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Method for locating moving objects

US5798731A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 1996
Grant dateAug 25, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/878
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The method of the invention is mixed and uses, in the forward link, the measurement of the phase of tones modulating a carrier and, in the backward link, a spectrum spread by pseudonoise code, which makes it possible to date the reception of the message. Application to the location of miscellaneous moving objects (land, sea, air, etc.).

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