(under subclass 3.1) Subject matter wherein the trajectory or stability of the missile is controlled by a command signal originating inside the missile.
(1) Note. The command signal inside the missile may depend upon some source outside the missile which is radiating energy but which is not varied for the purpose of influencing the missile. For example, the source may be wave energy from the sun, the stars, the earth's magnetic field, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
76+, for automatic guidance systems for fluid sustained or manned aircraft.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems, 130+, for generic data processing control systems.
395, Information Processing System Organization,
500.29, for the mathematical simulation of a vehicle.
701, Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, and Relative Location,
3+, for computing systems for vehicle control or vehicle condition indication and subclasses 200+ for computations in the application of navigation.
