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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1993
Carl J Campagnuolo, Potomac, MD (US);
Stephen Kreider, Laurel, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for positively identifying the vehicles, troops, and landmarks of friendly forces to reduce or eliminate the threat of fratricide includes a light display comprising a plurality of flexible electroluminescent panels which are conformable with and affixable to visible outer surface of friendly or noncombatant vehicles, troop helmets, or landmarks. Each of the panels is electrically energized and modulated under computer control to provide various combinations of pattern display, color, intensity, and activation times to transmit a desired identification code.