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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:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harald Schuessler, Daisendorf, DE;
Oswald Bender, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Assignee:
Dornier System GmbH, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342 25 ; 342 78 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for topographically mapping the surface of the Earth under utilization of measuring the altitude by means of radar, and under further utilization of a synthetic aperture for the radar, as well as an electronically controlled antenna lobe. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is suggested to conically pivot the antenna lobe around a nadir, whereby pivoting of the center line follows a path such that the line constitutes the geneatrix of a cone.