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System and method for precision acoustic event detection

US7420878B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2005
Grant dateSep 2, 2008
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/41
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for providing precision locations for sensors which make up an array of sensors in a gunshot detection system. In a preferred embodiment sensors employ a commercial GPS which reports a sensor position or a group of pseudoranges to GPS satellites. A server collects differential information from a differential node and, in one preferred embodiment, calculates a precision position for each sensor by adjusting the reported position or pseudoranges with the differential information. In another preferred embodiment differential information is sent from the host to individual sensors which calculate their own precision positions. Differential information may be latitude and longitude corrections, pseudorange corrections, ionospheric delay, GPS satellite clock drift, or other corrective term which will improve the accuracy of a sensor position.

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