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Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2009
Applicants:

Ralph E. Hayles, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);

James A. Moryl, San Antonio, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ralph E. Hayles, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);

James A. Moryl, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignees:

Location & Tracking Technologies, LLC, New Vernon, NJ (US);

Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 15/08 (2006.01); H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of estimating an arc-position of a distal transmitter is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving radio frequency signals from said distal transmitter into an antenna having an array of feed horns and a Luneberg lens portion and (2) estimating an arc-position of said distal transmitter based on signal strengths provided by ones of said feed horns.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hayles, Jr., Ralph. (2013). System and method for position or range estimation, tracking and selective interrogation and communication (U.S. Patent No. 8378922). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8378922

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