F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 41 – J
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
41
J
F41J 5/10 (2006.01) F41G 3/02 (2006.01) F42B 12/36 (2006.01) F42B 25/00 (2006.01) H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2173650
An autonomous bomb damage assessment system (10) that is piggybacked to a bomb (11) to provide imagery of a bombed area immediately after bomb delivery. The bomb damage assessment system (10) comprises a housing (20) that is releasably secured to the bomb (11). An imaging system (13) is disposed at one end of the housing (20) and a folded inflatable balloon (18) is disposed at the other end of the housing (20). An inflation device (17) is provided for inflating the balloon (18) with a lighter-than-air gas such as helium. A proximity fuze (14) is used to sense the location of the ground, for causing the system (10) to be ejected awayfrom the bomb (11) shortly before bomb impact, and for causing the inflation device to inflate the balloon (18). A data link (16) is disposed in the housing (20) for transmitting images derived from the imaging system (13) to a remote location. The present invention provides imagery of a bombed area immediately after bomb delivery. The lighter than air characteristic of the system (10) allows a dwell time over the bombed area so debris and dust can settle. Fine resolution and short range provide detailed images. Television or infrared cameras may be used as theimaging system (13) to permit for day or night missions. The data link (16) allows images to be recorded in an aircraft sent via satellite to a recording center. The images may then be flown back to a base or relayed from the aircraft to the baseusing another data link. Bomb damage assessment may be performed at the base within minutes after an attack.
Raytheon Company
Sim & Mcburney
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