Cooperative automatic tracking
US10241186B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N7/18
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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.
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