Patent US 6,690,978

The subject of the invention relates to a positioning system having a control that integrates a GPS receiver for determining the system's operating coordinates. The control can interface with either radio or cellular telephone transceivers, or receivers for receiving GPS coordinate data via remote radio or cellular transceivers or senders, in order to process the local GPS coordinate data using logarithms for solving triangles with various geometrical propositions to establish and control the sensor positioner and to automatically maintain a sensor fix on remote objects or vehicles transmitting their GPS coordinates. The positions control is configured with a target operating mode that permits an operator to manually steer the positioner to desired positions at which information is desired, and to engage the control to make use of, at targeted time, positioner angular data stemming from the positions dive assemblies encoders to automatically maintain a sensor fix on desired targeted positions. In addition, the positions control is configured with a coordinate entry mode that permits an operator to engage the controller to automatically position the positioner in order to maintain a sensor fix on the entered coordinates. The positioning system functions to either maintain a sensor fix on stationary or moving objects from either a stationary position or a moving object or vehicle.