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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2007
Joseph G. Mickley, Kentwood, MI (US);
Raymond Michael Stitt, Ada, MI (US);
Frank Saggio, Iii, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jane C. Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory J. Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Joseph G. Mickley, Kentwood, MI (US);
Raymond Michael Stitt, Ada, MI (US);
Frank Saggio, III, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Jane C. Pavlich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory J. Wassick, Petersburg, MI (US);
Smiths Aerospace, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
An airborne tracking system including a radiation emitter, a radiation receiver and a signal processor. The radiation emitter is adapted to direct radiation to a positioning area a defined distance from the radiation emitter, the radiation carrying a modulated location signal containing information corresponding to positions within the positioning area. The radiation receiver is adapted to receive at least a portion of the emitted radiation carrying the modulated signal and output a signal to the signal processor indicative of the modulation of the location signal of the received radiation. Signal processor is adapted to process the outputted signal and identify a position within the positioning area indicative of the location in the positioning area of the received radiation.