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Aircraft identification and docking guidance systems

  • US 20030060998A1
  • Filed: 04/29/2002
  • Published: 03/27/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for determining whether a detected object is a known object, the known object having a known profile and also having a known feature at a known location, the system comprising:

  • projecting means for projecting light pulses onto the detected object;

    collecting means for collecting light pulses reflected off the detected object and for detecting a shape of the detected object in accordance with the light pulses;

    comparing means for comparing the detected shape with a profile corresponding to the known shape and for determining whether the detected shape corresponds to the known shape; and

    identifying means for identifying whether the detected object is the known object by determining whether the detected object has the known feature at the known location.

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