Boresight method with various methods

    公开(公告)号:US11796623B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17848778

    申请日:2022-06-24

    申请人: Mano D. Judd

    发明人: Mano D. Judd

    IPC分类号: G01S7/40 G01S3/02 G01S3/48

    CPC分类号: G01S3/023 G01S3/48

    摘要: The present invention, Methods for RF or Acoustic Boresighting, is a collection of various methods of accounting for and correcting for the errors that occur in a receiver during signal collection, and are an extension of patent Ser. No. 10/185,022, by using Radio Frequency coupling as opposed to switches. These updated methods enable a means to ensure a collected signal can be calibrated at any point during the signal collection period without having to cease signal collection in order to switch in a reference signal. These methods also account for signal bandwidth and signal type, including wideband, pulse, and continuous signals.

    ANGLE-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATION METHOD FOR ARBITRARY ANTENNA SPACINGS AND CORRESPONDING COMMUNICATION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230266422A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-24

    申请号:US18170934

    申请日:2023-02-17

    申请人: NXP B.V.

    IPC分类号: G01S3/48 H04W64/00

    CPC分类号: G01S3/48 H04W64/003

    摘要: A method for determining an angle of arrival at a communication device is described. The method comprises performing a message exchange between the communication device and a further communication device. The message exchange comprises receiving at least one first message associated with a first frequency at the communication device by means of a first antenna and a second antenna and receiving at least one second message associated with a second frequency at the communication device by means of the first antenna and the second antenna. The method further comprises determining the angle of arrival defined by an orientation of the communication device and a transmission direction of the message exchange, wherein the angle of arrival is determined based on the received first message and the received second message. Furthermore, a corresponding communication device is described.

    Short baseline interferometer (sbi) geolocation using nelder-mead

    公开(公告)号:US11733340B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-22

    申请号:US16793395

    申请日:2020-02-18

    摘要: Techniques are disclosed for determining a true bearing angle from an airborne platform to a source of a radar signal. In an embodiment, a grid is generated based on a coarse range to, and angle-of-arrival of, an electromagnetic signal. The grid represents a geographic area thought to contain the emission source. A measured spatial angle is computed for each pulse of the signal received during a data collection interval. Hypothesized spatial angles are computed for a point in each grid box in the grid. A score is generated for each grid point based on the computed hypothesized spatial angles for the grid point and the measured spatial angles. The grid point having the lowest score is identified as a seed location and is used to launch a Nelder-Mead algorithm that converges on a point in the grid. A true bearing angle to the source of a radar angle is computed to the point provided by the Nelder-Mead algorithm.