Downsizing of an integrated tracking unit for multiple applications

William J. Steinway; James E. Thomas; Michael J. Nicoloff; Mark D. Patz

doi:10.1117/12.266736

18 February 1997 Downsizing of an integrated tracking unit for multiple applications

William J. Steinway, James E. Thomas, Michael J. Nicoloff, Mark D. Patz

Proceedings Volume 2938, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Systems for Law Enforcement; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266736
Event: Enabling Technologies for Law Enforcement and Security, 1996, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes the specifications and capabilities of the integrated tracking unit (ITU) and its multiple applications are presented. The original ITU was developed by Coleman Research Corporation (CRC) for several federal law enforcement agencies over a four-year period and it has been used for friendly and unfriendly vehicle and person position tracking. The ITU has been down-sized to reduce its physical size, weight, and power requirements with respect to the first generation unit. The ITU consists of a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for precise position location and a cellular phone to transmit voice and data to a PC base station with a modem interface. This paper describes the down-sizing of the unit introduced in CRC's 'An Integrated Tracking Unit for Multiple Applications' paper presented at the 1995 Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center's symposium in Nashua, NH. This paper provides a description of the ITU and tested applications.

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William J. Steinway, James E. Thomas, Michael J. Nicoloff, and Mark D. Patz "Downsizing of an integrated tracking unit for multiple applications", Proc. SPIE 2938, Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence Systems for Law Enforcement, (18 February 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.266736

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