COMPLEX HOMING HEAD (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC F41G7/22 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: complex homing head comprises an optical and infrared digital photo cameras, a passive or an active radiolocator, an automatic pilot, a unit of threshold passage of a signal of an optical photo camera, a unit of switching off of infrared pixels, an electronic key, a delay line and a night vision device. The signal from the night vision device or from the infrared camera arrives to a specialised computer of a control system, where with the specified extent of validity it is compared with all-aspect images of all known airplanes available in the computer memory. After identification of the airplane type the computer determines the predetermined resolution or prohibition for target damage. A pre-programmed most vulnerable area is selected on the target, and further homing is carried out to the same area by readings from the night vision device or infrared camera.

EFFECT: improved accuracy.

9 cl, 1 dwg