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Volume in space locator

  • US 6,420,994 B1
  • Filed: 06/14/1999
  • Issued: 07/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of determining location information corresponding to a volume in space, the volume in space occupied by a target, comprising the steps of:

  • storing, within a database, location information associated with spatial geographic coordinates of a pre-determined geographic reference coordinate system;

    transmitting, from an observation platform, an interrogation signal toward the target;

    receiving, at the observation platform, a response signal passively reflected from the target;

    determining an observation platform spatial geographic coordinate within the pre-determined geographic reference coordinate system;

    determining compass heading, angular inclination, and distance to the target, relative to the observation platform spatial geographic coordinate, by using data gathered from the reflected response signal;

    determining a volume in space spatial geographic coordinate within the pre-determined geographic reference coordinate system, using the compass heading, angular inclination, distance to the target, and the observation platform spatial geographic coordinate; and

    associating the volume in space spatial geographic coordinate with location information corresponding to the volume in space by querying the database.

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