NON-CONTACT DETONATION METHOD AND NON-CONTACT TARGET SENSOR Russian patent published in 2022 - IPC G01S17/06 F42C13/02 

FIELD: optical technology.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of optical location and armament. The expected result is achieved by periodically probing space with a series of light pulses with a directional pattern in the form of a hollow conical surface, detecting a target and determining the direction to it by registering reflected radiation with a quadrant photodetector in a sequence of time windows synchronously with a series of light pulses and analyzing the magnitudes and signs of the first and second difference signals obtained by subtracting signals registered in the central-symmetrical elements with respect to the optical axis, the formation of a detonation pulse when registering N reflected signals.

EFFECT: increase in accuracy while simultaneously increasing the angular viewing area.

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