A voice-controlled weapons launching system for use by a pilot of an aircraft against a plurality of simultaneously appearing (i.e., existing) targets, such as two or more aggressor aircraft (or tanks, or the like) attacking the sole defender aircraft. The system includes, in combination, a voice-controlled input device linked to and controlling a computer; apparatus (such as a television camera, receiver, and display), linked to and actuated by the computer by a voice command from the pilot, for acquiring and displaying an image of the multi-target area; a laser, linked to and actuated by the computer by a voice command from the pilot to point to (and to lock on to) any one of the plurality of targets, with the laser emitting a beam toward the designated (i.e., selected) target; and a plurality of laser beam-rider missiles, with a different missile being launched toward and attacking each different designated target by riding the laser beam to that target. The system allows the pilot to use his hands full-time to fly and to control the aircraft, while also permitting him to launch each different missile in rapid sequence by giving a two-word spoken command.
Voice Command Weapons Launching System
1982
27 pages
Report
No indication
English
Ordnance , Fire Control & Bombing Systems , Patent applications , Voice communications , Command and control systems , Fire control systems , Guided missile launchers , Computers , Television cameras , Display systems , Laser beams , Beam rider trajectories , Multiple operation , Launching , Quick reaction , Pilots , Human factors engineering , Fighter aircraft , Voice commands , Multiple targets , Workloads
VOICE COMMAND ACCEPTANCE APPARATUS AND VOICE COMMAND ACCEPTANCE METHOD
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