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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:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence E Young, La Canada, CA (US);
Stephen M Lichten, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jeffrey Y Tien, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Charles E Dunn, Pasadena, CA (US);
Bruce J Haines, Pasadena, CA (US);
Kenneth H Lau, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ; G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342386 ; 34235708 ; 701300 ;
Abstract
An autonomous formation flying sensor for precise autonomous determination and control of the relative position and attitude for a formation of moving objects.