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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2013
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Karl D. Brommer, Exeter, NH (US);
Sterling J. Anderson, Allston, MA (US);
Dieter B. Brommer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Karl D. Iagnemma, Cambridge, MA (US);
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Abstract
In the method of reducing the likelihood of collisions, the improvement comprising the step of embedding passive radio transponders in a tape, grease, or other materials; applying said passive radio transponders to an object of which collisions must be avoided, and mounting an active interrogating transponder on a moving machinery, which uses the information provided by the radio transponders to semi-autonomously avoid collisions.