Signal direction finder system

Claim 1

IN A SIGNAL DIRECTION FINDER SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE DIRECTION OF A REMOTE OBJECT BY SIGNALS TRANSMITTED THEREFROM, AN ARRAY OF A PLURALITY OF "N" INDIVIDUAL SIGNAL RECEPTORS ARRAYED IN A PREDETERMINED MANNER AND FIXING THE RECEPTOR DIRECTION FOR DELIVERING, RESPECTIVELY, CORRESPONDING "N" INDIVIDUAL RECEPTOR SIGNALS, WHEREIN "N" IS AT LEAST FOUR, COMBINING MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF "N" INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING TERMINALS CORRESPONDING, RESPECTIVELY, TO SAID "N" RECEPTORS AND OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO ALL RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL RECEPTOR SIGNALS FOR PRODUCING A RESULTANT DEVIATION OUTPUT SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO THE DEVIATION ANGLE OF SAID RECEPTOR DIRECTION FROM THE OBJECT DIRECTION, AND SUPPRESSOR MEANS INCLUDING A SET OF "N" INPUT TERMINALS AND A SET OF "N" OUTPUT TERMINALS CORRESPONDING, RESPECTIVELY, TO AND CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID INDIVIDUAL "N" RECEPTORS AND TO SAID "N" RECEIVING TERMINALS, AND "N" CORRELATING MEANS CORRESPONDING TO AND CONNECTED BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL "N" INPUT AND "N" OUTPUT TERMINALS OF SAID SUPPRESSOR MEANS, EACH OF SAID "N" CORRELATING MEANS BEING ALSO INTERCONNECTED WITH ALL OTHERS OF SAID INPUT TERMINALS FOR CORRELATING THE RECEIVED RECEPTOR SIGNAL WITH ALL OTHER RECEPTOR SIGNALS AND RESPONSIVE THERETO TO PRODUCE A CORRESPONDING NOISE-CLEAR RECEPTOR SIGNAL WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF NOISE SIGNALS, SAID SUPPRESSOR MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MULTIPLYING MEANS SUFFICIENT IN NUMBER TO GENERATE THE CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTION BETWEEN EACH RECEPTOR SIGNAL; A PLURALITY OF MEANS FOR INTEGRATING THE OUTPUT OF SAID MULTIPLYING MEANS CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID MULTIPLIER MEANS.