Determining emitter locations

TJ O'shea, RW McGwier, NA McCarthy - US Patent 9,661,604, 2017 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Various electrical devices emit radio signals. For example, communications
radios, emergency safety beacons, radars, television broadcast towers, wireless access …

Three-dimensional direction finding for estimating a geolocation of an emitter

T Holzer, B Peters, DT Driggs… - US Patent App. 13 …, 2011 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003 Direction finding (DF) can refer to an estimation of a direction of arrival
(DOA) for a given signal that is inter cepted. The purpose of DF systems is to locate the …

Geolocation of radio frequency signals within a sensitive area using a grid of linear antennas

R Sternowski - US Patent 9,244,148, 2016 - Google Patents
A system detects the location of an uncooperative emitter by measuring the power level in
an RF signal using a grid of linear antennas. The linear antennas are arranged in an x, y …

Passive device monitoring using radio frequency signals

DG Butler, RW Mincher - US Patent 9,245,433, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Personal wireless electronic devices have become ubiqui tous. Many of
these devices use more than one wireless pro tocol to connect to the outside world, such as …

Near-vertical direction finding and geolocation system

RP Gooch, AW Roscow - US Patent 8,405,550, 2013 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND It is often required to determine the location of an RF emitter for various
purposes. For example, in an emergency situation Such as a fire or earthquake, people in …

Determining an estimated location of a base station

BC Liu, Z Jia, J Yu, J Chen - US Patent 9,357,521, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND A mobile device can communicate wirelessly with a wire less
communication network by employing radio frequency (RF) field propagation. The radio …

Adjustable wireless circuitry with antenna-based proximity detector

RW Schlub, R Caballero - US Patent 9,071,336, 2015 - Google Patents
(51) Int. Cl antenna signals. A coupler and antenna signal phase and tion iM40(2015.01)
magnitude measurement circuitry may be used to determine HOIO I/24(200601) when …

Core antenna for EAS and RFID applications

RL Copeland, SE Hall, WM Farrell - US Patent 7,317,426, 2008 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND EAS and RFID systems are typically utilized to protect and/or track assets. In
an EAS system, an interrogation Zone may be established at the perimeter, eg at an exit …

Identification device detection using multiple signal combination

SJ Koerner - US Patent 7,049,933, 2006 - Google Patents
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A method, according to various aspects of the present
invention, for determining whether an identification device is detected, includes:(a) selecting …

Sensing RF environment to detect change in geographic location of cellular base station

M Hirano, MS McMeekin, A Tariq - US Patent 8,280,366, 2012 - Google Patents
In a traditional mobile telecommunication network, mobile stations (eg, mobile phones)
communicate via an air link with a stationary base transceiverstation (BTS), typically a tower …