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Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2019
Applicant:

Intelligent Sciences Ltd., Newfoundland, CA;

Inventors:

Jacques Y. Guigné, Paradise, CA;

Nicholas G. Pace, Bath, GB;

Assignee:

Intelligent Sciences Ltd., Newfoundland, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/22 (2006.01); G01S 5/24 (2006.01); G01S 5/26 (2006.01); G01C 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/30 (2006.01); G01S 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 5/22 (2013.01); G01C 5/005 (2013.01); G01S 5/186 (2013.01); G01S 5/24 (2013.01); G01S 5/26 (2013.01); G01S 5/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining position of an aircraft with reference to a location on the ground includes transmitting an acoustic signal from a position on the aircraft to an array of spaced apart acoustic sensors proximate the location. The method includes at least one of (i) determining a time difference of arrival of the acoustic signal between each of the acoustic sensors and a reference acoustic sensor and (ii) determining an arrival time of the acoustic signal at each of the spaced apart acoustic sensors. The position of the aircraft is determined from the time differences of arrival and/or the arrival times.


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