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Systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans

  • US 20080165047A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 07/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of detecting friendly fire comprising:

  • obtaining position data of a military asset via a GPS receiver contained within a position sensor associated with the military asset;

    processing position data and sensor data via a processing component contained in the sensor that receives the position data from the GPS receiver;

    communicating sensor data to a host device via a communication interface in the sensor configured to enable wireless communication between the sensor and the host device;

    obtaining direction data from an electronic compass in communication with the processing component;

    exchanging information with the host device to enable the host device to determine when users of individual sensors are firing weapons at each other; and

    receiving a friendly fire incident warning when the sensor is associated with the friendly fire incident.

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