Systems and methods for autonomous location of “Emergency Personal Locator Beacons” and other emergency Radio Frequency communication devices; providing navigation between Robotic systems such as a UAS, and the asset which is carrying a Personal Locator Beacon, EPIRB or signaling device which transmits a digital, ASCII or similar embedded data stream, intended for tracking and emergency location, within its RF broadcast. This method for navigating a robotic system or UAS relative to a defined target comprises detecting, on an Emergency Radio Frequency (RF) receiver an Emergency Radio Frequency signal generated by a Transmitter carried on the target, such as an Automatic Identification System Transmitter, As such there may be GPS enabled embedded data messages in these VHF radio transmissions, which is the focus of this invention. The invention decodes and parses the data contained in these messages, using proprietary software, converting them into motion commands for an autonomous robotic system.


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    Title :

    UASTrakker - Emergency Radio Frequency Locator for Drones and Robots


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    Publication date :

    2022-09-08


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS



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