- Patent Title: Radio frequency (RF) ranging in propagation limited RF environments
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Application No.: US16182175Application Date: 2018-11-06
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Publication No.: US11035947B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: David Farrell , Thomas Pattison
- Applicant: Aerial Surveying, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US HI Kamuela
- Assignee: Aerial Surveying, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aerial Surveying, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US HI Kamuela
- Agency: Duft & Bornsen, PC
- Main IPC: G01S13/76
- IPC: G01S13/76 ; G01S7/295

Abstract:
The embodiments described herein provide ranging capabilities in RF-opaque environments, such as a jungle, utilizing transponders located on a property line. In particular, the embodiments described herein provide for determining a perpendicular distance to a property line from a ranging device. The transponders are located on the property line and a separated from each other by a known distance. The ranging device transmits RF signals to the transponders, which are received by the transponders and re-broadcasted back to the ranging device on a different frequency. The ranging device uses information about the transmitted and received RF signals and the known distance to calculate a perpendicular distance from the ranging device to the property line.
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