Adaptive control system for airborne television camera

Claim 1

AN ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE ELECTROOPTICAL GUIDANCE SYSTEMS WHICH ALLOWS EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF THE DIRECTION OF THE OPTICAL AXIS DURING DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPERATION, COMPRISING: (A) A CONTROL STICK MEANS WHICH PROVIDES OUTPUT SIGNALS IN PITCH AND IN YAW, (B) SEPARATE PITCH AND YAW CHANNELS, (C) EACH SEPARATE SAID PITCH CHANNEL AND SAID YAW CHANNEL INCLUDING AN INTEGRATOR MEANS, AN ADDING CIRCUIT MEANS, AND A CONTROL STICK MOTION SENSOR MEANS, (D) OUTPUT SIGNALS IN PITCH BEING FED TO SAID INTEGRATOR MEANS, SAID ADDING CIRCUIT MEANS AND SAID CONTROL STICK MOTION SENSOR MEANS IN THE PITCH CHANNEL, (E) OUTPUT SIGNALS IN YAW BEING FED TO SAID INTEGRATOR MEANS, SAID ADDING CIRCUITS MEANS AND SAID CONTROL STICK MOTION SENSOR MEANS IN THE YAW CHANNELS, (F) THE OUTPUTS OF SAID PITCH CHANNEL CONTROL STICK MOTION SENSOR MEANS AND SAID YAW CHANNEL CONTROL STICK MOTION SENSOR MEANS BEING FED TO SAID INTEGRATOR MEANS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHANNELS, THE OUTPUTS OF EACH SAID CONTROL STICK MOTION SENSOR MEANS BEING USED TO CAUSE DISCHARGE OF RESPECTIVE SAID INTEGRATION MEANS, (G) THE OUTPUT OF SAID INTEGRATOR MEANS BEING FED TO RESPECTIVE SAID ADDING CIRCUIT MEANS, (H) CAMERA MEANS HAVING AN OPTICAL AXIS, (I) A SERVO MEAN BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CAMERA MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF THE CAMERA AXIS, (J) THE OUTPUT OF BOTH THE PITCH CHANNEL ADDING CIRCUIT MEANS AND THE JAW CHANNEL ADDING CIRCUIT MEANS BEING FED TO SAID SERVO MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID CAMERA AXIS.