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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2009
Applicants:

Sandor Holly, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Donald E. Harrington, Moorpark, CA (US);

Nicholas Koumvakalis, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sandor Holly, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Donald E. Harrington, Moorpark, CA (US);

Nicholas Koumvakalis, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In one embodiment a system to detect, from a remote location, one or more wires in a target location comprises a radiation targeting assembly to direct a rotating polarization radiation field at the target location, a reflected radiation collecting assembly that collects radiation reflected from the target location, and a signal processing module to monitor radiation from the rotating radiation field reflected from the target location and generate a signal when the radiation reflected from the target location indicates the presence of a wire in the target location. Other embodiments may be described.


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