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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Mark A. Friesel, Ewing, NJ (US);
Thomas R. Gillespie, Cinnaminson, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Friesel, Ewing, NJ (US);
Thomas R. Gillespie, Cinnaminson, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Coporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A maximum gap method and system provide for identifying a space sector within which a system capable of engaging an object, should search for the object. A detector system that may be a radar or other active range determination system tracks position of the moving object and based on position estimates and the uncertainties associated with the position estimates, generates a range of possible positions for each estimate then determines gaps between the uncertainties and derives the search sector based on the maximum gap.