METHOD OF DETERMINING DIRECTION OF OPTICAL RADIATION SOURCE USING VEHICLES Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01S17/06 

FIELD: physics, optics.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to optical electronics and can be used in precision systems for establishing communication, in systems for precision guidance of narrow optical beams, trajectory measurement systems, as well as systems for providing stability of an optical data channel, mounted on vehicles. The method of determining the direction of an optical radiation source using vehicles involves: mounting two electro-optical coordinators (EOC) on vehicles (cars, armoured vehicle etc), wherein the position of the EOC is stabilised in the vertical and horizontal planes i order to maintain orthogonal orientation of receiving fields of the EOC in the coordinate system; using a navigation system to determine current coordinates of the EOC and coordinates of photocells of matrix receivers relative thereto; receiving radiation of the source scattered by an aerosol formation and calculating angular coordinates of the source from the current coordinates of the photocells a having maximum value of output signals.

EFFECT: enabling determination of angular coordinates of an optical radiation source using direction-finding vehicles.

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