Title :
A panoramic stabilized periscope with common optical path
Author_Institution :
Inf. & Commun. Res. Div., Chung Shan Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Taoyang, Taiwan
Abstract :
"Panoramic stabilization" and "common optical path" as designed are two significant issues regarding the technology of periscope detection. The idea of "panoramic stabilization" is to construct a pseudo level coordinate while in 360° searching. Sighting vector to the target expressed by spherical coordinate should be based on this panoramic stabilized level. The design of "common optical path" entirely employs a set of reflection mirrors with folded optical path for various light wave bands to shorten the size of the periscope. Devices associated with these features are developed and wrapped up in terms of an analysis of conceptual configuration.
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; compasses; gyroscopes; optical beam splitters; common optical path; conceptual configuration analysis; panoramic stabilized periscope; periscope detection; pseudo level coordinate; reflection mirrors; spherical coordinate; Assembly; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Costs; Head; Laser beams; Mirrors; Optical beam splitting; Optical design; Optical reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Security Technology, 2003. Proceedings. IEEE 37th Annual 2003 International Carnahan Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7882-2
DOI :
10.1109/CCST.2003.1297557
