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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1976
Robert H Johnson, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
On a vehicle to be navigated, a transmitter for radiating a signal having a plurality of frequencies and a receiver tuned to receive a predetermined harmonic of each of the plurality of frequencies, discriminate between the predetermined harmonics, and determine the range of position markers reradiating each of the predetermined harmonics, with a plurality of passive markers, each having a nonlinear electrical response characteristic and each tuned to reradiate the predetermined harmonic of a different one of the plurality of frequencies when the radiated signal from the transmitter impinges thereon, fixedly mounted at predetermined positions relative to a desired course to be traveled by the vehicle.
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