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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5970171 | Apparatus and method of fusing the outputs of multiple intelligent character recognition (ICR) systems to reduce error rate An ICR fuser includes a set of fusion rules for combining the outputs of multiple ICR systems. Each ICR system operates on a digital image to extract image component strings and provide a set of multiple candidate character strings and their associated co... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5838816 | Pattern recognition system providing automated techniques for training classifiers for non stationary elements An improved pattern recognition system. The invention operates on a plurality of feature vectors from a single class of data samples. The inventive system estimates a pruning radius for the feature vectors in the single class of data samples and generates... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5818353 | Self leveling sensor/device package Self leveling apparatus that includes a frame, a device that is to be leveled, and a leveling mechanism such as a double ring gimbal having an inner gimbal ring and an outer gimbal ring. The outer gimbal ring is secured to the frame and the inner gimbal r... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5801751 | Distribution of satellite television programs to passengers in an aircraft when it is out of range of the satellites Systems that distribute live television programs to passengers of an aircraft by way of satellites of a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) system when the aircraft is in range of the satellites and distributes time-delayed television programs when the aircr... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5796504 | Fiber-optic telemetry system and method for large arrays of sensors A telemetry system for receiving data from large arrays of sensors, in which the sensors are located in an unprotected environment, is implemented using fiber optic components. Laser sources, located in a protected environment, transmit light through the ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5790175 | Aircraft satellite television system for distributing television programming derived from direct broadcast satellites A system that provides live television programming to passengers by integrating direct broadcast satellite services into an in-flight aircraft entertainment system. The present invention is a satellite television system that has an antenna disposed on the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5760819 | Distribution of a large number of live television programs to individual passengers in an aircraft A satellite television system that provides live television programming to passengers by integrating direct broadcast satellite services into an in-flight aircraft entertainment system. The system has an antenna disposed on the aircraft that is pointed at... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5757334 | Graphite composite structures exhibiting electrical conductivity Continuous, elongated nickel plated graphite fibers are bound with an epoxy and are formed into a structural shape (11). An area (13) of the epoxy is removed by bead blasting to expose a layer of the plated graphite fibers (14), which are aligned in the d... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5750901 | Optical fiber apparatus and method for measuring geological strains A measurement optical fiber is placed into contact with a geological structure, and a reference optical fiber of about the same length is not contacted to the geological structure. An input beam of light is transmitted down the lengths of the measurement ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5740037 | Graphical user interface system for manportable applications The present invention relates to a method and device for providing a graphical user interface between an individual soldier and a computer-based warfare system worn by him. The graphical user interface is made up of icon-based visual control and informati... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5732384 | Graphical user interface for air traffic control flight data management A method for interactively displaying flight information in an air traffic control system. Flight information lists are displayed relative to associated geographic fixes, and further flight information is displayed pursuant to user selection of an item on... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5732043 | Optimized deterministic bearings only target motion analysis technique A method for selecting a set of four target bearings from a plurality of bearing measurements to optimize rapidity, accuracy and stability of a target track solution in a bearings-only target motion algorithm. Four bearings are selected to generate the de... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5731996 | Dipole moment detector and localizer A processing method and apparatus that process magnetometer data derived from an array of magnetometer sensors and outputs the position or location of a magnetic dipole. In the method and apparatus, (a) a set of actual magnetic field measurements of a mag... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5724270 | Wave-number-frequency adaptive beamforming Wave-number-frequency adaptive beamforming using a reduced rank k-ω matrix method. A spatial Fourier transform of the narrowband receiver outputs for the sensors in a linear array is taken to enter the wave number space and generate M independent spatial... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724043 | Variable frequency microwave tropopause sensor system and method An apparatus for measuring the properties of the tropopause includes a variable frequency microwave radiometer operating over a range of from about 118.0 to about 119.0 GHz. The radiometer receives as an input a frequency selector signal and produces as a... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5708425 | Real time messaging interface for vehicle detection sensors A sequential messaging method for use in a vehicle detector and classification system having a processor and that uses first and second beams to detect transitions of front and rear ends of a vehicle. The method comprises detecting the vehicle when its fr... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5706217 | Digital signal processing automatic gain control amplifier The automatic gain control loop has an automatic gain control loop filter generating a multi-bit gain control word in response to the power level of the output signal of the loop. A shifter circuit shifts the input data by selected number of bits under th... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5699067 | Radar plot display with low CPU loading A high capacity radar plot display with low CPU loading. The display includes a display process (42) which controls a graphics window server (46) to render symbols on a display console by a "walking worm" animation. The current symbol plot as well as seve... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5697493 | Tactile feedback switch actuator A tactile feedback switch actuator for an associated force-actuated switch has a key cap linked to a collapsible dome by an optical fiber, all of which are light-transmittable. The actuator is operated by manually applying an actuating force to the key ca... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5692194 | Sequential information integration service for automatically transferring a most recent data entity between a plurality of program modules and a storage in a computer A number of program modules (32,34,36) are sequentially controlled by a procedural user interface (PUI) 38 and an operating system (40) to perform tasks. Transfer of files or other data entities between the modules (32,34,36) and a storage (13) is seamles... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5676446 | Light cube module A light source system (10) for collecting and directing light. The light source system (10) includes light cubes (12) including an enclosure (22) substantially surrounding a light emitter (26). The enclosure includes a body (22) enclosing a cavity (24). A... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5663728 | Digital-to-analog converted (DAC) and method that set waveform rise and fall times to produce an analog waveform that approximates a piecewise linear waveform to reduce spectral distortion A DAC converts a sequence of digital codewords into an approximately piecewise linear analog waveform that follows rising and falling edges between plateau levels. The DAC processes, in parallel, each bit of the codewords to produce component waveforms th... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5652512 | Advanced digital flux gate magnetometer Digital logic comprising a high speed analog to digital converter, a high speed analog to digital converter, a digital multiplier, and an infinite impulse response filter and decimation circuit are used to digitize a magnetic signal that is subsequently p... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5648767 | Transponder detection system and method A transponder detection system for detecting the presence at a detection area of a vehicle on which the transponder is mounted. Two antenna arrays are located on opposite sides of the detection area, and have their boresights directed to the detection are... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5634053 | Federated information management (FIM) system and method for providing data site filtering and translation for heterogeneous databases A FIM system integrates data from a plurality of interconnected local databases to provide users with access to a virtual database. The FIM includes a user interface for generating a global query to search the virtual database, a smart dictionary database... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5630154 | Programmable systolic array system arranged in a found arrangement for passing data through programmable number of cells in a time interleaved manner A linear systolic array of computation cells, each cell having several vector rotation stages. These stages are programmable to provide efficient implementation of a variety of matrix algorithms. All data movement between cells is via parameterized data p... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5617099 | Adaptive filtering of matched-filter data An adaptive processor which uses the successive range and Doppler outputs of a conventional matched-filter to improve the signal-to-noise ratio for non white noise/clutter. The adaptive processor minimizes the output for a given range and Doppler cell wit... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5596609 | Parallel cascaded integrator-comb filter A high speed digital filter for use in digital interpolation and decimation provides a parallel processing implementation for integrator stages of a cascaded integrator-comb (CIC) filter. The parallel structure of the present invention is easily cascadeab... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5592656 | Method and apparatus for processing messages having arbitrary message structures witha message processor that is conditioned with a graphical user-defined message structure A message processing system is conditioned to receive messages having a particular structure. A set of descriptors that define the message structure are inputted on a graphical display, and the graphical display is used to condition software that translat... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5592181 | Vehicle position tracking technique A method and system for tracking the position of a moving transmitter using angle of arrival measurements from direction finding antenna arrays. Each array includes several elements, with the elements grouped to provide subarrays of different element spac... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5589726 | Arc lamp with external magnetic means The present invention provides an arc lamp for producing a high intensity point source of light by magnetically compressing the light emitting element of the arc lamp. Arc lamp point light source 30 includes bulb 32 having two electrode 34, 36 spaced apar... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5559671 | BI-directional shock isolation mounting system and method An apparatus shock isolation mounting system includes an apparatus, a base, and an apparatus chassis that carries the apparatus and is vertically slidable with respect to the base. A pair of oppositely disposed, self-centering preloaded springs with inter... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5557298 | Method for specifying a video window's boundary coordinates to partition a video signal and compress its components A method for specifying a video window's boundary coordinates directly from a multi-color video signal to separate the signals high and low variance components. The method converts the analog multi-color video signal into respective color sequences of dig... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5555035 | Very high resolution light valve writing system based on tilting lower resolution flat panels Projection apparatus comprising high resolution projection display systems that generate a relatively large high resolution image on a display screen, wherein seams and tiling artifacts in observation (image) space are eliminated or minimized. The project... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5554847 | Flexibly connectable high precision thermal and structural focal plane array mount An assembly for mounting a focal plane array. The assembly includes a fixture of thermally conductive material having a first substantially planar surface and a second surface. The fixture is attached to the focal plane array at the first surface and to a... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5553617 | Noninvasive method and apparatus for determining body chemistry The body chemistry of a person is determined by directing a beam of light into the eye of the person, measuring the spectral response of the eye to the beam of light, comparing the measured spectral response to a standard spectral response, and forming a ... | 09/10/1996 |
