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  • Patent number: 6556511
    Abstract: A method of tracking an object comprising the steps of acquiring the position of at least one object; selecting the at least one object as a target; determining a sampling window which envelopes the target; obtaining an echo; repeating the foregoing step of obtaining an echo a predetermined number of times; determining valid echoes from the target; calculating the current position of the target from the received echoes; and repeating the steps of obtaining, repeating, determining, and calculating as desired. The step of obtaining an echo comprises the steps of transmitting a pulse at a desired frequency from a transducer; scanning for echoes within the sampling window by a receiver; and receiving at least one echo of the pulse at the receiver which are within the sampling window, the at least one echo having a frequency that matches the outgoing pulse frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Techno Research
    Inventor: James M. Welke