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US 8,712,433 B1Granted
Methods and systems for use in tracking targets for direction finding systems
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsBenjamin Alan Stensland, Kevin Luke Mace, David Mark McClelland
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Abstract
A tracking device is at a tracking device location, and a processing unit is at a home location. The processing unit receives a first signal associated with the target, determines positional data associated with the target, and transmits the positional data to the tracking device.
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A method for tracking a target at a target location, said method comprising:
- receiving a first signal at a home location from a direction finding (DF) device at a DF device location, wherein the first signal is associated with the target;
- determining positional data associated with the target;
- determining, at the home location, instructions for operation of the DF device to facilitate increasing a reception quality of a beacon signal received by the DF device from the target;
- transmitting the instructions to the DF device;
- and
- transmitting the positional data to a tracking device at a tracking device location.
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A computing system for tracking a target at a target location, said computing system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable storage device having encoded thereon computer readable instructions that are executable by the processor to perform functions comprising:
- receiving a first signal at a home location from a direction finding (DF) device at a DF device location, wherein the first signal is associated with the target;
- determining positional data associated with the target;
- determining, at the home location, instructions for operation of the DF device to facilitate increasing a reception quality of a beacon signal received by the DF device from the target;
- transmitting the instructions to the DF device;
- and
- transmitting the positional data to a tracking device at a tracking device location.
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A system for tracking a target at a target location, said system comprising:
- a tracking device at a tracking device location;
- a direction finding (DF) device at a DF device location;
- and
- a control module at a home location, the control module programmed to:
- receive a first signal associated with the target from the DF device;
- determine positional data associated with the target;
- determine instructions for operation of the DF device to facilitate increasing a reception quality of a beacon signal received by the DF device from the target;
- transmit the instructions to the DF device;
- and
- transmit the positional data to the tracking device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.