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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
May. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Lone Star Ip Holdings, Lp, Addison, TX (US);
Inventors:
Hugh Logan Scott, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Steven D. Roemerman, Highland, TX (US);
John P. Volpi, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lone Star IP Holdings, LP, Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G01S 13/75 (2006.01); G01S 13/90 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/751 (2013.01); G01S 5/0221 (2013.01); G01S 5/12 (2013.01); G01S 13/9035 (2013.01); G01S 2013/9064 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interrogator and system employing the same. In one embodiment, the interrogator includes a receiver configured to receive a return signal from a tag and a sensing module configured to provide a time associated with the return signal. The interrogator also includes a processor configured to employ synthetic aperture radar processing on the return signal in accordance with the time to locate a position of the tag.