Cluster track identification
US11474189B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S2205/03
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A correlation and track system identifies whether a Radar warning (RW) Track contains one or more emitters by receiving a set of initial Short and Long Baseline Interferometer (SBI) (LBI) detections; receiving inertial navigational data; receiving subsequent LBI detections; determining whether the LBI detections represent one or multiple emitter(s) by designating an initial SBI conic with a multiple of its one sigma conic Direction Finding (DF) accuracy window as containing the emitter; laying down a set of grid points within the SBI conic window as possible emitters' locations; summing real and imaginary values of a residual phase in the form of a unit vector at each grid point for each LBI update; identifying whether there are one or more emitters in RW track based on whether the magnitude of a peak vector is above or below a defined threshold; and invoking geolocation algorithms based on the vector's magnitude.
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