US20080026346A1 - Target System - Google Patents
Target System Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US20080026346A1 US20080026346A1 US11/596,928 US59692806A US2008026346A1 US 20080026346 A1 US20080026346 A1 US 20080026346A1 US 59692806 A US59692806 A US 59692806A US 2008026346 A1 US2008026346 A1 US 2008026346A1
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- layer
- target system
- retro
- index
- refraction
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
Links
- 238000004088 simulation Methods 0.000 claims abstract description 23
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 16
- 230000003287 optical effect Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 13
- 230000000694 effects Effects 0.000 claims abstract description 6
- 239000010410 layer Substances 0.000 claims description 62
- 239000011248 coating agent Substances 0.000 claims description 10
- 238000000576 coating method Methods 0.000 claims description 10
- 239000012790 adhesive layer Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 238000011156 evaluation Methods 0.000 description 4
- 238000005259 measurement Methods 0.000 description 3
- 239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 description 3
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 3
- 230000001419 dependent effect Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000011521 glass Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000005855 radiation Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000007787 solid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000011358 absorbing material Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000013016 damping Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000005530 etching Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000010304 firing Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000011022 opal Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000003973 paint Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000001228 spectrum Methods 0.000 description 1
- 238000001429 visible spectrum Methods 0.000 description 1
Images
Classifications
-
- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
- F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
- F41G3/26—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying
- F41G3/2616—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device
- F41G3/2622—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile
- F41G3/2683—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a light emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun or the trajectory of a projectile with reflection of the beam on the target back to the weapon
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a target system according to the preamble of claim 1 .
- the weapons in one such weapon simulation system are provided with a simulation unit comprising a laser, a receiver for laser radiation and a hit evaluation unit, and the targets are provided with retro-reflecting prisms.
- the laser is arranged to emit a simulation beam simulating firing of the weapon.
- the retro-reflecting prism(s) of the targets is arranged to retro-reflect the simulation beam.
- the receiver of the simulation unit is arranged to receive the retro-reflected simulation beam and the hit evaluation unit is arranged to perform hit evaluation based on the received simulation beam.
- the retro-reflecting prisms tend to give rise to exposing reflections of incident ambient light and laser radiation of wavelengths other than the simulation wavelength. This is especially not desired in combat training, as the training is intended to be as realistic as possible. Further, if a laser range measurement unit is used by any real or simulated weapon system, there is a risk that the laser range measurement unit might be damaged if the emitted laser range finder beam intercepts a target retro-reflector unit, since the laser beam of the range finder is reflected with very little damping.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,139,323 relates to an optical weapon effect simulation method for training of soldiers at least at two weapons, wherein each weapon is equipped as an attacking system as well as a target system.
- the attacking system includes a laser pulse transmitter arranged to transmit laser signals of at least two different wavelengths and a measurement unit arranged to detect signal reflections.
- the target system is provided with at least one retro-reflector with an integrated selective filter, an optical receiver with a selective filter and evaluation electronics.
- the selective filter is intended to ensure that only laser pulses of a defined wavelength are reflected/accepted by the target system.
- the attacking system then can identify target type based upon the wavelength of the laser signal received from the target system.
- the retro-reflectors as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,139,323 have the drawback of unwanted specular reflections for wavelengths other than the used simulation wavelength. Thus, the above described problems with exposing and damaging reflections is not solved.
- One object of the present invention is to avoid total internal reflection for a useful range of incidence angles and inhibit unwanted for wavelengths other than the simulation wavelength, thus solving the problems described above.
- a target system in accordance with claim 1 comprising a retro-reflecting prism having at least three back surfaces arranged to an incident simulation beam and wherein at least one of the back surfaces comprises a first, selectively reflecting layer arranged to reflect a simulation beam of a predetermined optical wavelength range and being substantially transparent to optical wavelengths outside said range, wherein a second layer is mounted on the first layer, said second layer being arranged to receive beams transmitted through said first layer and said second layer being of a material having an index of refraction sufficiently high to avoid total internal reflection between said first and second layer within a predetermined range of incident angles.
- retro-reflecting prism arrangement does no give rise to internal reflections within the predetermined range of incidence angles and thus allow for specular reflections only for the simulation wavelength.
- retro-reflecting prism has three reflecting back surfaces, meeting at right angles to each other, thus making up a right angle corner. Parallel incident light entering the prism will be reflected three times against these surfaces (once at each surface) and return in the opposite direction and parallel to the incidence angle, for a useful range of incidence angles.
- the first layer is preferably coated on the back surface(s).
- the first layer ensures that back surface(s) reflects only light beams having a predetermined wavelength or a wavelength lying within a predetermined wavelength range.
- the first layer is therefore arranged to reflect beams having said predetermined wavelength or lying within said wavelength range. Other wavelengths are transmitted through the first layer.
- the second layer is tightly mounted to the first layer so that no air gap is present between the layers. Thereby it is secured that the light beams exiting the first layer enters the second layer and thus are prevented from being reflected by the air back into the first layer. If the index of refraction of the second layer is sufficiently close to the index of refraction of the first layer, preferably substantially the same as the index of refraction of the first layer, a retro-reflecting prism arrangement is provided which reflects almost no light beams outside said predetermined wavelength/wavelength range.
- an intermediate layer is interposed between the first layer and the second layer.
- the intermediate layer is for example an adhesive layer.
- the three layers are, as described above, tightly mounted to each other so that no air gap is present between the layers.
- the index of refraction of the intermediate layer is preferably substantially equal to the index of refraction of the first layer.
- the prism arrangement will not reflect beams other than those of the predetermined wavelength or wavelength range even when the light beams are incident from angles outside the predetermined range of incidence angles and only hit one or some of the back surfaces and thus are not properly retro-reflected. Therefore, the retro-reflecting prism arrangement causes almost no reflections from ambient light.
- the second layer is arranged to absorb the transmitted wavelengths.
- the second layer is diffuse reflecting and therefore has a diffuse reflecting back surface.
- the diffuse reflecting back surface is that it absorbs little heat, whereby the temperature gradient of the back surface mirror is small, which results in preserved high accuracy of the retro-reflecting prism.
- FIG. 1 shows a known retro-reflecting prism
- FIG. 2 shows a beam incident on the retro-reflecting prism of FIG. 1 and specularily reflected at the back surfaces of the prism so that it is retro-reflected back from the prism.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view of a retro-reflected beam
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a selectively retro-reflected beam according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of a selectively retro-reflected beam according to a second embodiment of the invention.
- a solid retro-reflecting prism 1 is viewed from the front, and consisting of a corner cube. It has a front surface 9 and three back surfaces 2 and makes up a solid volume. As shown in FIG. 2 , a beam 3 incident on the retro-reflecting prism will be specularly reflected in each of the three back surfaces 2 so that the beam is retro-reflected back 4 from the prism. The direction of the retro-reflected beam 4 is shown schematically in FIG. 3 .
- the back surfaces 2 of the prism there need not be any coating on the back surfaces 2 of the prism since the refraction index difference between the material of the prism and air is sufficient enough to give total internal reflection for a useful range of incidence angles.
- the back surfaces could be metal coated to obtain a wavelength dependent reflection in which case the not reflected part of the beam would be absorbed in the metal layer.
- all practical metal layers usable at the simulation wavelength which is typically about 900 nm, will give a rather high reflectance also within the visible spectrum, thus giving rise to unwanted reflections from ambient light.
- One suggestion could be to apply a wavelength selective reflecting coating, for example a multi-layer dielectric coating, on at least one and preferably on all three of the back surfaces 2 of the prism 1 .
- FIG. 4 shows a first embodiment of this invention, where the back surfaces of the retro-reflecting prism are coated with a wavelength selective reflecting coating 6 and a material 7 of sufficiently high refractive index is glued to the back surfaces on top of the coating.
- a material 7 of sufficiently high refractive index is glued to the back surfaces on top of the coating.
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of the function of this embodiment, where a part of the incident light within a selected wavelength range is retro-reflected 4 and the other part, outside the selected wavelength range, is diffusely reflected 8 .
- Said diffusely reflecting material could for example be an opal glass or plastic, or a glass or plastic plate having its back surface frosted (either by etching or grounding or some other process), the material having an appropriate index of refraction according to this invention.
- the retro-reflecting prism would look matt white.
- the glued on material is made to diffusely reflect the light transmitted into said material, as is described in relation to FIG. 5 .
- a wavelength selective reflecting layer is put on top of the diffusing material. This could for example be some kind of paint.
- the retro-reflecting prism would look matt and have the same colour as the reflecting layer. This embodiment could be used to camouflage the retro-reflecting prism.
Abstract
A target system for a weapon effect simulation system. The target system includes a retro-reflecting prism having at least three back surfaces arranged to an incident simulation beam. At least one of the back surfaces includes a first, selectively reflecting layer arranged to reflect a simulation beam of a predetermined optical wavelength range and being substantially transparent to optical wavelengths outside the range. A second layer is arranged on the first layer. The second layer is arranged to receive beams transmitted through the first layer. The second layer includes a material having an index of refraction sufficiently high to avoid total internal reflection between the first and second layer within a predetermined range of incident angles.
Description
- The present invention relates to a target system according to the preamble of
claim 1. - There exist today weapon effect simulation systems for use in combat training and/or shooting practice and which are arranged to simulate the effects of a specific weapon type. The weapons in one such weapon simulation system are provided with a simulation unit comprising a laser, a receiver for laser radiation and a hit evaluation unit, and the targets are provided with retro-reflecting prisms. The laser is arranged to emit a simulation beam simulating firing of the weapon. The retro-reflecting prism(s) of the targets is arranged to retro-reflect the simulation beam. The receiver of the simulation unit is arranged to receive the retro-reflected simulation beam and the hit evaluation unit is arranged to perform hit evaluation based on the received simulation beam.
- However, there are some problems associated to use of the above described weapon effect simulation system. The retro-reflecting prisms tend to give rise to exposing reflections of incident ambient light and laser radiation of wavelengths other than the simulation wavelength. This is especially not desired in combat training, as the training is intended to be as realistic as possible. Further, if a laser range measurement unit is used by any real or simulated weapon system, there is a risk that the laser range measurement unit might be damaged if the emitted laser range finder beam intercepts a target retro-reflector unit, since the laser beam of the range finder is reflected with very little damping.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,139,323 relates to an optical weapon effect simulation method for training of soldiers at least at two weapons, wherein each weapon is equipped as an attacking system as well as a target system. The attacking system includes a laser pulse transmitter arranged to transmit laser signals of at least two different wavelengths and a measurement unit arranged to detect signal reflections. The target system is provided with at least one retro-reflector with an integrated selective filter, an optical receiver with a selective filter and evaluation electronics. The selective filter is intended to ensure that only laser pulses of a defined wavelength are reflected/accepted by the target system. The attacking system then can identify target type based upon the wavelength of the laser signal received from the target system. However, the retro-reflectors as described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,139,323 have the drawback of unwanted specular reflections for wavelengths other than the used simulation wavelength. Thus, the above described problems with exposing and damaging reflections is not solved.
- One object of the present invention is to avoid total internal reflection for a useful range of incidence angles and inhibit unwanted for wavelengths other than the simulation wavelength, thus solving the problems described above.
- This has been achieved by means of a target system in accordance with
claim 1 comprising a retro-reflecting prism having at least three back surfaces arranged to an incident simulation beam and wherein at least one of the back surfaces comprises a first, selectively reflecting layer arranged to reflect a simulation beam of a predetermined optical wavelength range and being substantially transparent to optical wavelengths outside said range, wherein a second layer is mounted on the first layer, said second layer being arranged to receive beams transmitted through said first layer and said second layer being of a material having an index of refraction sufficiently high to avoid total internal reflection between said first and second layer within a predetermined range of incident angles. - One advantage of the retro-reflecting prism arrangement is that it does no give rise to internal reflections within the predetermined range of incidence angles and thus allow for specular reflections only for the simulation wavelength.
- The basic function of the retro-reflecting prism is known in the art. In brief a retro-reflecting prism has three reflecting back surfaces, meeting at right angles to each other, thus making up a right angle corner. Parallel incident light entering the prism will be reflected three times against these surfaces (once at each surface) and return in the opposite direction and parallel to the incidence angle, for a useful range of incidence angles.
- The first layer is preferably coated on the back surface(s). The first layer ensures that back surface(s) reflects only light beams having a predetermined wavelength or a wavelength lying within a predetermined wavelength range. The first layer is therefore arranged to reflect beams having said predetermined wavelength or lying within said wavelength range. Other wavelengths are transmitted through the first layer.
- The second layer is tightly mounted to the first layer so that no air gap is present between the layers. Thereby it is secured that the light beams exiting the first layer enters the second layer and thus are prevented from being reflected by the air back into the first layer. If the index of refraction of the second layer is sufficiently close to the index of refraction of the first layer, preferably substantially the same as the index of refraction of the first layer, a retro-reflecting prism arrangement is provided which reflects almost no light beams outside said predetermined wavelength/wavelength range.
- In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an intermediate layer is interposed between the first layer and the second layer. The intermediate layer is for example an adhesive layer. The three layers are, as described above, tightly mounted to each other so that no air gap is present between the layers. Further, the index of refraction of the intermediate layer is preferably substantially equal to the index of refraction of the first layer.
- If the first and second layers are arranged on all back surfaces of the prism arrangement, it is ensured that the prism arrangement will not reflect beams other than those of the predetermined wavelength or wavelength range even when the light beams are incident from angles outside the predetermined range of incidence angles and only hit one or some of the back surfaces and thus are not properly retro-reflected. Therefore, the retro-reflecting prism arrangement causes almost no reflections from ambient light.
- In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the second layer is arranged to absorb the transmitted wavelengths.
- In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, the second layer is diffuse reflecting and therefore has a diffuse reflecting back surface. One advantage of the diffuse reflecting back surface is that it absorbs little heat, whereby the temperature gradient of the back surface mirror is small, which results in preserved high accuracy of the retro-reflecting prism.
-
FIG. 1 shows a known retro-reflecting prism -
FIG. 2 shows a beam incident on the retro-reflecting prism ofFIG. 1 and specularily reflected at the back surfaces of the prism so that it is retro-reflected back from the prism. -
FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view of a retro-reflected beam -
FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of a selectively retro-reflected beam according to one embodiment of the invention -
FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of a selectively retro-reflected beam according to a second embodiment of the invention. - In
FIG. 1 , a solid retro-reflectingprism 1 is viewed from the front, and consisting of a corner cube. It has afront surface 9 and threeback surfaces 2 and makes up a solid volume. As shown inFIG. 2 , abeam 3 incident on the retro-reflecting prism will be specularly reflected in each of the threeback surfaces 2 so that the beam is retro-reflected back 4 from the prism. The direction of the retro-reflectedbeam 4 is shown schematically inFIG. 3 . - In the technique according to the prior art, there need not be any coating on the
back surfaces 2 of the prism since the refraction index difference between the material of the prism and air is sufficient enough to give total internal reflection for a useful range of incidence angles. The back surfaces could be metal coated to obtain a wavelength dependent reflection in which case the not reflected part of the beam would be absorbed in the metal layer. However, all practical metal layers usable at the simulation wavelength, which is typically about 900 nm, will give a rather high reflectance also within the visible spectrum, thus giving rise to unwanted reflections from ambient light. One suggestion could be to apply a wavelength selective reflecting coating, for example a multi-layer dielectric coating, on at least one and preferably on all three of theback surfaces 2 of theprism 1. However, this would not work on its own since, in the same manner as for a non-coated prism, there will be total internal reflection between the last surface of the reflecting coating and air. The total internal reflection is not wavelength dependent, but all wavelengths within a very wide spectrum would be reflected in spite of the wavelength selective coating. -
FIG. 4 shows a first embodiment of this invention, where the back surfaces of the retro-reflecting prism are coated with a wavelength selective reflectingcoating 6 and amaterial 7 of sufficiently high refractive index is glued to the back surfaces on top of the coating. Thus, total internal reflection at the last surface of the reflection coating is avoided for a range of incidence angles and the wavelengths not reflected will be transmitted into the glued on material. This is shown inFIG. 4 where a part of the incident light within a selective wavelength range is retro-reflected 4 and the other part, outside the selected wavelength range, is transmitted 5. InFIG. 4 the function is only shown schematically for just one back surface. At least one and preferably all three back surfaces of the retro-reflecting prism should be configured in this way. The glued on material is made absorbing for the wavelengths transmitted into said material. The absorbing material could for example be a colour filter, an IR high-pass filter or an IR band-pass filter. In this embodiment the retro-reflecting prism would look black. - In
FIG. 5 , the glued on material is made to diffusely reflect the light transmitted into said material. (As light we include wavelengths from UV to IR.)FIG. 5 shows a schematic view of the function of this embodiment, where a part of the incident light within a selected wavelength range is retro-reflected 4 and the other part, outside the selected wavelength range, is diffusely reflected 8. Said diffusely reflecting material could for example be an opal glass or plastic, or a glass or plastic plate having its back surface frosted (either by etching or grounding or some other process), the material having an appropriate index of refraction according to this invention. In this embodiment the retro-reflecting prism would look matt white. - In an extended example, the glued on material is made to diffusely reflect the light transmitted into said material, as is described in relation to
FIG. 5 . Further, a wavelength selective reflecting layer is put on top of the diffusing material. This could for example be some kind of paint. In this embodiment the retro-reflecting prism would look matt and have the same colour as the reflecting layer. This embodiment could be used to camouflage the retro-reflecting prism. - It is assumed that an appropriate anti-reflection coating is used for the
front surface 9 of the prism.
Claims (11)
1. A target system for a weapon effect simulation system, said target system comprising:
a retro-reflecting prism having at least three back surfaces arranged to retro-reflect an incident simulation beam and wherein at least one of the back surfaces comprises a first, selectively reflecting layer arranged to reflect a simulation beam of a predetermined optical wavelength range and being substantially transparent to optical wavelengths outside said range, wherein a second layer is mounted on the first layer, said second layer being arranged to receive beams transmitted through said first layer and said second layer being of a material having an index of refraction sufficiently high to avoid total internal reflection between said first and second layer within a predetermined range of incident angles.
2. The target system according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer is arranged to absorb at least parts of the transmitted beam.
3. The target system according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer is arranged to diffuse reflect at least parts of the transmitted beam.
4. The target system according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprises an IR high-pass filter.
5. The target system according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprises an IR band-pass filter.
6. The target system according to claim 1 , wherein the index of refraction of the second layer is substantially equal to the index of refraction of the first layer.
7. The target system according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer comprises a multi-layer dielectric coating.
8. The target system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an adhesive layer is interposed between the first and second layer.
9. The target system according to claim 8 , wherein the index of refraction of the adhesive layer is substantially equal to the index of refraction of the first layer.
10. The target system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third, wavelength selective reflective layer is mounted on top of the second layer.
11. A retro-reflecting prism, comprising:
at least three back surfaces arranged so as to retro-reflect an incident optical beam and wherein at least one of the back surfaces comprises a first, selectively reflecting layer arranged to reflect an optical beam of a predetermined optical wavelength range and being substantially transparent to optical wavelengths outside said range, wherein a second layer is arranged on the first layer, said second layer being arranged to receive optical beams transmitted through said first layer and said second layer being of a material having an index of refraction sufficiently high to avoid total internal reflection between said first and second layer within a predetermined range of incident angles.
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
EP04011850A EP1598632A1 (en) | 2004-05-19 | 2004-05-19 | A target system |
EP04011850.7 | 2004-05-19 | ||
PCT/EP2005/052289 WO2005111528A1 (en) | 2004-05-19 | 2005-05-18 | A target system |
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US20080026346A1 true US20080026346A1 (en) | 2008-01-31 |
Family
ID=34925055
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US11/596,928 Abandoned US20080026346A1 (en) | 2004-05-19 | 2005-05-18 | Target System |
Country Status (3)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US20080026346A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP1598632A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2005111528A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US8403672B2 (en) | 2009-10-21 | 2013-03-26 | Tim Odorisio | Training target for an electronically controlled weapon |
WO2019147874A3 (en) * | 2018-01-26 | 2019-09-26 | Kla-Tencor Corporation | High-power short-pass total internal reflection filter |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
WO2012002856A1 (en) | 2010-06-30 | 2012-01-05 | Saab Ab | Wireless target system |
Citations (6)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3832791A (en) * | 1971-12-31 | 1974-09-03 | Saab Scania Ab | Gunnery training scoring system with laser pulses |
US4222632A (en) * | 1977-10-18 | 1980-09-16 | Kurt Eichweber | Light receiving and reflecting device |
US5422756A (en) * | 1992-05-18 | 1995-06-06 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Backlighting system using a retroreflecting polarizer |
US5819164A (en) * | 1996-01-29 | 1998-10-06 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army | Modulated retroreflection system for secure communication and identification |
US6139323A (en) * | 1997-07-10 | 2000-10-31 | C.O.E.L. Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh | Weapon effect simulation method and appliance to perform this method |
US20040190117A1 (en) * | 2003-03-31 | 2004-09-30 | Raug Electronics | Modulatable reflector |
-
2004
- 2004-05-19 EP EP04011850A patent/EP1598632A1/en not_active Withdrawn
-
2005
- 2005-05-18 WO PCT/EP2005/052289 patent/WO2005111528A1/en active Application Filing
- 2005-05-18 US US11/596,928 patent/US20080026346A1/en not_active Abandoned
Patent Citations (7)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US3832791A (en) * | 1971-12-31 | 1974-09-03 | Saab Scania Ab | Gunnery training scoring system with laser pulses |
US4222632A (en) * | 1977-10-18 | 1980-09-16 | Kurt Eichweber | Light receiving and reflecting device |
US5422756A (en) * | 1992-05-18 | 1995-06-06 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Backlighting system using a retroreflecting polarizer |
US5819164A (en) * | 1996-01-29 | 1998-10-06 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army | Modulated retroreflection system for secure communication and identification |
US6139323A (en) * | 1997-07-10 | 2000-10-31 | C.O.E.L. Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh | Weapon effect simulation method and appliance to perform this method |
US20040190117A1 (en) * | 2003-03-31 | 2004-09-30 | Raug Electronics | Modulatable reflector |
US6985274B2 (en) * | 2003-03-31 | 2006-01-10 | Ruag Electronics | Modulatable reflector |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US8403672B2 (en) | 2009-10-21 | 2013-03-26 | Tim Odorisio | Training target for an electronically controlled weapon |
WO2019147874A3 (en) * | 2018-01-26 | 2019-09-26 | Kla-Tencor Corporation | High-power short-pass total internal reflection filter |
US10691024B2 (en) | 2018-01-26 | 2020-06-23 | Kla-Tencor Corporation | High-power short-pass total internal reflection filter |
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
WO2005111528A1 (en) | 2005-11-24 |
EP1598632A1 (en) | 2005-11-23 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
US8400625B1 (en) | Ground support equipment tester for laser and tracker systems | |
US7234265B1 (en) | Internal red dot sight | |
US4121890A (en) | Laser rangefinder tester | |
US5825464A (en) | Calibration system and method for lidar systems | |
US4464115A (en) | Pulsed laser range finder training or test device | |
US3524710A (en) | Self-luminous reflex sight | |
US20140176954A1 (en) | Laser beam pattern projector | |
US6770865B2 (en) | Systems, methods, and devices for detecting light and determining its source | |
KR101882481B1 (en) | System for simultaneously executing optical alignment and performance of common optical system | |
US10527920B1 (en) | System, method and device for a high fidelity electro-optical simulator | |
US2450712A (en) | Multiple reticle collimating gun sight | |
US20210341264A1 (en) | Optical systems and devices for ballistic parameter measurements | |
US6139323A (en) | Weapon effect simulation method and appliance to perform this method | |
US3709580A (en) | Extended range polarization target | |
US6072572A (en) | Common aperture multi-sensor boresight mechanism | |
US20080026346A1 (en) | Target System | |
US4624641A (en) | Laser simulator for a firing port weapon | |
FR2578042A1 (en) | POINTING EXERCISE DEVICE WITH A FIREARMS | |
EP1344015B1 (en) | Firing simulator | |
US4273536A (en) | Gun simulator system | |
US3836263A (en) | Improved reflex sight having a frequency selective collimating beam combining mirror | |
JP5466894B2 (en) | target | |
CN110230951A (en) | Infrared/laser integration target simulation equipment with measurement function | |
EP1705497B1 (en) | Efficient and reliable testing of laser rangefinders | |
US10613426B1 (en) | System, method and device for a long range, real size weapon systems plume simulator for testing optical detection devices in the field |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
AS | Assignment |
Owner name: SAAB AB, SWEDEN Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:HOLMER, ANNA-KARIN;FREDRIKSSON, ARNOLD;REEL/FRAME:018625/0792;SIGNING DATES FROM 20061006 TO 20061010 |
|
STCB | Information on status: application discontinuation |
Free format text: ABANDONED -- FAILURE TO RESPOND TO AN OFFICE ACTION |