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US 8,001,901 B2Granted
Signal transmission surveillance system
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorJamie Bass
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Abstract
A system and method of detecting, processing, and selectively responding to radio frequency transmissions detected by at least one projectile deployed above a geographic area.
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An apparatus for detecting signal transmissions, the apparatus comprising:
- an electronic projectile including a processor, a radio frequency detector operably coupled to the processor and configured to detect radio frequency transmission signals, a first transmitter operably coupled to the processor and configured to transmit a source signal including data about the detected radio frequency transmission signals, a first receiver operably coupled to the processor, and a responder operably coupled to the processor;
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- an operator station including a second receiver configured to receive the source signal, a controller operably coupled to the second receiver and configured to generate a control signal in response to a trigger, and a second transmitter configured to transmit the control signal to the receiver of the electronic projectile;
- wherein the processor of the electronic projectile activates the responder upon receiving the control signal;
- wherein said processor, said first transmitter, and said first receiver send a signal to query a plurality of communication devices within a predetermined range of said projectile, wherein said query triggers said communication devices to transmit a unique identification data code associated with each of said communication devices;
- wherein said processor appends said unique identification data code to said signal data.
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An apparatus for detecting signal transmissions, the apparatus comprising:
- an electronic projectile including a processor, a radio frequency detector operably coupled to the processor and configured to detect radio frequency transmission signals, and a transmitter operably coupled to the processor and configured to transmit a source signal including data about the detected radio frequency transmission signals;
- an operator station including a receiver configured to receive the source signal, a controller operably coupled to the receiver and configured to generate a radio frequency transmission map in response to the source signal;
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- a display operably coupled to the controller of the operator station and configured to display the transmission map;
- wherein said processor, said first transmitter, and said first receiver send a signal to query a plurality of communication devices within a predetermined range of said projectile, wherein said query triggers said communication devices to transmit a unique identification data code associated with each of said communication devices;
- wherein said processor appends said unique identification data code to said signal data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.