Accession Number:

ADD002475

Title:

Apparatus for Automatically Determining the Bearing Center of Radar Beams.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Sullivan,Dean R.
• Vinatieri,John D.

Report Date:

1975-10-07

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

The patent relates to electronic apparatus for automatically determining the bearing center of received radar beams. Each received beam hit sequence is processed by a beamsplitter which essentially counts the number of hits which occur as the beam sweeps by a target and selects the median of the number of hits as the bearing center of the beam. A plurality of identical beam splitters are connected in a predetermined configuration such that substantially simultaneous processing of more than one received beam can be accomplished.

Descriptors:

• *Radar navigation
• *Radar equipment
• *Radar beams
• *Beam splitting
• *Patents
• Navigational aids

Subject Categories:

• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE