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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D658099 | Motorcycle exhaust element | 04/24/2012 |
| 8072382 | Method and apparatus for ADS-B validation, active and passive multilateration, and elliptical surveillance A system and method are disclosed to track aircraft or other vehicles using techniques including multilateration and elliptical surveillance. Unlike conventional approaches that use time difference of arrival for multilateration at a fixed set of reception points, t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061920 | Pivoting ball mount having four equally spaced contact points The present invention provides four essentially equal and (generally) evenly spaced constraints on the ball. It is the equivalent of a ball and socket joint in which the “socket” is composed of four small constraining pads of equal size and equally spaced around... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8031062 | Method and apparatus to improve vehicle situational awareness at intersections The present invention includes a number of embodiments for improving vehicle situational awareness at intersections. A first embodiment may comprise a lens fitted at the top of the windshield or outside the vehicle, for refracting the light to the driver, so the dri... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8022864 | Detection of transient signals in doppler spectra Signal processing is used to detect transient signals in the presence of noise. Two embodiments are disclosed. In both embodiments, the time series from a remote sensor is broken into a number of short time series. The power spectrum of each short time series are th... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019699 | Machine learning system A method for training a classifier to classify elements of a data set according to a characteristic is described. The data set includes N elements with the elements each characterized by at least one feature. The method includes the steps of forming a first labeled ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7974523 | Optimal buffering and scheduling strategy for smooth reverse in a DVD player or the like The optimal buffering strategy of the present invention allows for full smooth reverse functionality in an MPEG-type stream player, while reducing the buffering requirements. Furthermore, the buffering strategy drastically reduces the required number of passes throu... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7965227 | Aircraft tracking using low cost tagging as a discriminator A simplified multilateration and ADS-B Surveillance System is used, to perform tagging for the FAA Low Cost Ground Surveillance program. This system may also be used as the foundation for a full multilateration system, if a customer wants to upgrade. The present inv... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7954774 | Tilt face step A step is cut into a stationary or movable flange in a two-flange engagement. As the two flanges are brought closer to one another by tightening a nut or knob attached to a central shaft, contact is established along the edge of the step. Contact along this line doe... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949139 | Technique for subwoofer distance measurement The present invention automatically corrects for subwoofer or other speaker crossover settings or other parameters by providing an adjustable factor passed upon not only pulse location, but on pulse width. In FIG. 2, as the low-pass frequency of the subwoofer... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7920959 | Method and apparatus for estimating the velocity vector of multiple vehicles on non-level and curved roads using a single camera A method and an apparatus is provided for determining the velocity vector, speed, and direction of moving vehicles traveling on roadways which change elevation and have curves. A camera mounted above a roadway observes at least one vehicles traveling in different di... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7907784 | Selectively lossy, lossless, and/or error robust data compression method Lossless compression techniques provide efficient compression of hyperspectral satellite data. The present invention combines the advantages of a clustering with linear modeling. A number of visualizations are presented, which help clarify why the approach of the pr... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7894681 | Sequential decoding of progressive coded JPEGS Progressive scan encoded JPEGS are decoded sequentially on a Minimum Coded Unit (MCU) basis and then the JPEG image is output one row at a time to a frame buffer. Since the entire image does not need to be decoded at once, a huge JPEG buffer is generally not require... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889065 | Method and apparatus to determine vehicle intent The present invention relates to the field of smart cars and automatic signaling of a vehicle's intent. The invention allows a driver to choose between manual or automatic signaling (turns, deceleration, acceleration) and a prominent feature is that the system is no... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7864858 | Techniques for minimizing memory bandwidth used for motion compensation In a motion compensation engine, a number of blocks are provided for re-ordering motion vector (MV) reference positions prior to fetch. An MV Sort & Group block outputs MVs one at a time to a Decomposer block. The Decomposer block takes each MV and decomposes it int... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7838846 | Rocking toothbrush sanitizer A toothbrush or the like may be inserted, bristles downward, into an aperture in a cap removably attached to a body of the apparatus. A peg may be inserted into any one of the apertures in order to allow an electric toothbrush head or other non-standard type of toot... | 11/23/2010 |
| D627890 | Table for nursing of babies | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823321 | DNA sampling hook The DNA Sampling Hook is a significant improvement on a method of obtaining a tissue sample from a live fish in situ from an aquatic environment. A tissue sample taken from a live fish can be used for DNA analyses, which can identify the species of fish, as well as ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7813621 | Synchronized streaming layer with presentation layer A “tag” is attached to streaming video data as it is streamed from the streaming layer to the presentation engine. Each frame containing a button or other user feature also has a “tag” associated with it. When the presentation engine processes a packet of da... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7782256 | Enhanced passive coherent location techniques to track and identify UAVs, UCAVs, MAVs, and other objects A system and technique is described which has the capability to track and identify, in real time, various aircraft and objects including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), and Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs). The system uses a com... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777675 | Deployable passive broadband aircraft tracking In a first, preferred embodiment of the present invention, integrated tracking is provided using passive broadband. The invention takes the system for deployable passive broadband detection and extends it by incorporating the capability to decode position for ADS-B,... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7739167 | Automated management of airport revenues A solution is described which provides an airport with the tools to accurately manage all sources of airside revenues, including operational revenues and capital programs. The system of the present invention relies on the acquisition of any and all data related to t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734020 | Two-way voice and voice over IP receivers for alarm systems Security systems typically communicate with alarm monitoring centers using a telephone connection. The present invention offers a system and technique for monitoring a security system connected using a Voice-over-IP connection, in real time, and alerting the owner o... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7667647 | Extension of aircraft tracking and positive identification from movement areas into non-movement areas At most airports, responsibility of air traffic control starts and stops at the entrance or exit to the runway movement areas, which are taxiways and runways. In the non-movement areas, such as hangers, ramps, and aprons, aircraft movements and separation are no lon... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664276 | Multipass parametric or graphic EQ fitting Multiple passes are executed in the setup of an equalizer, and modification of the equalization is performed after each pass of an analysis phase. After an initial pass, the equalization is adjusted, based upon the location of peaks and valleys in the system respons... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7621073 | Rodlok tackle box The present invention comprises four embodiments of an apparatus, which allows fishing poles or other items to be carried with a standard sized tackle box in combination with one hand. The present invention also allows fishing poles to be stored on the lid (or elsew... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7613278 | Alarm system activation platform Alarm System Activation Platform (ASAP) is a customer relationship management system for activating and maintaining a large number of alarm monitoring accounts with a minimum of work per account. It differs from standard alarm customer relationship management system... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612716 | Correlation of flight track data with other data sources A method and apparatus for providing live display of aircraft flight information obtains aircraft data from at least two data sources selected from aircraft position and flight information from an ASDI (aircraft situational awareness display to industry) data source... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7600941 | Shaft clamping mechanism The shaft clamping mechanism clamps a cylindrical shaft such that it will not rotate in a housing. Using ordinary machine tools or the like, portions of the housing that surround the shaft are removed, leaving thin areas that act as hinges. The housing may not be cu... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7593512 | Private VoIP network for security system monitoring Security systems typically communicate with alarm monitoring centers using a telephone connection. Security systems will check in with the alarm monitoring center with a diagnostic signal at a predetermined interval—typically once per day. When a security system i... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7584644 | Calibrator for fuel pump The inventive device comprises scaled vessels mounted on a vehicle and making it possible, while filling a liquid medium in the vessels, to recycle the vapors thereof through a circuit of casings beginning form he reading sights of the vessels and extending to an ai... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7576695 | Multilateration enhancements for noise and operations management Multilateration techniques are used to provide accurate aircraft tracking data for aircraft on the ground and in the vicinity of an airport. From this data, aircraft noise and operations management may be enhanced. Aircraft noise may be calculated virtually using tr... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574580 | Intelligent caching scheme for streaming file systems A Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is provided two FATs and two cluster sizes, a regular cluster and a “Supercluster”. In one example, each Supercluster is the size of four regular clusters. A second Supercluster FAT is added (FAT2) which works in a similar manner to the o... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570214 | Method and apparatus for ADS-B validation, active and passive multilateration, and elliptical surviellance A system and method are disclosed to track aircraft or other vehicles using techniques including multilateration and elliptical surveillance. Unlike conventional approaches that use time difference of arrival for multilateration at a fixed set of reception points, t... | 08/04/2009 |
| D593014 | Motorcycle exhaust element | 05/26/2009 |
| 7525214 | Wave-power system and method for generating energy at constant rotational speed at variable significant wave heights and periods A wave energy conversion system or device is provided which includes a hull that serves as a float, moving up and down with incoming waves. The power take-off system contained within the hull comprises a longitudinal main rotary shaft upon which a series different d... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522184 | 2-D and 3-D display A method and apparatus of light strength controlling, more specifically a method and apparatus of light controlling on its different appearance channels in different strength and further in different colors. A method and apparatus of controlling a pixel appears in d... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7495612 | Method and apparatus to improve ADS-B security Security of ADS-B transmissions is improved in a first embodiment to detect position spoofing. The annunciated position source may then be compared with the derived source and a determination is made regarding the difference between the results. Any position differe... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7487935 | Aircraft having variable incidence wing and air cushion landing system An aircraft including a fuselage and at least one wing which may vary incidence with respect to the fuselage for the purpose of extremely short take off and landing and an air cushion system mounted beneath the fuselage for the purpose of surface independent taxi, t... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7478970 | Shaft clamping mechanism The shaft clamping mechanism clamps a cylindrical shaft such that it will not rotate in a housing. Using ordinary machine tools or the like, portions of the housing that surround the shaft are removed, leaving thin areas that act as hinges. The housing may not be cu... | 01/20/2009 |
