Method and system for elliptical-based surveillance
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01S-003/02
G01S-013/08
G01S-013/00
출원번호
US-0429926
(2006-05-08)
등록번호
US-7477193
(2009-01-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Evers,Carl A.
Xie,Yue
Breen,Thomas J.
출원인 / 주소
ERA Systems Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Bell,Robert Platt
인용정보
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84
초록▼
A method and system are provided for performing elliptical-based and hybrid surveillance, performing false target detection and resolution, and performing integrity monitoring using one or more receiving and transmitting elements time synchronized to a common precision time reference, and a central
A method and system are provided for performing elliptical-based and hybrid surveillance, performing false target detection and resolution, and performing integrity monitoring using one or more receiving and transmitting elements time synchronized to a common precision time reference, and a central workstation. Antennas for transmitting and receiving elements are located at known positions separated from one another. At a given time, one of the transmitting elements transmits an interrogation signal to one or more targets, which respond to the interrogation with a reply transmission, received by one or more receiving elements. The central workstation calculates each target's ellipse of position with respect to each receiving element, using the interrogator element time of interrogation measurement and each receiving element's time of arrival measurement for the corresponding reply transmission, and then fuses the elliptical line of positions for each receiving element to compute target positions or augment passive surveillance position. At a scheduled time, the one or more transmitting elements transmit a reference signal to the receiving elements(s). The central workstation uses each of the receiving elements time stamped signals to perform integrity monitoring.
대표청구항▼
We claim: 1. A target position locating system for generating position data for a plurality of targets, the system comprising: one or more transmitters for transmitting a transmit signal to a target at a transmit signal Time of Transmission (TOT) for each transmitted signal; one or more system rece
We claim: 1. A target position locating system for generating position data for a plurality of targets, the system comprising: one or more transmitters for transmitting a transmit signal to a target at a transmit signal Time of Transmission (TOT) for each transmitted signal; one or more system receivers for receiving a target return signal corresponding to each transmit signal and measuring target return signal Time of Arrival (TOA); a processor for synchronizing a transmit signal TOT and a target return signal TOA measurements to a system precision time reference and correlating a target return signal TOA to a corresponding transmit signal TOT, calculating the Round Trip Delay Time (RTDT) for each correlated transmit signal TOT and return signal TOA, and calculating the target's Ellipse of Position (EOP) for each RTDT. 2. The target position locating system of claim 1, wherein the processor further calculates two-dimensional (x,y) target position using the RTDT and EOP data. 3. The target position locating system of claim 1, wherein the processor further calculates three-dimensional (x,y,z) target position using the RTDT and EOP data. 4. The target position locating system of claim 1, wherein the processor further detects false targets using one or more RTDT and EOPs. 5. The target position locating system of claim 1, further comprising: one or more transmit signal receivers for receiving the transmit signal from the one or more transmitters and determining the transmit signal Time of Transmission (TOT) for each transmitted signal; wherein the TOT is determined by measuring TOA of the transmit signal from one or more transmit signal receivers and subtracting the known transmission time between a corresponding transmitter and each transmit signal receiver. 6. The target position locating system of claim 5, wherein the transmit signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time and have line-of-sight with at least one of one or more transmitters. 7. The target position locating system of claim 6, wherein one or more of satellite-based timing, precision clocks, and reference transmissions are used to synchronize the one or more transmitters. 8. The target position locating system of claim 1, wherein the processor precisely schedules transmit signal TOT and coordinate this schedule with each transmitter. 9. The target position locating system of claim 8, wherein the transmitters and return signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time. 10. The target position locating system of claim 1, wherein the return signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time. 11. The target position locating system of claim 1, wherein antennas for the one or more return signal receivers and antennas for the one or more the transmitters are separated by a fixed distance at survey positions. 12. The target position locating system of claim 1, wherein target position is calculated from two or more EOPs. 13. A target position locating system for generating position data for a plurality of targets, the system comprising: one or more transmitters for transmitting a transmit signal to a target and determining the transmit signal Time of Transmission (TOT) for each transmitted signal; one or more system receivers for receiving a target return signal corresponding to each transmit signal and measuring target return signal Time of Arrival (TOA); a processor for synchronizing a transmit signal TOT and a target return signal TOA measurements to a system precision time reference, correlating return signal TOA measurements of a return signal received at two or more receivers, calculating Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) for all combinations of receiver pairs of correlated return signal TOA measurements, and calculating a Line of Position (LOP) for each TDOA for the target. 14. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein the processor calculates two-dimensional (x,y) target position using the TDOA and LOP data. 15. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein the processor calculates three-dimensional (x,y,z) target position using the TDOA and LOP data. 16. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein the processor further detects false targets using one or more TDOA and LOPs. 17. The target position locating system of claim 13, further comprising: one or more transmit signal receivers for receiving the transmit signal from the one or more transmitters and determining the transmit signal Time of Transmission (TOT) for each transmitted signal; wherein the TOT is determined by measuring TOA of the transmit signal from one or more transmit signal receivers and subtracting the known transmission time between a corresponding transmitter and each transmit signal receiver. 18. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein the transmit signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time and have line-of-sight with at least one of one or more transmitters. 19. The target position locating system of claim 18, wherein one or more of satellite-based timing, precision clocks, and reference transmissions are used to synchronize the one or more transmitters. 20. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein the processor precisely schedules transmit signal TOT and coordinate this schedule with each transmitter. 21. The target position locating system of claim 20, wherein the transmitters and return signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time. 22. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein the return signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time. 23. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein antennas for the one or more return signal receivers and antennas for the one or more the transmitters are separated by a fixed distance at survey positions. 24. The target position locating system of claim 13, wherein target position is calculated from one or more EOP and one or more LOP. 25. A target position locating system for generating position data for a plurality of targets, the system comprising: one or more transmitters for transmitting a transmit signal to a target and determining the transmit signal Time of Transmission (TOT) for each transmitted signal; one or more system receivers for receiving a target return signal corresponding to each transmit signal and measuring target return signal Time of Arrival (TOA); a processor for synchronizing a transmit signal TOT and a target return signal TOA measurements to a system precision time reference and correlating a target return signal TOA to a corresponding transmit signal TOT, calculating the Round Trip Delay Time (RTDT) for each correlated transmit signal TOT and return signal TOA, calculating the target's Ellipse of Position (EOP) for each RTDT, correlating return signal TOA measurements of a return signal received at two or more receivers, calculating Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) for all combinations of receiver pairs of correlated return signal TOA measurements, and calculating a Line of Position (LOP) for each TDOA for the target. 26. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein the processor calculates two-dimensional (x,y) target position using position using RTDT, TDOA, EOP and LOP data. 27. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein the processor calculates three-dimensional (x,y,z) target position using position using RTDT, TDOA, EOP and LOP data. 28. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein the processor further detects false targets using one or more RTDT and EOPs. 29. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein the processor further detects false targets using one or more TDOA and LOPs. 30. The target position locating system of claim 25, further comprising: one or more transmit signal receivers for receiving the transmit signal from the one or more transmitters and determining the transmit signal Time of Transmission (TOT) for each transmitted signal; wherein the TOT is determined by measuring TOA of the transmit signal from one or more transmit signal receivers and subtracting the known transmission time between a corresponding transmitter and each transmit signal receiver. 31. The target position locating system of claim 30, wherein the transmit signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time and have line-of-sight with at least one of one or more transmitters. 32. The target position locating system of claim 31, wherein one or more of satellite-based timing, precision clocks, and reference transmissions are used to synchronize the one or more transmitters. 33. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein the processor precisely schedules transmit signal TOT and coordinate this schedule with each transmitter. 34. The target position locating system of claim 33, wherein the transmitters and return signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time. 35. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein the return signal receivers are precision time synchronized to a common system reference time. 36. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein antennas for the one or more return signal receivers and antennas for the one or more the transmitters are separated by a fixed distance at survey positions. 37. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein target position is calculated from two or more EOPs. 38. The target position locating system of claim 25, wherein target position is calculated from one or more EOP and one or more LOP. 39. A target position locating system for generating position data for a plurality of targets, the system comprising: means for receiving at one or more system receiver sites, a target signal from the target corresponding to a transmit signal from the target; means for measuring target signal Time of Arrival (TOA); means for decoding target signal data transmissions; means for synchronizing target signal TOA measurements to a satellite based time reference; means for correlating return signal TOA measurements of a return signal received at two or more sites; means for calculating the Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA) for all combinations of receive site pairs of correlated return signal TOA measurements; and means for calculating the target's Line of Position (LOP) for each TDOA. 40. The target position locating system of claim 39, further comprising: means for calculating the two-dimensional (x,y) and three-dimensional (x,y,z) target position using the TDOA. 41. The target position locating system of claim 39, further comprising: means for communicating target signal TOA and decoded data transmissions to other surveillance systems. 42. The target position locating system of claim 39, further comprising: means for receiving and processing target signal TOA and decoded data transmissions from other surveillance systems. 43. The target position locating system of claim 39, wherein the target signal TOA and decoded data transmissions are formatted in a standardized message format. 44. The target position locating system of claim 39, wherein the system receiver sites use satellite network to generate a periodic synchronization timing pulse for defining the start of a TOA measurement period. 45. The target position locating system of claim 39, wherein the system receiver sites uses satellite network to generate the time reference data for each synchronization timing pulse.
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