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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:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian Holt, Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/02 ;
Abstract
The location of a transmitter can be determined using a proxy receiver, such as a natural landmark or man-made structure, which reflects and/or refracts the signal from a transmitter toward a receiver. A processor is operatively connected to the receiver and determines the location of the transmitter based on a multilateration calculation that includes the Time of Arrival of the transmitted signal at the proxy receiver and the known or calculated location of the proxy receiver as inputs.