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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Leonard Alan Plotke, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventor:
Leonard Alan Plotke, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 3/802 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting objects of interest using sounds. Sounds are monitored for using a sensor array. A number of beams are formed. Each beam in the number of beams is formed for a selected direction in which the selected direction for each beam is relative to a line of sight for the sensor array. A presence of a number of objects of interest is identified using the number of beams and the sounds detected by the sensor array.