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Methods and system for determining angles of sight between two devices

US8022873B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2009
Grant dateSep 20, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S3/48
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of determining angles of sight between a receiver device having at least two reception antennas and at least one transmitter device having at least one transmission antenna for the transmission of radioelectric signals including at least two wavelengths. The determining method is based on angular phase measurements of the radioelectric signals, which are measured modulo 2π and are therefore ambiguous since they are known to within an integer number of times 2π. The ambiguity in the phase measurements is resolved in the case of an application of the determining method to a receiver device dimensioned by applying a method of design of a system for determining angles of sight. A receiver device implements the determining method, and a system for determining angles of sight includes the receiver device and at least one transmitter device.

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