Electronic triangulation system

• US 3,248,734 A
• Filed: 08/30/1963
• Issued: 04/26/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: David F. Mcclinton, Jack G. Weiss
• Original Assignee: David F. Mcclinton, Jack G. Weiss
• Inventors: Weiss, Jack G., Mcclinton, David F.
• Application Number:
  US04/305,776
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• US Class Current: 342/464
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/46 Indirect determination of position data

Claims

1. AN ELECTRONIC TRIANGULATION SYSTEM FOR PLOTTING THE POSITION OF ONE OR MORE MOVING TARGETS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, MEANS FOR PROVIDING SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE AZIMUTH OF EACH SAID TARGET FROM A PLURALITY OF DIVERSE LOCATIONS, INFORMATION STORAGE MEANS INCLUDING AN AZIMUTH STORAGE TUBE FOR EACH SAID DIVERSE LOCATION, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID AZIMUTH SIGNALS TO SAID STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING AN AZIMUTH LINE FOR EACH SAID TARGET ON A MAP ORIENTED STORAGE AREA OF EACH SAID TUBE, MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY SCANNING THE STORAGE AREA OF EACH SAID STORAGE TUBE TO PROVIDE PULSES IN RESPONSE TO SAID STORED AZIMUTH LINES, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO COINCIDENCE OF SAID PULSES TO PROVIDE A COINCIDENCE SIGNAL, AND FURTHER INFORMATION STORAGE MEANS INCLUDING A STORAGE TUBE HAVING A MAP