Cooperative automatic tracking

A system and method are provided for automatic cooperative object tracking using gain comparison of antenna pairs facing different directions. In cooperative object tracking, the object is associated with a radiation source, or beacon, that emits radiation that is detected by the tracking system. Th...

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Main Authors Taylor, Scott K, Glover, Gordon Jason, Sammons, Alexander G, Boyle, Christopher T
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.03.2019
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORDCARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
TESTING
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Summary:A system and method are provided for automatic cooperative object tracking using gain comparison of antenna pairs facing different directions. In cooperative object tracking, the object is associated with a radiation source, or beacon, that emits radiation that is detected by the tracking system. The present invention makes use of antennas that are not highly oriented antennas but are characterized by having a steep drop in their gain profiles at a particular angle of incidence of the radiation that they detect.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514630524