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Method and apparatus for assessing contact clusters

US7750840B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

Thomas E. Wood · Windom, US
Paul R. Work · Bristol, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 4, 2007
Grant date	Jul 6, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 2, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S13/726
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for identifying a plurality of contacts from a signal return, defining a zone containing a number of contacts from the plurality of contacts, determining a centroid for the contacts in the zone, and tracking the contacts in the zone as a single contact based on the centroid.

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