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A high resolution ranging method is described utilizing a novel modulated waveform, hereafter referred to as coherent burst modulation. In the coherent burst method, high …
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57 ABSTRACT A range determination apparatus for determining target range within a range depth of D and within a range bin error of e comprises a carrier frequency transmitter for …
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An apparatus is provided for use in determining the distance and velocity of a distant object. The apparatus employs a low energy optical radiation source that emits identical external …
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A continuous wave ranging system comprises a modulator for modulating an rf carrier signal in accordance with a pseudo random code, a transmitting antenna for radiating the signal …
FG Yetter - US Patent 5,045,859, 1991 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A phase reference navigation system and method en ploys a plurality of fixed narrow beamwidth antennas arranged to cover a predetermined angular sector and …
GV Eltgroth - US Patent 2,416,741, 1947 - Google Patents
Green, US Patent 1,750,668, and Holmes, US Patent 2,198,113, both describe Systems in Which distance is determined by phase neaS urements on energy transmitted and retrans …
R Watt - US Patent 3,766,555, 1973 - Google Patents
In a ranging system, a first modulating signal is de tected as an indication of the" fine'range from the transmitter to the target. A second modulating signal, a combined signal including" …
EA Wachter, WG Fisher - US Patent 5,745,437, 1998 - Google Patents
A high resolution ranging method is described utilizing a novel modulated waveform, hereafter referred to as coherent burst modulation. In the coherent burst method, high …
P Sperber - US Patent 7,315,355, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and a device for optically measuring a distance by emitting an amplitude modulated and bundled optical signal and by receiving the signal reflected from a target …