US 12,449,235 B2
Method for assisting with firing on a moving target, and associated device and assembly
Gabriel Narcy, Saint Heand (FR)
Assigned to THALES, Meudon (FR)
Appl. No. 18/551,527
Filed by THALES, Meudon (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/057451
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/200325, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2102831 (FR), filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0123075 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. F41G 1/473 (2006.01)
CPC F41G 1/473 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of assisting firing at a moving target, comprising the steps of:
a. displaying, in a targeting window, a main indicator, superimposed on a direct view of a scene, the main indicator indicating a firing axis of a firing system,
b. measuring a distance between the main indicator and a target of the scene on which the main indicator is superimposed in the targeting window, following reception of a command to designate the target,
c. determining a speed of movement of the target following recognition of the target on at least two successive images of the targeting window,
d. determining a targeting position in the targeting window, anticipating an angular movement of the target relative to the firing axis, between the firing of a projectile by the firing system and an impact of the projectile, according to the speed of movement of the target, a speed of the projectile and the distance, and
e. displaying, in the targeting window, a secondary indicator at the determined targeting position.