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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas E. Wood, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Paul R. Work, Bristol, RI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Wood, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Paul R. Work, Bristol, RI (US);
Assignee:
Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for identifying a plurality of contacts from a signal return, defining a zone containing a number of contacts from the plurality of contacts, determining a centroid for the contacts in the zone, and tracking the contacts in the zone as a single contact based on the centroid.