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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Jonathan S. Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard O. Nielsen, Anaheim, CA (US);
Henry Hooper Davis, Irvine, CA (US);
Paul H. Dunholter, Corona del Mar, CA (US);
Jonathan S. Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
Richard O. Nielsen, Anaheim, CA (US);
Henry Hooper Davis, Irvine, CA (US);
Paul H. Dunholter, Corona del Mar, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
The different advantageous embodiments provide a method and apparatus for detecting an aircraft. The different advantageous embodiments may provide a method for detecting an acoustic emission emitted by the aircraft using a number of acoustic sensors to form a detected acoustic emission. The aircraft may be identified from the detected acoustic emission to form an identified aircraft. A bearing may be estimated for the identified aircraft using the detected acoustic emission.