Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for determining geo location of a target using a cone coordinate system
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Application No.: US15673385Application Date: 2017-08-09
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Publication No.: US10670689B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: William D. May
- Applicant: RAYTHEON APPLIED SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Main IPC: G01S3/02
- IPC: G01S3/02 ; G01S5/02 ; G01S5/06 ; G01S5/12 ; G01S5/04

Abstract:
A method for determining geo-position of a target by an aircraft includes: receiving navigation data related to the aircraft including aircraft attitude information; receiving multilateration information related to the target including an angle to the target; calculating an axis for a cone fixed to the aircraft, based on the received aircraft attitude information; calculating a central angle for the cone from the received angle to the target; generating two vectors orthogonal to the cone axis; calculating a cone model from the axis, the central angle and the two vectors; and intersecting the cone model with an earth model to obtain a LEP curve, wherein the LEP curve is used to determine the geo position of the target.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170371022A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GEO LOCATION OF A TARGET USING A CONE COORDINATE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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