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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Theodore J. Hoffmann, Hiawatha, IA (US);
Mark M. Mulbrook, Marion, IA (US);
James A. Stevens, Lucas, TX (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is disclosed for using two or more currently installed antenna elements on a vehicle for geolocation of a remote emitter. Redundant antenna elements initially installed for a non-geolocation purpose are employed to receive signals from the remote emitter. A splitter is used to tap from the received signal where the content of the received signal, if desired, is available to a non-geolocation receiver for which the antenna element was originally designed. The splitter transmits the split portion of the signal to a geolocation sensing receiver for signal processing based on a two or more antenna element geolocation solution.