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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2012
Kevin Kieffer, Germantown, MD (US);
Walter Allensworth, Poolesville, MD (US);
Conrad Zeglin, Rockville, MD (US);
James Wiggins, Thurmont, MD (US);
Peter Owen, Monrovia, MD (US);
Jeffrey Herdman, Bethesda, MD (US);
Kevin Kieffer, Germantown, MD (US);
Walter Allensworth, Poolesville, MD (US);
Conrad Zeglin, Rockville, MD (US);
James Wiggins, Thurmont, MD (US);
Peter Owen, Monrovia, MD (US);
Jeffrey Herdman, Bethesda, MD (US);
Adaptive Methods, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
A method of locating an underwater based system, the method including determining the underwater based system's geo-location, encoding the underwater based system's geo-location for RF transmission, encoding the underwater based system's geo-location for acoustic transmission, and transmitting RF and acoustic signals containing the encoded geo-location to a receiving station. A locator for locating an underwater based system including a buoy, a global positioning system having an antenna and a receiver, an RF transmission system including an antenna and a transmitter, an underwater acoustic transducer, and a locator control unit adapted to determine the underwater based system's geo-location, encode the underwater based system's geo-location for RF transmission, encode the underwater based system's geo-location for acoustic transmission, and transmit RF and underwater acoustic signals containing the encoded geo-location.