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Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Eric J. Gudim, Goleta, CA (US);

Lee M. Savage, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/04 (2006.01); G01S 3/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/04 (2013.01); G01S 3/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

A receiver operable to determine a geolocation of a radio emitter is disclosed. The receiver can identify a set of observations derived from signals emitted by the radio emitter. The signals can be detected via an antenna associated with the receiver. The receiver can identify an estimated location of the radio emitter. The receiver can calculate a cone angle complement for each observation in the set of observations. The cone angle complement can correspond to an ambiguity level of each observation. The receiver can sort the observations based on corresponding ambiguity levels to produce a set of sorted observations. The receiver can process, using a Kalman filter in the receiver, the set of sorted observations to iteratively refine the estimated location for determination of the geolocation of the radio emitter.


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