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Foreign object detection system and method

  • US 7,663,507 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2007
  • Issued: 02/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for detection of objects at airports comprising:

  • a plurality of object detector modules associated with fixed airport surface lighting, each of said plurality of object detector modules providing an output containing information useful in detecting moving or movable objects at an airport; and

    a selectably directable pointer associated with at least one of said plurality of object detector modules and receiving said output, said pointer being operative to use said output for directing illumination at said moving or movable object detected by at least one of said plurality of object detector modules associated therewith, thus illuminating a location of said object.

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