US 12,228,630 B2
Periodic priority based scan schedule
Adam Wagenknecht, St. Louis, MO (US); and John Joseph Keaveny, West Groves, MO (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,314.
Prior Publication US 2023/0417856 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G01S 1/56 (2006.01); G01S 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC G01S 1/56 (2013.01) [G01S 1/045 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a controller configured to:
determine a first periodic priority function based on a first emitter signal periodicity of a first emitter type;
determine a second periodic priority function based on a second emitter signal periodicity of a second emitter type; and
generate a scan schedule of a receiver system based on at least the first periodic priority function and the second periodic priority function, wherein the scan schedule includes a time sequence of scan slots; and
for a particular scan slot of the scan schedule:
determine a first priority based at least in part on a slot start time of the particular scan slot, a first emitter state, the first periodic priority function, a first base priority of the first emitter type, or a combination thereof;
determine a second priority based at least in part on the slot start time, a second emitter state, the second periodic priority function, a second base priority of the second emitter type, or a combination thereof; and
assign the particular scan slot to the first emitter type based at least in part on the first priority and the second priority.