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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2012
Applicant:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Dongsong Zeng, Germanton, MD (US);
Ruy C. Brandao, Redmond, WA (US);
Eduard Shestak, Redmond, WA (US);
Steve Pratt, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Eric Euteneuer, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/93 (2006.01); G01S 13/78 (2006.01); G01S 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/9303 (2013.01); G01S 3/48 (2013.01); G01S 13/782 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for calculating coherent bearing that allow one to reduce the number of TCAS antenna elements. In one embodiment, the bearing calculation takes into account signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) difference experienced from top and bottom antennas mounted on a vehicle.