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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Haoyun Wu, Manlius, NY (US);
Haoyun Wu, Manlius, NY (US);
Sensis Corporation, East Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of multilaterating the position of a target, including the steps of deploying a plurality of time synchronized receiving units in a network that allows the receiving units to communicate with a central processor; receiving a target signal from the target at each receiving unit; determining a time of arrival for the target signal at each receiving unit; determining position data for each receiving unit at the time when the target signal is received at each respective receiving unit; and using the time of arrival and position data for each receiving unit to determine the position of the target by multilateration. A system for carrying out the method is also disclosed.