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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:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip E. Chumbley, Aurora, IL (US);
Suzanne Kennedy Rajchel, Wheaton, IL (US);
Michael Gerard Ressl, Western Springs, IL (US);
Assignee:
VantagePort, Inc., Western Springs, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/374 ; G01S 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/374 ; G01S 3/02 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for determining location information corresponding to a volume in space (VIS) that is occupied by a selected target from a remote observation platform through the process of collecting an identification signal from a source at or near the selected target and associating VIS location information data with that signal to identify location information corresponding to the VIS occupied by the target.