squad of several shooters each with a missile launcher posted at a geographically favorable location to combat several later passing at a greater distance ground targets.
  • the ground targets are viewed through an optical sighting unit, a ground target is recognized as such, and a so-called lock-on is performed, in which the ground target is stored as a target of the guided missile target in a control system.
  • the guided missile is then launched and flies controlled by the control system to the ground target.
  • the optical sighting units are equipped with an optical magnification function similar to a binocular. The shooter looks through the sighting unit in a viewing direction of the sighting unit in the landscape, the viewed landscape section is shown visually enlarged. Even distant objects can be recognized more easily.
  • Targeting can be done by a shooter or a squad leader watching the ground targets selects and assigns to a shooter. The shooter now fights the target assigned to him.
  • a field of view of the first sighting unit is aligned in a viewing direction, so that a target is in the field of view, visual direction data of the field of view are generated and using the sighting direction data is a target instruction of the second sighting unit ,
  • the invention is based on the consideration that an optical targeting of the ground target is not without difficulty. If, for example, an oral goal instruction in the form of "goal is located to the left of the farmhouse", it may happen that the shooter has to search the farmhouse for a while due to the restricted field of view, before he finds this and then the target. However, in the fight against targets by a missile launcher, very rapid combat is beneficial, if not necessary, to forestall an attack on one's own position. A goal training should therefore be carried out very quickly and also so that the shooter quickly finds the instructed destination.
  • viewing direction data are generated from the viewing direction of the first sight, for example the sighting unit of the destination instructor.
  • control commands can be generated from the sighting direction data, which are implemented by the sighting unit of the shooter, for example, such that the field of view automatically pivots toward the target to be combatted. This can happen very quickly, so the shooter The goal is very fast and a goal instruction "goal lies to the left of the farmhouse" does not lead to a long search by a protracted swinging of the field of view by the shooter.
  • the view direction data can be used directly for the target instruction, for example for controlling a pivot movement of the second sight. However, it is also possible to process the view direction data only in destination instruction information, e.g. Using further data, and to perform the targeting using the destination instruction information. In general, the destination instruction information may also be control information for controlling the second sighting unit.
  • the missile launching system comprises at least the two sighting units, whereby even further sighting units may be part of the launching system.
  • a sighting unit may be part of a missile launcher having additional units in addition to the sighting unit, e.g. As a launching device for firing a missile, a stand unit and the like. Accordingly, the missile launching system on several missile launcher, each with an optical sighting unit.
  • the downed missile remains expediently connected during its flight via a data connection to the control unit of the corresponding sighting unit, for example via an unwinding data cable.
  • an optical sighting unit need not be part of a missile launcher, but may also be part of another device or operate on its own.
  • an optical sighting unit of a squad leader can manage without a launching device and can only be provided for a targeting.
  • the missile launcher may further include a multi-controller control system.
  • Each missile launcher can in this case be equipped with a control unit, with each control unit being able to control its missile launcher completely independently and / or in combination with the control system.
  • a control unit may be part of the sighting unit of the missile launcher. It is also possible that the control units are not arranged in the respective sighting units but centralized.
  • An optical sighting unit includes optics through which a shooter can look into a field of view or which images a field of view on a display, e.g. B. a screen on which the shooter can look and thus observe the field of view in real time.
  • the sighting units or control units of the missile launching system can be staggered on an equal or hierarchical basis so that, for example, one of the sighting units is a higher-level sighting unit, for example that of a squad leader.
  • the control unit of the higher-level sighting unit can act as master and the subordinate control units of the subordinate sighting units as slave, so that communication is simplified.
  • a data connection may be a wired or a wireless data connection, e.g. B. a Bluetooth connection.
  • a targeting can be understood as outputting target data from one sighting unit to another sighting unit, e.g. B. from the first to the second sighting unit.
  • Target data may determine the target in its direction, which direction may be the direction from a sighting unit to the target or to a target area surrounding the target and conveniently located in the field of view of that sighting unit.
  • Target data may also determine the target in other characteristics, such as distance to the sighting unit, location in an image, shape and / or color.
  • Viewing direction data is data that characterizes a viewing direction of the corresponding sighting unit. They may be the orientation of the sight center of the sighting unit or another direction within the field of view.
  • the viewing direction can be absolute, z. B. as sky or azimuth direction and / or elevation direction, or be given relative to a predetermined direction, expediently as azimuth and / or elevation direction.
  • Viewing direction data may be coordinates, for example geographic coordinates, and / or indicate the position of an image section in an overall image.
  • the field of view may be that field of view that is displayed to the shooter in the sighting unit. Conveniently, the view direction data is generated in the first sight.
  • Destination instruction information may include control data for aligning the sight include. In general, it is sufficient if not the entire sighting unit, but only one optical unit or multiple optical units of the sighting unit are aligned. Such an alignment is advantageously carried out by motor means of the control data and / or by moving an image section within a larger image, which can also be done electronically in the presence of a large overall image. It is also possible for the destination instruction information to include optical data, for example one or more arrows or direction indicators, to an operator so that he or she aligns the sighting unit or optical unit of the sighting unit.
  • the view direction data and / or destination instruction information is transmitted from one sighting unit to another sighting unit, e.g. B. from the first sighting unit to the second sighting unit, or from a control unit associated with the first sighting unit to a control unit associated with the second sighting unit.
  • the destination instruction information can just as well be created in the second sighting unit, for example from the view direction data. It may be used for control, conveniently or in lieu of automatic control allowing manual operation by the shooter, either generally or as a fallback option, so that the targeting information can be output to the shooter, for example as visual information.
  • the missile launcher is conveniently designed for operation by multiple shooters or operators who can communicate with each other using the target instruction.
  • the first sighting unit is designed in an advantageous embodiment of the invention to be operated by a first shooter and the second sighting unit is designed to be operated by a second shooter.
  • a squad leader or Zieleinweiser for example, selects targets and issues appropriate briefings, can be regarded as a shooter.
  • the sighting units are spatially separate units and expediently provided for independent operation, so that the sighting units are independently operable and prepared to combat targets.
  • the sighting units are expediently portable sighting units, which in particular are manually portable.
  • an alignment of the field of view of the second sighting unit is controlled using the sighting direction data and / or targeting information becomes.
  • the field of view of the second sighting unit can hereby be pivoted in the environment.
  • the control can be done automatically, on request or on release of the shooter. For example, the shooter can request the control, which then takes place automatically. It is also conceivable that the shooter receives a release request to control a quick alignment after the appropriate release.
  • the alignment of the field of view of the second sighting unit may be performed by the shooter using the targeting information, for example by manually swiveling the field of view in the surroundings, wherein the targeting information specifies the pivoting direction and in particular also the pivoting range.
  • control is carried out so that the field of view of the second sighting unit covers the field of view of the first sighting unit in a predetermined extent.
  • the coverage is expediently chosen such that a destination to which reference is made is visible in both fields of view.
  • the predetermined amount may define an overlap angle or overlap area.
  • An alignment of the field of view of the second sighting unit using the sighting direction data and / or targeting information can be done so that the entire sighting unit is rotated with the pivoting field of view.
  • a previously recorded panoramic image of the second shooter is only partially shown to allow for enlargement. When panning, this section can be moved within the panorama image so that the target to be introduced appears in the field of view.
  • the target instruction information is sensory output for the second shooter, so that it can align the field of view using the target instruction information so that it covers the field of view of the first sighting unit in the predetermined scope.
  • the destination instruction information may in this case be optical information, for example an arrow pointing in a direction to be swiveled.
  • the viewing direction data can be generated easily and reliably if both sighting units have a direction sensor unit that censors an alignment of the field of view in the environment.
  • a sensor unit may include an azimuth sensor, for example in the form of a compass.
  • a horizontal angle can be determined, for example, absolutely, as by a compass, or relative, for example, by a gyro system.
  • an elevation sensor for determining the elevation of the current field of view. In this way, an elevation angle, for example relative to the horizontal, can be determined.
  • the view direction data include azimuth data and / or elevation data.
  • Another possibility for generating viewing direction data is to determine the viewing direction on the basis of a previously recorded panoramic image.
  • an image detail for example, from the field of view, be correlated with the panoramic image, so that the position of the image section in the panoramic image is detected by the correlation.
  • the panoramic image has previously been provided with a reference direction, then the direction of the image section and thus the viewing direction relative to the reference direction can be determined.
  • Such a correlation of the image data of the image section with the data of the panoramic image can be done by image processing methods. Image locations of one image can be assigned image locations of the other image, for example by an image comparison.
  • the correlation of images or image data may be a correlation of an image section, for example the field of view or a section thereof, with a larger image, for example a panoramic image of the surroundings of a sighting unit.
  • a larger image for example a panoramic image of the surroundings of a sighting unit.
  • the instantaneous viewing direction of this sighting unit can be determined.
  • the image data of the first sighting unit can be understood as viewing direction data, since they characterize a field of view and thus a viewing direction. From the correlation, the viewing direction of the second sighting unit can now be determined. It is likewise possible to find a target marked by the first sighting unit by means of directional matching and / or image correlation in the image of the second sighting unit and to mark it.
  • a squad leader takes on a higher-level image with the first sighting unit, for example a panoramic image of the surroundings. Then a field of view of the second sighting unit, which lies in the panoramic image, can be compared with the superordinate image.
  • the two visors should not be too far apart to minimize perspective deviations.
  • the targeting is expediently carried out by issuing destination instruction information to the second sighting unit.
  • the first sighting unit takes an image of the environment, for. B. as an image of the field of view or as a parent image.
  • the image data can serve as visual direction data.
  • the second sighting unit also takes a picture of the environment and both maps are correlated. From the correlation, a target instruction of the second sighting unit.
  • the target instruction can take various forms: For a higher-level image, the target instruction can be a directional statement, eg. B. for automatic or manual pivoting of the second sighting unit in the viewing direction of the first sighting unit.
  • the correlation can detect a target in both images and the targeting can be a mark of the target in the image of the second sighting unit, or an automatic weapon launch of the second sight on the target or the like.
  • the correlation can take place in the first and / or the second sighting unit.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the target imaged in the image of the first sighting unit is detected as such and the correlation captures the target in the image of the second sighting unit.
  • a target to be combatted can be transferred from the first to the second sighting unit.
  • the targeting can be or include the capture.
  • the risk of undesired multiple combat can also be reduced by informing the second sighting unit that the first sighting unit has already begun or carried out the combat of a target. If, for example, a lock-on has occurred on a target through the first sighting unit, then this can be communicated to the second sighting unit, so that a fight against this goal is avoided by the second sighting unit. For example, a weapons intrusion on this target can be blocked, so that the multiple combat of this goal is effectively prevented.
  • image data from the first sighting unit can be compared with image data from the second sighting unit. Due to the known position of the target in the field of vision and / or in the known image information, for example shape and color of the target in the field of view or image of the first sight, the target can be found by position information and / or image correlation in the image of the second sighting unit.
  • the gun intrusion on the target takes place depending on the Zieleinuous, the weapon involvement is therefore dependent on the Zieleinburg.
  • the targeting may specify the type of target and / or a type of combat and may also include overhead information, ie whether or not a lock-on should be performed. If the target was assigned by the squad leader to the second sighting unit, then the targeting information includes information that a lock-on or a fight by the second sighting unit should take place. Corresponding destinations are relayed by the sighting unit to the guided missile and the guided missile can be started and thus the fight against the target can be carried out.
  • a weapons intrusion after an appropriate mark by the shooter can also be done manually or just not done, for example, when an automated weapon intrusion or Aufschaltaltungsblockade fails, in certain combat situations or other reasons.
  • the weapons intrusion occurs depending on the target instruction.
  • the target instruction can contain circuit information, for example, whether a lock-on should be made or not.
  • a multiple fight can be reliably counteracted if a second shooter is indicated when a target is already being fought by a first shooter or the combat is being taken, for example by a lock-on.
  • the first sighting unit can generate viewing direction data, for. B. as coordinates or image data, and transmit to the second sighting unit.
  • the second sighting unit now recognizes that a lock-on has already occurred to this target, so that a second lock-on to the same target should be prevented. Accordingly, it is advantageous if the weapons intrusion on the detected target is blocked by the second sighting unit. The goal can no longer be fought, so that a multiple fight is prevented.
  • an activity of the first sighting unit with respect to the target for example a lock-on or a launch of the guided missile on this target, is displayed in the second sighting unit so that the second shooter is informed of the activity of the first sighting unit.
  • the second shooter learns that a fight against this goal should not take place or is automatically prevented.
  • it may again be advantageous if the combat by the second sighting unit is not prevented, but only the activity of the first sighting unit is displayed in the second sighting unit. The second shooter knows that the fight against this goal should no longer take place and seeks another goal.
  • the target can be detected by image processing methods in the image of the second sighting unit as such.
  • the second sighting unit can now start a corresponding action. If the first sighting unit is, for example, that of a squad leader who assigns the target to the second sighting unit for combat, then the second sighting unit can lock onto the second target, for example by means of a lock-on, and combat this. However, if the first sighting unit is a fighting sighting unit that has already begun to combat the marked target, then combat by the second sighting unit can be automatically prevented, with the result that a multiple fight does not take place. Conveniently, the target is marked in the second sighting unit, so that the second shooter either learns the target assignment by the squad leader or the already initiated combat by the first sighting unit and the corresponding actions, ie the fight or just not to combat initiated.
  • the invention proposes in another Embodiment before that the target is detected in the field of view of the first sighting unit as such, a viewing direction of the second sight is determined and it is checked whether the target lies in a predetermined degree in the field of view of the second sighting unit. If this is the case, then a correlation can start. However, if this is not the case, ie in the case of a negative check, a pan command can be generated so that the first sighting unit is pivoted, for example automatically by a corresponding control or manually by the second shooter.
  • the pivoting command expediently contains a pivoting direction and in particular a pivoting distance, so that after completion of the pivoting the two fields of view are superimposed in at least the predetermined extent.
  • a pivoting direction and in particular a pivoting distance it is meant that either the entire sighting unit or only one optical unit of the sighting unit can pivot or even only one field of view or image field is swiveled in a higher-level image, for example a panorama image, this can also be done without mechanical pivoting of an optical unit.
  • the target in the field of vision of the second sighting unit can be recognized as such. This can be done by image correlation or by location references, such as coordinates.
  • the second sighting unit can recognize the target as such and issue a weapon command with respect to the target, for example an intrusion, such as a lock-on or a ban on control or a control blockade.
  • the check as to whether the two fields of vision overlap sufficiently can be effected by information from an alignment sensor unit, for example from azimuth and elevation data of the two sighting units or fields of view. Such a check may be repeated in a loop to indicate to the first sighting unit whether the second sighting unit has already been pivoted sufficiently, for example by control or operation by the shooter. If it is now recognized that the two fields of view overlap one another sufficiently, the target already marked in the first sighting unit can be found in the image of the second sighting unit and also marked there.
  • the invention relates to a missile launcher with at least two optical sighting units and a control system. It is proposed that the control system according to the invention is prepared for, from the viewing direction of the first Visor unit to generate visual field data of the field of view, using the view direction data to control a target instruction of the second sighting unit. A targeting can be done quickly and a multiple fight can be counteracted.
  • control system is prepared to control the performance of any one of several or all of the above-mentioned method steps.
  • a preparation can be provided by a corresponding control program of the control system, whose sequence, for example in conjunction with suitable input signals, such as sensor signals, effects such a control.
  • the control system expediently comprises electronic elements, such as a processor and a data memory, which are necessary for running the control program.
  • FIG. 1 shows a missile launcher 2 with a launcher 4, in which a guided missile 6 is arranged, of which in FIG. 1 only the front part of its seeker head in the tube of the launcher 4 is indicated.
  • the missile launcher 2 also comprises a sighting unit 8 with an optical sight 10 and a control unit 12, which is prepared for controlling all automated operations of the missile launcher 2.
  • the sighting unit 8 has an eyepiece 14 with which an operator can optionally look through two viewing devices 16, 18 into an environment.
  • the viewer 16 is designed to view the environment in the visible spectral region, and the viewer 18 is prepared to view the environment in the infrared spectral region, preferably in the mid-wave infrared. Through a switching mechanism, the operator can choose through which viewing device 16, 18 he wants to view the environment.
  • the fields of view of the two viewing devices 16, 18 are designed to overlap, in particular identical.
  • the sighting unit 8 comprises an alignment sensor unit 20 with an azimuth sensor, for example a compass, and an elevation sensor, which determines an elevation of the alignment of the optical sighting unit 8 or the field of view, for example relative to the horizon.
  • an azimuth sensor for example a compass
  • an elevation sensor which determines an elevation of the alignment of the optical sighting unit 8 or the field of view, for example relative to the horizon.
  • the sighting unit 8 and the launcher 4 are mounted on a support device, in the embodiment shown, a tripod 22, two-dimensionally movable, the launcher 4 and the sighting unit 8 are rigidly coupled to each other and in the azimuth direction all around and in the elevation direction up to 60 ° pivot.
  • the pivoting can be done manually, for which the missile launcher 2 Has handles 24, where the operator can pivot about the tripod 22 fixed to the ground sighting unit 8.
  • the missile launcher 2 comprises a motor unit 25, which in the view of FIG. 1 is arranged behind the control unit 12.
  • the motor unit 25 is equipped with two motors, via which - controlled by the control unit 12 - the two-dimensional pivoting movement can be carried out automatically.
  • the portable missile launcher 2 To operate the portable missile launcher 2 this is brought by two people to a suitable location for the operation. There, the launcher 4 with the sighting unit 8 and this in turn firmly connected to the support device 22, so that these three units are stable on a surface. Subsequently, the sighting unit 8 can be signal-technically connected to other missile launchers 2 or other optical sighting units, for example by a data line or a wireless connection, for example Bluetooth.
  • Several networked missile launchers 2 with or without a single sighting unit - e.g. B. for a troop leader, form a missile launching system.
  • FIG. 2 shows such a missile launcher 26 in a schematic and very simple form. It comprises two missile launcher 2a, 2b of the same type, identical to the missile launcher 2 from FIG. 1 could be.
  • the missile launcher 2a, 2b are connected to each other via a data link 28, in the embodiment shown, a cable. Even if in FIG. 2 only two mutually networked missile launcher 2a, 2b are shown, then all the described methods and device details are executable with more than two missile launcher 2, which are interconnected for this purpose.
  • the missile launcher 2 off FIG. 2 are like the missile launcher 2 off FIG. 1 executed and each have an interface for the data link 28 to one or more missile launcher 2.
  • the control unit 12 may communicate with each other in a bus mode or hierarchically in a master-slave mode. in which case either one of the sighting units 8 of the missile launcher 2 assumes a primary role or this is done by a higher-level device, for example a squad leader.
  • the following is based on a bus system.
  • the data link 28 is part of a data bus to which a plurality of missile launcher 2 can be attached.
  • the control units 12 in the individual sighting units 8 together form a control system of the missile launching system 26.
  • an operator looks through the eyepiece 14 into an environment 30, which is shown by way of example in FIG FIG. 3 is shown.
  • environment 30 or landscape
  • targets 32a - 32e are visible, which are arranged at a distance of, for example, several kilometers to the missile launcher 26.
  • both viewing devices 16, 18 are designed with an optical magnification between a factor of two and a factor of eight, analogous to binoculars.
  • the shooter looking through the eyepiece 14 thus sees the environment 30 enlarged and may zoom in or out between the magnification limits into the environment 30, as needed. In any case, he sees only a portion of the environment 30 in his field of view 34, in which also only some of the targets 32a - 32e lie, as in FIG. 3 is shown.
  • one of the missile launcher 2 of the missile launcher 26, for example the missile launcher 2a, is operated by a troop leader, whereas the other missile launcher 2b is operated by a shooter.
  • the squad leader has the task of making a target assignment for the shooter or shooters. For this he searches in the area 30 for a target 32 to combat and assigns it to the corresponding shooter.
  • the field of vision 34a of the squad leader is directed towards a target 32e to be controlled so that it lies in the field of view 34a. He wants to assign this target 32e to the shooter for combat. Accordingly, he marks the target 32e with a marker 36, which can be done in the manner of a lock-on. Then he knows the marked target 32e the missile launcher 2b with its second sighting unit 8b.
  • the first sighting unit 8a compares the viewing directions, ie the position of the fields of view 34, of the two sighting units 8. For this purpose, the sighting unit 8a generates viewing direction data from its viewing direction Describe sight. In addition, the sighting unit 8a of the sighting unit 8b requests its visual direction data. These are generated by the control unit of the sighting unit 8b and transmitted via the data link 28 to the sighting unit 8a. The sighting directions are detected two-dimensionally with the aid of the respective alignment sensor unit 20, and the visual direction data describing this visualization direction are generated by the orientation sensor unit 20 or the control unit 12.
  • the two fields of view 34a, 34b do not overlap.
  • the shooter can not see the target 32e to be assigned to him in his field of vision 34b.
  • the sighting unit 8a generates destination instruction information, which it passes on to the sighting unit 8b of the shooter.
  • This targeting information includes directional data, such as pan direction and swivel distance, from which the field of view 34b can be pivoted so as to detect the target 32a.
  • a pan is in FIG. 2 represented by the arrow shown there, wherein the sighting unit 8b is shown with its field of view 34b in its current position pulled through and occupies the dashed position shown after the corresponding pivoting.
  • FIG. 2 represented by the arrow shown there, wherein the sighting unit 8b is shown with its field of view 34b in its current position pulled through and occupies the dashed position shown after the corresponding pivoting.
  • This pivoting is shown with a horizontal component or azimuth component corresponding to the horizontal arrow and an elevation component corresponding to the vertical arrow.
  • the destination instruction information includes, for example, such components.
  • the control unit 12 of the sighting unit 8b controls the motorized pivoting of the field of view 34b so that the two fields of view 34a, 34b are identical or overlap to a predetermined extent, for example covering both the target 32e.
  • the pivoting of the sighting unit 8b is performed in the missile launcher 2 by the motor unit 25 performs a corresponding pivoting of the sighting unit 8b and the launcher 4. Accordingly, the eyepiece 14 moves, so that the shooter or operator must move.
  • the pivoting is announced, for example by an optical character, for. B. in the pivoting direction.
  • the shooter knows that this automated panning now occurs and can prepare for it.
  • such an automated pivoting only to a release command of the Controlled by gunners. From the destination instruction information, an optical character, for example an arrow in the intended pivoting direction, is generated.
  • Such an optical character 38 is in FIG. 4 exemplified.
  • the shooter sees in addition to his visual image within the field of view 34b, the optical sign 38 in the form of an arrow. This gives him the direction in which he should pivot his field of vision 34b, or in which the field of view is pivoted, z. B. after release.
  • the shooter knows that he must now pivot the field of view 34b. He releases the pivoting, for example, by pressing a button, and the field of view 34b is pivoted according to the motor.
  • the pivoting is displayed visually according to the instruction information, for example, as an arrow in the intended pivoting direction, and the shooter makes the pivoting manually. Achieving the desired pivot position may be indicated by an extinction of the optical information or a change in the optical information.
  • the viewing direction or the position of the field of view 34b in the environment 30 can be tracked by the control unit 12 and the optical character can be adapted accordingly.
  • the optical character may disappear as soon as the panning is successful, or it may change to a character indicating successful panning.
  • the remaining pivoting direction during the pivoting movement can be indicated by a movement of the arrow. If, for example, the field of view 34b is pivoted too far during a manual operation, the arrow changes in the opposite direction, so that the shooter can return the pivoting back a little.
  • the target 32e to be counteracted lies also in the field of vision 34b of the sighting unit 8b.
  • the shooter can recognize the target 32e and turn on, for example by a lock-on, and then fight the target 32e, for example, by a launch of the missile. 6
  • the optical unit could be a part of the sighting device 16 or the viewing device 18 that is within a predetermined circumference within the corresponding viewing device 16, 18 two-dimensionally pivotable, for example, +/- 20 degrees to a central orientation of the viewing devices 16, 18.
  • FIG. 5 shows the two fields of view 34 of the two sighting units 8.
  • the field of view 34b is in this case already pivoted so far that it covers the field of view 34a to a predetermined extent.
  • the overlap is in FIG. 5 indicated by the dashed circle of the field of view 34a, which covers the field of view 34b by slightly more than half the field of view surface. If the overlap of the two fields of view 34 reaches the predetermined circumference, then one of the control units 12 or sighting units 8, in this embodiment the sighting unit 8a, performs an image correlation of the visual images of the two fields of view 34a, 34b.
  • the visual images are compared with each other, so that objects of the visual image of the visual field 34a are also found in the visual image of the visual field 34b.
  • Such an object is also the target 32e provided in the sighting unit 8a for combat.
  • This target 32e is also found in the visual image of the sighting unit 8b by the image comparison. Accordingly, this target 32e can now also be marked by the sighting unit 8b, for example by a marking 40, as in FIG FIG. 5 is shown.
  • the sighting unit 8b or the shooter now knows that a weapons intrusion on this target 32e should take place.
  • the sighting unit 8b or the shooter make this weapon intrusion, for example by a lock-on to the target 32e.
  • the image data of the visual image can be transmitted from one sighting unit 8 to the other, for example via the data link 28. Since the own visual image is available to the correlating sighting unit 8, it can compare it with the transmitted visual image or its data. From this image comparison, it can recognize the objects in the visual image and, for example, assign them to a classification. Image data of the target to be counteracted 32e are used here to detect the target 32e in the field of view 34b.
  • targeting information is generated by the sighting unit 8a, as described for example with regard to the preceding exemplary embodiments.
  • the destination instruction information may include, for example, pan information as described in the first embodiment.
  • the destination instruction information describes the location of the destination 32e, for example on the basis of absolute azimuth and elevation data.
  • the other sighting unit 8b and optionally further sighting units 8b now receive this destination instruction information, so that it is now known that there is a destination 32e that is already being fought.
  • This destination instruction information in the or the sighting units 8b can be done in different ways. It can be processed into swivel data so that the field of view 34b is automatically or manually swiveled and the shooter is shown the already-attacked target 32e, for example with the marker 40. From the type of marker 40, the shooter recognizes that this target is not his to be fought. Accordingly, he looks for another destination, such as the target 32d.
  • the target instruction information is used by the sighting unit 8b only to a target instruction, for example as a marker 40, when the corresponding and already-opposed target 32e is in the field of view 34b or there by a pivoting movement or movement of the target 32e Environment 30 appears.
  • a target instruction for example as a marker 40
  • the shooter of the sighting unit 8b knows nothing of the combat by his comrade and learns nothing when he is looking in a different direction and thus is not distracted thereby.
  • the target instruction information is used for actual targeting, for example in the form of marker 40. The shooter now knows that he is the target 32e should no longer fight.
  • FIG. 6 shows a higher-level image 42, for example, a panoramic image of the environment 30.
  • This is recorded by a sighting unit 8, for example by pivoting the field of view 34 in the environment 30, until the parent image 42 is completely recorded.
  • Several partial images can be joined together, for example, by stitching to the parent image. In this embodiment, this is done by the sighting unit 8a and the parent image 42 or panoramic image is stored in the sighting unit 8a. Conveniently, this is done before the targets 32 are seen in the environment 30 to avoid errors in a later image correlation.
  • the sighting unit 8a is pivoted in the environment, for example, and the operator or squad leader selects a target 32e for combat.
  • the sighting unit 8a compares the instantaneous view image of the viewing device 16, 18 used with the panoramic image 42 and can thus determine the position of the target 32e to be counteracted in the higher-level image 42.
  • the sighting unit 8a For targeting, for example to the target 32e, which the shooter of the sighting unit 8b is intended to combat, the sighting unit 8a requests the instantaneous view image of the sighting direction 34b from the sighting unit 8b.
  • the sighting unit 8b sends the visual image to the sighting unit 8a, which compares or correlates this visual image with the higher-level image 42 and thus can detect the position of the visual image 34b in this image 42 or the position of the visual field 34b in the surroundings.
  • the sighting unit 8a now recognizes that the field of view 34b does not cover the target 32e. From the position of the target 32e to be controlled relative to the viewing direction or the field of vision 34b, targeting information can be generated, which is transmitted to the sighting unit 8b. Now, a pivoting of the field of view 34b, as to the FIGS. 2 and 3 described, done.
  • the parent image 42 is present in one of the sighting units 8. If a connection to a destination, for example the destination 32e, is made by one of the other sighting units, then the visual image, which contains this connected destination 32e, can be sent to the sighting unit 8 with the higher-level image 42. This determines from image correlation the position of the curled target 32e in the environment 30 or in the overall image 42. Target information that is used for the targeting of other sighting units 8 is now generated from this position information, which can also be referred to as visual direction information or visual direction data. For this purpose, for example, the position information can be transmitted to the other or the other sighting units 8. These recognize the action taken and proceed as for example FIG. 5 described by not fighting the contested target 32e and mark, for example, with the mark 40 as soon as the target 32e appears in the visual image of one of the sighting units 8.
  • the viewing direction of the corresponding sighting unit or the sighting units must be known. This is done by an image correlation with the parent image 42. This image correlation can take place in the sighting unit 8a, for example as described above, or in the relevant other sighting unit 8b. For this purpose, the higher-level image 42 would then be transmitted to the corresponding sighting unit 8b to enable the image correlation.
  • the visual correlation of the own visual image or field of vision 34b is known from the image correlation and it can be recognized if the visual field 34b covers the target 32e already fought by the comrade.
  • combat of a target 32 fails, for example if a shoot-down can no longer take place after a lock-on or because the guided missile misses its target.
  • the information that a target 32 to be counteracted has not been fought can be output by the combat missile launcher 2 or a higher-level sighting unit 8, for example a squad leader.
  • This example in FIG. 5 Marked target 32e shown is released again for combat by the other shooter (s).
  • the corresponding marker 40 may be deleted and / or the squad leader may assign the target 32e to a shooter for re-combat as described in the first two embodiments.

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