COLLISION AVOIDANCE AND STATION KEEPING ANTENNA SYSTEM

The patent describes a method of applying a circularly symmetric antenna system to collision avoidance and station keeping with the ability to respond retrodirectively. Specifically, airborne or surface vehicles may employ a method which determines the relative bearing between the vehicles from a single interrogation of one vehicle by the other.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Government-owned invention available for licensing. Patent application filed 19 Sept. 72.
• Corporate Authors:

  Department of the Navy

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Coleman, H P
  • Bishop, W B
• Publication Date: 1974-11-26

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antennas; Crash avoidance systems; Radar; Ship operations
• Old TRIS Terms: Antenna systems; Station keeping
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00130684
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AD-D001 367/2 Patent, PAT-APPL-290 427
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1976 12:00AM