公开(公告)号：US06396235B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-28

申请号：US09755819

申请日：2001-01-05

申请人： Thomas W. Ellington ,  Bruce E. Exely ,  Jeffrey S. Folmer ,  William S. Lambros ,  Thomas D. Linton ,  John P. Buck, Jr. ,  Russell R. Moning ,  Peter M. Ellis ,  Kenneth A. Roseman ,  James R. Marshall

发明人： Thomas W. Ellington ,  Bruce E. Exely ,  Jeffrey S. Folmer ,  William S. Lambros ,  Thomas D. Linton ,  John P. Buck, Jr. ,  Russell R. Moning ,  Peter M. Ellis ,  Kenneth A. Roseman ,  James R. Marshall

IPC分类号： G01C1948

CPC分类号： F41G3/22 ,  Y10T74/1221

摘要： A two axis (azimuth and elevation) stabilized common gimbal (SGC) for use on a wide variety of commercial vehicles and military vehicles which are employed in combat situations capable of stabilizing a payload of primary sensors and of mounting a secondary sensor payload that is independent of the moving axes. The SCG employs three gyroscopes, inertial angular rate feedback for providing gimbal control of two axes during slewing and stabilization. In addition the third (roll) gyroscope is used for performing automatic calibration and decoupling procedures. In this regard, the SCG provides an interface for the primary suite of sensors comprising one or more sensors having a common line-of-sight (LOS) and which are stabilized by electronics, actuators, and inertial sensors against vehicle motion in both azimuth and elevation. Remote positioning of the LOS of sensors in the primary suite is also accomplished, with the SCG providing an inertial navigation system (INS) which provides navigation and which detects the LOS for the primary suite of sensors relative to the vehicle. The aforementioned stabilized gimbal employs unique features such as automotive gyro calibration and decoupling algorithm that increases the producibility of the system and the stabilized gimbal has the capability of being remotely controlled via its system serial link where commands may originate from devices such as radio links or target trackers.

摘要翻译： 用于多种商业车辆和军用车辆的双轴（方位和高程）稳定的通用万向架（SGC），用于能够稳定主传感器有效载荷并且安装独立的辅助传感器有效载荷的作战情况 的移动轴。 SCG采用三个陀螺仪，惯性角速率反馈，用于在回转和稳定期间提供两个轴的万向节控制。 此外，第三（滚动）陀螺仪用于执行自动校准和去耦程序。 在这方面，SCG为主要传感器套件提供了一个接口，该传感器包括一个或多个具有公共视距（LOS）的传感器，并且由电子，致动器和惯性传感器稳定，以便在方位角和 海拔。 传感器LOS在主套件中的远程定位也实现，SCG提供惯性导航系统（INS），其提供导航并且检测相对于车辆的主要传感器组的LOS。上述稳定的万向节应用 独特的功能，如汽车陀螺校准和解耦算法，提高系统的可靠性和稳定的万向节具有通过其系统串行链路进行远程控制的能力，其中命令可能来自诸如无线电链路或目标跟踪器的设备。