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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184572 | Real time control and management of a TDMA radio A method is provided to control scheduling of transmission and reception by a TDMA radio. This method allows individual transmissions and receptions to be independently configured for different frequencies, coding rates, modulation schemes, in fact anything which th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176520 | Communication system and method for a mobile platform A communication system is provided for use with a mobile platform. The communication system can be configured to store video data on-board to allow pseudo-live or live broadcasts to be played as the mobile platform traverses a number of broadcasts regions. The mobil... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166645 | Method for providing near-hermetically coated, thermally protected integrated circuit assemblies The present invention is a method for providing an integrated circuit assembly, the integrated circuit assembly including an integrated circuit and a substrate. The method includes mounting the integrated circuit to the substrate. The method further includes adding ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164487 | System, module, and method for presenting messages to a pilot of an aircraft A present novel and non-trivial system, module, and method for presenting messages to a pilot of an aircraft are disclosed. The system comprises a source for providing message data, a message generating (“MG”) processor, and a presentation system. Message data r... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161529 | High-assurance architecture for routing of information between networks of differing security level The present invention is directed to routing information between networks of differing security level. Communication to/from each network is handled by a dedicated Offload Engine (OE). Each OE interfaces to a Guard Engine through a Guard Data Mover (GDM) and include... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161281 | High assurance data tagger for I/O feeds The present invention is a method and system for high-assurance data tagging for input/output feeds. The method may include executing a high-assurance tagging application on a microprocessor (e.g., the microprocessor being designed for use in a high-assurance embedd... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160757 | System and method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display The present invention is a method for providing optimum multi-map overlay in a flight deck navigation display of an aircraft. The method includes outputting absolute terrain data to the navigation display for display by the navigation display. The method further inc... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160569 | Bootstrap recursive directional determination for dynamic high-rate directional networking links The present invention is a wireless communication system and method. In an exemplary embodiment, the system includes a plurality of transceiver nodes arranged in a network and configured to communicate between transceiver nodes using an Orthogonal Domain Multiple Ac... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160251 | Scalable distributed software defined radio (SDR) and mission computing architecture A system providing a scalable distributed operating environment is provided. The system may include a cryptographic module for encrypting communications for transmission over an external network. Further, more than one classified processor may be communicatively cou... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160243 | System, apparatus, and method for the secure storing of bulk data using one-time pad encryption A present novel and non-trivial decryption system and methods are disclosed for the secure storing of bulk data using one-time pad (“OTP”) encryption. A storage device could be initialized with an OTP prior to encrypting data received from a data source. Parts o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159464 | Enhanced flight display with improved touchscreen interface An enhanced flight display system for an aircraft, including primary display controls, a flight display, and processing elements. The primary display controls provide a primary capability for performing defined display functions. The flight display includes a touchs... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159416 | Synthetic vision dynamic field of view The present disclosure is directed to a dynamic field of view (FOV) for a synthetic vision system (SVS) scene. The FOV within the SVS scene may switch between a FOV conformal to the real world outside of a vehicle and a wider FOV when beneficial. In an aircraft, for... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159403 | GPS munitions/artillery anti-jamming array with multi-band capability The present invention is a multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) antenna array. The antenna array includes a first antenna assembly configured for being fuse-mounted a first distance from an aft end of at least one of an artillery shell and a munition. The antenna array ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159369 | Weather radar system and method An aircraft hazard warning system configured to provide an indication of a hazard level to an electronic display includes an input configured to receive first input data and second input data. The first input data includes at least one of lightning detection data, r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159314 | Actively tuned filter An actively tuned filter providing a constant bandwidth at a plurality of frequencies. The filter includes first and second electromagnetically coupled coiled resonators, each resonator having an open end configured to receive an input and a shorted end configured t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149742 | System and method for receiving and transmitting signals A diplexer for steering transmit and receive signals between an antenna and a transmitter and receiver of a radio frequency communication system. The diplexer includes a first quadrature hybrid device configured for bidirectional communication with the antenna and c... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140611 | Method and representations for exporting tactical data link information as a web service A scalable method and apparatus for performing a mashup of military Situation Awareness (SA) data in a tactical data link (TDL) with data residing in several databases, using a web server-web browser architecture over an IP-based network. In a preferred embodiment t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139624 | System and method for providing multiple ad hoc communication networks on a hardware channel A node for communicating with multiple ad hoc communication networks includes a first antenna configured to communicate in a first frequency band associated with a first ad hoc communication network and a second antenna configured to communicate in a second frequenc... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139025 | Cursor positioning via voice recognition A cursor positioning system for a computer display system includes a coarse positioning subsystem and a fine positioning subsystem. The coarse positioning subsystem provides a coarse positioning signal to a cursor control and rendering subsystem of a computer displa... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138982 | Munitions/artillery shell GPS multi-edge slot anti-jamming array The present invention is a multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) antenna array. The antenna array includes a first multi-band GPS edge-slot antenna and a second multi-band GPS edge-slot antenna. The first edge-slot antenna and the second edge-slot antenna are configured ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134491 | Systems and methods for terrain and obstacle detection by weather radar A method is provided for controlling an aircraft-mounted radar system configured to project radar beams and to receive radar returns relating to the projected radar beams. The method includes providing at least one output to the radar system that causes the radar sy... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132616 | Temperature conditioning system with thermo-responsive valves Disclosed is a temperature conditioning system including several thermal transfer blocks, where each is associated with one of several components requiring thermal management. Each of the components is associated with a different time dependent thermal management pr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125406 | Custom, efficient optical distortion reduction system and method Systems and methods for custom efficient optical distortion reduction where an image is pre-distorted based on the characterization of an optical system, so that when projected onto a curved optical surface the viewer sees a non distorted image. The approach involve... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125398 | Circularly-polarized edge slot antenna A multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) antenna array is disclosed. The multi-element anti-jamming (A/J) array may include a circularly-polarized edge slot antenna and a dielectric resonator antenna. The circularly-polarized edge slot antenna and the dielectric resonator... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125277 | Dual loop frequency synthesizer A frequency synthesizer has a fractional N1 loop and an integer N2 loop. The output frequency of the signal of the fractional N1 loop is constrained to values between adjacent harmonics of a reference frequency used in the fractional... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120548 | System, module, and method for illuminating a target on an aircraft windshield A present novel and non-trivial system, module, and method for illuminating a target on an aircraft windshield corresponding to a three-dimensional location outside of an aircraft. Navigation data and three-dimensional location data are provided to a control process... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119040 | Glass thick film embedded passive material A method for forming an embedded passive device module comprises depositing a first amount of an alkali silicate material, co-depositing an amount of embedded passive device material with the amount of alkali silicate material; and thermally processing the amount of... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8104045 | Universal data forwarding system and method The present invention is an adaptive system and method for forwarding data across a network. In an embodiment of the invention, the system and method of the present invention may subscribe to specific data-related events, determine if a stored ruleset applies to the... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099777 | High security, multi-level processor and method of operating a computing system A computing system can be optimized for high security, reliability and/or integrity. The computing system can include a multiple instruction stream, single data stream processor. The multiple instruction stream, single data stream processor can include a master inst... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099286 | System and method for providing situational awareness enhancement for low bit rate vocoders Situational awareness enhancement is promoted in a radio communication transceiver receiving non-verbal content and verbal content from a remote source. A vocoder communicatively coupled with the transceiver receives the verbal content packets, and a situational awa... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099234 | System, apparatus, and method for generating location information on an aircraft display unit using location markers A present novel and non-trivial system, apparatus, and method for presenting information to the pilot on an aircraft display unit employed in a synthetic vision system (“SVS”), an enhanced vision system (“EVS”), or combined system. Information regarding the ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099202 | System and method for providing a final approach curtain The present invention is a method for providing a depiction of an approach path to a landing area and of terrain proximal to the landing area via a flight deck situational awareness system of an aircraft. The method may include providing a vertical reference graphic... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099201 | Vertical profile display with enhanced temporal depiction of navigation information The present example a vertical profile display system with enhanced temporal depiction of navigation information. Such a display, or user interface, may advantageously display information relating to the terrain an aircraft is traveling through based on time ahead o... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098608 | Perimeter-based protocol for efficiently transmitting a message through a communications network In a communications network having a plurality of nodes, a method of suppressing re-transmission of a message by a receiving node is disclosed. The receiving node receives a message from each of a plurality of transmitting nodes. Each of the receiving node and the t... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098207 | Electronically scanned antenna An aperture of an antenna for a radar system comprises a first waveguide comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion, each protrusion extending longitudinally along one side of the first waveguide. The aperture further comprises a second waveguide comprisi... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098197 | System and method for providing hybrid global positioning system/height of burst antenna operation with optimizied radiation patterns The present invention is a device which includes an antenna and circuitry. The antenna may receive a circularly-polarized signal as first and second linearly-polarized signals. The circuitry is connected to the antenna and is configured for combining the first and s... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098192 | System for distinguishing among radar returns using information from a database A terrain awareness system includes a processor for receiving radar returns and providing terrain and/or obstacle alerts or warnings in response to the radar returns. The processor receives information from a database and the information is used to select the radar ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098189 | Weather radar system and method using dual polarization antenna An antenna system for a weather radar system includes a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The polarization of the first transceiver is orthogonal to the polarization of the second transceiver. The first transceiver and the second transceiver are interlaced... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094819 | Method and apparatus for high agility cryptographic key manager A method and apparatus for improved algorithm and key agility for a cryptosystem, comprising a CAM-type key manager. The key manager uses two memories, an index RAM and a key RAM, to virtualize each algorithm or key using pointers from the index RAM to the key RAM, ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094188 | System, apparatus, and method for enhancing the image presented on an aircraft display unit through location highlighters A present novel and non-trivial system, apparatus, and method for enhancing an image presented to the pilot on an aircraft display unit. Locations of visible and invisible objects related to aviation such as airports, navigation aids and facilities, and airspace are... | 01/10/2012 |
