Method and apparatus for determining the roll angle position of a rotating flying body

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PATENT NO 5661555
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08438019

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A method and apparatus for determining the roll angle position of a rotating flying body (2) relative to a fixed station (1) with the aid of a laser (3) light beam (4, 24) emitted by the fixed station (1) and received by the flying body (2). To determine the roll angle position of the flying body located at an arbitrary position within the guide beam (4) precisely and simply, a phase-coded laser light beam (guide beam) is produced with the aid of an optical element, particularly a holographic optical element (6). This guide beam (14) is then decoded in a receiving apparatus (8) of the flying body by means of a further holographic element (11) that is rigidly connected to the flying body (2). The further holographic element (11) is configured such that maximum brightness or intensity only occurs at the receiving detector (13) if it is located parallel to the holographic element (11) on the side of the laser (3), i.e., non-mirror-symmetric information must be impressed upon the guide beam (4).

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RHEINMETALL INDUSTRIE GMBH40880 RATINGEN
TZN FORSCHUNGS-UND ENTWICKLUNGSZENTRUM UNTERLUSS GMBHNEUENSOTHRIETHER STR 20 29345 UNTERLUSS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Misoph, Helmut Lauf a.d. Pegnitz, DE 4 51
Romer, Rudolf Kaarst, DE 27 400
Wollmann, Gerd Oberhausen, DE 7 89

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