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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Robert Wayne Austin, Huntsville, AL (US);
Gregory A. Mercier, Madison, AL (US);
Bruce Weddendorf, Huntsville, AL (US);
Robert Wayne Austin, Huntsville, AL (US);
Gregory A. Mercier, Madison, AL (US);
Bruce Weddendorf, Huntsville, AL (US);
Sunsight Holdings, LLC, Oviedo, FL (US);
Abstract
A directional alignment and alignment monitoring sensor system that is designed to be mounted to a directional or omni-directional antenna wherein the system includes a sensor having one or more phototransistors that are associated with one or more baffle members and wherein each baffle member defines a restrictive light passageway toward a phototransistor such the by measuring the time that a phototransistor is illuminated, a correct orientation of the antenna may be accurately determined.