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Portable, lightweight, compact, eye-safe, battery-operated laser range finder and digital compass assembly, mountable onto a personal weapon or aiming device, to accurately measure distance, azimuth and elevation angle of a target and increase the accuracy and probability of the hit. The laser range

Portable, lightweight, compact, eye-safe, battery-operated laser range finder and digital compass assembly, mountable onto a personal weapon or aiming device, to accurately measure distance, azimuth and elevation angle of a target and increase the accuracy and probability of the hit. The laser range finder and digital compass assembly has a laser transmitter for transmitting an output laser beam having a wavelength in the range of 1.0 to 1.1 microns, an OPO converter for converting the output laser beam to an eye-safe range between 1.5 and 2.2 microns whose time of travel to and from an external target is measured to obtain the range, an expander for expanding the converted output laser beam, a detector for receiving a returned laser beam reflected from the external target and for producing a signal related to the time interval between the output pump beam and the returned pump beam, a digital compass assembly, a microprocessor, and a device for boresighting the expander with the external target, operatively connected to the laser transmitter. The device is placed in a housing adapted for mounting the device onto the personal weapon or aiming device. The laser transmitter is a flashlamp-pumped, battery-operated pump laser.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An eye-safe portable laser range finder and digital compass assembly, mountable onto a personal weapon or other aiming device, comprising:a laser transmitter for transmitting an eye-safe laser beam having a wavelength between 1.5 and 2.2 microns to an external target, sai

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An eye-safe portable laser range finder and digital compass assembly, mountable onto a personal weapon or other aiming device, comprising:a laser transmitter for transmitting an eye-safe laser beam having a wavelength between 1.5 and 2.2 microns to an external target, said laser transmitter includinga converter for converting an input laser beam having a wavelength of from about 1.0 to 1.1 microns, to an output laser beam having a wavelength of from about 1.5 to 2.2 microns, andan expander for expanding said eyesafe laser beam to thereby reduce its divergence;a detector for producing a return signal upon the reception of a return laser beam corresponding to a portion of said eyesafe laser beam that has been reflected from the external target;a digital compass for producing a compass output signal defining azimuth and elevation angle;a processor for processing the return signal from said detector and the compass output signal from said digital compass to measure distance, azimuth and elevation angle of the external target;a boresighting member for boresighting said expander with the external target, operatively connected to said laser transmitter; anda housing containing the device, wherein said housing includes a mount for mounting the eye-safe portable laser range finder and digital compass assembly onto the aiming device.