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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Newport, RI (US);
Inventors:
Bryon A. Nelson, Charlestown, RI (US);
Matthew J Sylvia, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method of use is provided for the magnetic positioning of at least one vehicle of a vehicle group. The method includes detecting a magnetic field of a target vehicle with a magnetometer of a tracking vehicle, measuring a total strength of the detected magnetic field with the magnetometer, determining the magnetic field strength of the target vehicle, identifying the target vehicle, and determining a position of the target vehicle based on a known position of the tracking vehicle at a time when the total magnetic field strength is measured.