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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8447720 | Adaptive case-based reasoning system using dynamic method for knowledge acquisition A method includes receiving a user-specified context comprising one or more natural language contextual antecedents. Then, for each contextual antecedent, a modified contextual antecedent is created by converting each contextual antecedent to a sequence of integers ... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8447563 | Method and system for determination of detection probability or a target object based on a range A simulation system for predicting a likelihood of whether a target object positioned in an environment will be detected by a detection system when illuminated by a laser source. The simulation system may be used for a laser rangefinder application and a laser desig... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8446439 | Apparatus and method for single pass BLOB analysis of high frame rate video An apparatus and method for performing BLOB analysis. BLOB analysis generally encompasses image processing techniques designed to classify data into BLOBs and calculate statistics for each BLOB. ... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8446325 | Hybrid cable antenna for high frequency band A hybrid cable antenna includes a first cable antenna that is buoyant and unloaded for operation in a lower portion of the high frequency band. At least one second cable antenna is serially and electrically coupled to the first cable antenna. Each second cable anten... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8446096 | Terahertz (THz) reverse micromagnetron A THz reverse micromagnetron includes a MEMS-based reverse magnetron configuration in which the anode is located at the center of the magnetron surrounded by a cathode ring. Electrons move radially inward in the combined electric and magnetic cross-fields and can re... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8445813 | Method of breaching a barrier A portable cutting device and related method of use are disclosed. The method may include the steps of providing a laser source and a battery power supply, and housing the laser source and the battery power supply in at least one storage container carried by a user.... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8445773 | Thermoelectric generator A thermoelectric generator has a hot side heat exchanger having a silicon carbide (SiC) honeycomb support with a plurality of passages. The passage walls are coated with a pyrophoric solid fuel such as red oxide (Fe2O3) in combination with a si... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8444568 | Remote blood pressure waveform sensing method The invention as disclosed is a non-contact method and apparatus for continuously monitoring a physiological event in a human or animal, such as blood pressure, which involves utilizing a laser-based interferometer system in combination with a laser tracking system ... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8444078 | Cable reel The invention involves a novel configuration for a cable reel and two discs. The discs are disposed on opposite sides of the spool and the two discs are able to spin independently from the spool. ... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8443101 | Method for identifying and blocking embedded communications A method and system for steganography and steganalytic techniques are provided for effecting embedded communications in a variety of communication environments. One aspect may include an embedded transmitter for inserting embedded data into a packet and an embedded ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8442750 | Remotely controlled traffic management system A traffic control system can include a remote control station and a plurality of traffic control assets. Each asset is networked to the control station with a radiofrequency (RF) transceiver and an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU can receive commands from the... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8442272 | Post-BLOB analysis method and article of manufacture An article of manufacture and method for performing post-BLOB analysis. ... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8441625 | Laser beam profile measurement A method for characterizing a laser beam profile is provided. The method includes disposing a laser target, moving the surface of the target, directing a laser to emit the beam at the surface, measuring a reflection from the surface as intensities, and averaging the... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8440202 | Induction of an immune response against dengue virus using the prime-boost approach The invention relates to methods for the induction of an immune response to dengue virus. The method of inducing an immune response against dengue virus comprises administration of a non-replicating immunogen followed by a boost with a tetravalent live attenuated vi... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8439595 | Pre-emplaced electrical vehicle restraint A vehicle restraining system using an electrical impulse to disable the control system of a targeted vehicle including a roadway module placed at a location to engage the targeted vehicle for delivering the electrical impulse to the vehicle; a roadside module for ge... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8437891 | Method and apparatus for parafoil guidance that accounts for ground winds A method is described that involves determining a higher altitude wind. The method further includes determining a wind model with the higher altitude wind. The wind model includes a linear or logarithmic increase in wind magnitude with increasing altitude beneath th... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8437885 | System and method for a launch control console for communication with unmanned underwater vehicles A system and method of use is provided that includes: receiving configuration information from an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV); automatically configuring a launch control console (LCC) according to the configuration information; and providing a graphical interf... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8437591 | Reusable biochemical agent sensor and method using optical micro-resonator grid arrays A system includes at least two optical fibers crossing to form a vertice. The optical fibers comprise a core, a cladding surrounding the core, and a conductive coating at least partially surrounding the length of the cladding. A portion of the core of each of the fi... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8437509 | System and method for inferring vessel speed from overhead images Systems and methods for determining the speed of a vessel from an overhead image of the vessel's wake can include the initial step of defining a cusp line for the wake. A representative line segment from the defined cusp line that is suitable for building an image i... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8436637 | Noise-assisted reprogrammable nanomechanical logic gate and method A nanomechanical device, operating as a reprogrammable logic gate, and performing fundamental logic functions such as AND/OR and NAND/NOR. The logic function can be programmed (e.g., from AND to OR) dynamically, by adjusting the operating parameters of the resonator... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8436276 | Portable cutting device for breaching a barrier A portable cutting device is disclosed. The portable cutting device may include a portable power supply and a laser source. The portable power supply may be a lithium ion battery pack. The laser source may be a Ytterbium Fiber laser. The portable power supply and la... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434397 | Helicopter weapon mounting system A weapon mounting system for a vehicle, such as a helicopter. The weapon mounting system illustratively includes a weapon cradle supporting a machine gun for pivoting movement about a generally horizontal elevational axis. A carriage supports the weapon cradle and i... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8434395 | Protective ballistic shield A protective shield may include an inboard shield assembly having an inboard shield and an inboard base. The inboard shield may include a forward plate fixed at an angle to a center plate and a rear plate fixed at an angle to the center plate. The center plate may i... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8433959 | Method for determining hard drive contents through statistical drive sampling A method for rapidly characterizing the forensic contents of a digital storage device using statistical drive sampling. ... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8432974 | Method and system for compression of hyperspectral or multispectral imagery with a global optimal compression algorithm (GOCA) A computer based method and system for compressing digital hyperspectral or multispectral image data. The method includes initially reducing the plurality of spectral bands of the hyperspectral data to a smaller number of spectral bands using principal component ana... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8430938 | Control algorithm for autothermal reformer According to typical inventive practice, an algorithm controls a reformer in order to produce a pure hydrogen stream for a hydrogen-using device. The inventive algorithmic feedback control maintains the permeate hydrogen stream at a permeate pressure setpoint. Press... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8430601 | System for deploying fabric cloth in marine sediment A system for burying fabric cloth in marine sediment includes a sled having first and second ends and a partially open bottom surface proximate to the second end. A fabric deployer is coupled to and extended from the sled adjacent to the second end. A sediment disru... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8429605 | Finite state machine architecture for software development A system for developing an application program having functionality that corresponds to a finite state machine (FSM) model includes a visual interface that generates a graphical environment on a display for displaying an FSM model representing functionality of the p... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427812 | Electroactive polymer based supercapacitors including a cathode having BBL or Pry-BBL A process used to cast films including: mixing BBL and a room temperature molten salt from a range of about 35:65 weight ratio, dissolving the mixture in about 1% methanesulfonic acid to produce a BBL solution, drop casting the solution onto glass or gold coated gla... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427387 | Broadband spiral transmission line phase shifting power splitter A broadband power splitter and phase shifter having a plurality of transmission lines, a 3 db, zero degree power splitter for splitting a signal, an open quadrifilar spiral for receiving a first signal and reflecting power, a modified, open quadrifilar spiral for re... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427383 | Next generation automatically-deployed communication relay A radio relay comprising: a housing configured to be released from a mobile platform onto a support surface; a radio mounted within the housing, wherein the radio is configured to relay radio frequency (RF) signals and to operate as a node in a telecommunications ne... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427249 | Resonator with reduced acceleration sensitivity and phase noise using time domain switch A resonator comprising: a frame; a first oscillator configured to oscillate with respect to the frame; a first driver configured to drive the first oscillator at the first oscillator's resonant frequency; a first half of a first relative position switch mounted to t... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8427184 | SCR module dynamic counter tester An SCR module tester facilitates rapid testing of SCR modules by a series of tests that are tailored to detect faults without applying full power to the modules. The SCR tester includes a quick clamp connector that is able to securely and easily clamp SCR modules fo... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8426582 | Processes for preparing certain hexaazaisowurtzitanes and their use in preparing hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane A heavy-metal-free sequence leading to a superior, more economical, and scalable process for the high efficiency conversion of hexaallylhexaazaisowurtzitane (HAllylIW) to hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20). ... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424479 | Universal launch and recovery system A universal launch and recovery system that may be used to launch or recover/receive water vessels. The launch and recovery system includes a deployable ramp having adjustable soft end guides and adjustable tire arrangements for guiding and cushioning vessels of dif... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8423487 | Machine learning approach to wave height prediction Sea characteristics are determined by using a buoy with multiple tilt switches configured to sense at plural tilt angles of the buoy. The tilt switches provide binary outputs of tilt data corresponding to the tilt angles. The binary outputs are received by a process... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8423336 | Aerodynamic simulation system and method for objects dispensed from an aircraft A system and method implemented on a computing device are provided to simulate trajectories of objects dispensed from a moving aircraft. ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422738 | Adaptive automated synthetic aperture radar vessel detection method with false alarm mitigation A method involves adapting a vessel detection algorithm based upon received synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image data and associated metadata, detecting one or more vessels within an image tile of the SAR image data by iteratively applying the adapted vessel detecti... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8422311 | EPROM erasing apparatus and method for erasing an EPROM(s) A EPROM erasing apparatus and method for erasing an EPROM(s). The EPROM(s) is erased using light emitted from an ultraviolet light emitting diode. ... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8421673 | Method and software for spatial pattern analysis A method and software implementation for spatial pattern analysis. A user-guided test procedure is implemented to measure features of an antenna under test to determine the antenna's far-field patterns. The antenna features include RF amplitude or phase, and positio... | 04/16/2013 |
