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Passive emitter location system

US5406291A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 5, 1993
Grant dateApr 11, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 5, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S2205/03
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A passive emitter location system is capable of performing emitter location autonomously from a single airborne observation platform and includes a bearing measurement system, a system for measuring doppler induced frequency shifts, and means for estimating the emitter location based on non-simultaneous measurement of the bearing and frequency using extended Kalman filters preferably initialized by a single measurement delayed initialization procedure.

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