Friend or foe detection system and method and expert system military action advisory system and method
US6166679A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S5/0009
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A friend or foe detection system and method is disclosed. Friend or foe warning unit 20 has a geographic locating system, a communication system for communicating with each of the warning units, and a military force detection system for detecting military forces in a combat area and has a signal routing and control circuitry 50 for controlling operations. A number of components, devices, or sub-systems, such as a transmitter/receiver radio 28, an antenna 26, a microphone 30, a speaker 32, a battery 34, a display 36, a microprocessor 38, a memory 40, a camera 56, a radar/lidar input 54, on/off switch 52, a GPS location system 45 that includes a GPS processor 46, a GPS receiver 42, a GPS antenna 44, are coupled to the circuitry 50. Display 36 provides a display to the user of the unit 20 and shows the location of friendly forces as well as unfriendly or unidentified forces in the area. Display 36 displays text messages for the user of the warning unit 20. The microprocessor 38 together with memory 40 provide microprocessor control of the operations of the warning unit 20. The geographic locating system includes GPS processor 46, GPS receiver 42, and GPS antenna 44, and it is used to …
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