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| 7362235 | Impedance-matched drilling telemetry system A downhole telemetry system that uses inductance or capacitance as a mode through which signal is communicated across joints between assembled lengths of pipe wherein efficiency of signal propagation through a drill string, for example, over multiple successive pipe... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7155812 | Method for producing a tube A method is described for producing tubular substrates having parallel spaced concentric rings of electrical conductors that can be used as the drift tube of an Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS). The invention comprises providing electrodes on the inside of a tube tha... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7004669 | Internal V-band clamp A system for clamping two tubular members together in an end-to-end relationship uses a split ring with a V-shaped outer rim that can engage a clamping surface on each member. The split ring has a relaxed closed state where the ends of the ring are adjacent and the ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6996292 | Staring 2-D hadamard transform spectral imager A staring imaging system inputs a 2D spatial image containing multi-frequency spectral information. This image is encoded in one dimension of the image with a cyclic Hadamarid S-matrix. The resulting image is detecting with a spatial 2D detector; and a computer appl... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6965542 | MILES hand grenade A simulated grenade for MILES-type simulations generates a unique RF signal and a unique audio signal. A detector utilizes the time between receipt of the RF signal and the slower-traveling audio signal to determine the distance between the detector and the simulate... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6912053 | Ring laser scatterometer A scatterometer utilizes the dead zone resulting from lockup caused by scatter from a sample located in the optical path of a ring laser at a location where counter-rotating pulses cross. The frequency of one pulse relative to the other is varied across the lockup d... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6826431 | Distributed optimization system A search system and method for controlling multiple agents to optimize an objective using distributed sensing and cooperative control. The search agent can be one or more physical agents, such as a robot, and can be software agents for searching cyberspace. The obje... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6791465 | Tamper indicating bolt A tamper-indicating fastener has a cylindrical body with threads extending from one end along a portion of the body, and a tamper indicating having a transducer for converting physical properties of the body into electronic data; electronics for recording the electr... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6765208 | Thermoluminescence dosimeters with narrow bandpass filters A dosimetry method exposes more than one thermoluminescence crystals to radiation without using conventional filters, and reads the energy stored in the crystals by converting the energy to light in a conventional manner, and then filters each crystal output in a di... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6711503 | Hybrid least squares multivariate spectral analysis methods A set of hybrid least squares multivariate spectral analysis methods in which spectral shapes of components or effects not present in the original calibration step are added in a following prediction or calibration step to improve the accuracy of the estimation of t... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6678048 | Information-efficient spectral imaging sensor with TDI A programmable optical filter for use in multispectral and hyperspectral imaging employing variable gain time delay and integrate arrays. A telescope focuses an image of a scene onto at least one TDI array that is covered by a multispectral filter that pa... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675671 | Planar-constructed spatial micro-stage A multiple degree of freedom platform assembly formed from a plurality of thin films on a substrate can, when activated, move out of the plane of the substrate without additional manufacturing steps. The platform is connected to the substrate by at least ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6661368 | Control of reflected electromagnetic fields at an IFSAR antenna A system for reducing multi-path reflections from adjacent metal objects which cause distortion in an IFSAR includes a reflective cone extending between the top of the IFSAR and the skin of its aircraft, and a reflective shroud surrounding the IFSAR. Each... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6618712 | Particle analysis using laser ablation mass spectroscopy The present invention provides a method of quickly identifying bioaerosols by class, even if the subject bioaerosol has not been previously encountered. The method begins by collecting laser ablation mass spectra from known particles. The spectra are corr... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6614813 | Multiplexed chirp waveform synthesizer A synthesizer for generating a desired chirp signal has M parallel channels, where M is an integer greater than 1, each channel including a chirp waveform synthesizer generating at an output a portion of a digital representation of the desired chirp signa... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6613576 | Field kit and method for testing for the presence of gunshot residue A field test kit for gunshot residue comprises a container having at least compartments separated by a barrier. A surface is tested by wiping it with a swab and placing the swab in a first compartment. The barrier is then breached, permitting reagent in t... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6608586 | Method for removing RFI from SAR images A method of removing RFI from a SAR by comparing two SAR images on a pixel by pixel basis and selecting the pixel with the lower magnitude to form a composite image. One SAR image is the conventional image produced by the SAR. The other image is created f... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6577266 | Transponder data processing methods and systems This invention is a radar/tag system where pulses from a radar cause a tag (or transponder) to respond to the radar. The radar, along with its conventional pulse transmissions, sends a reference signal to the tag. The tag recovers the reference signal and... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6560727 | Bit error rate tester using fast parallel generation of linear recurring sequences A fast method for generating linear recurring sequences by parallel linear recurring sequence generators (LRSGs) with a feedback circuit optimized to balance minimum propagation delay against maximal sequence period. Parallel generation of linear recurrin... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6496530 | Control of electrode depth in electroslag remelting A method of and apparatus for controlling an electroslag remelting furnace by driving the electrode at a nominal speed based upon melting rate and geometry while making minor proportional adjustments based on a measured metric of the electrode immersion d... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6469661 | Correction of I/Q channel errors without calibration A method of providing a balanced demodular output for a signal such as a Doppler radar having an analog pulsed input; includes adding a variable phase shift as a function of time to the input signal, applying the phase shifted input signal to a demodulato... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6454972 | Solid freeform fabrication using chemically reactive suspensions The effects of processing parameters and suspension chemorheology on the deposition behavior of SFF components derived from polymeric-based gelcasting suspensions combines the advantages associated with SFF fabrication, including the ability to spatially ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6445092 | Dual-circuit segmented rail phased induction motor An improved linear motor utilizes two circuits, rather that one circuit and an opposed plate, to gain efficiency. The powered circuit is a flat conductive coil. The opposed segmented rail circuit is either a plurality of similar conductive coils that are ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6424287 | Error correction for IFSAR IFSAR images of a target scene are generated by compensating for variations in vertical separation between collection surfaces defined for each IFSAR antenna by adjusting the baseline projection during image generation. In addition, height information fro... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6381792 | Modular foam floating bridge A floating modular bridge has a plurality of modules of two types. Most modules are flexible fabric envelopes having a parallelogram profile that attains shape and strength when filled on site with a rigid foam that is injected into the envelope. The othe... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6353304 | Optimal management of batteries in electric systems An electric system including at least a pair of battery strings and an AC source minimizes the use and maximizes the efficiency of the AC source by using the AC source only to charge all battery strings at the same time. Then one or more battery strings i... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6345545 | Two-stage preconcentrator for vapor/particle detection A device for concentrating particles from a high volume gas stream and delivering the particles for detection in a low volume gas stream includes first and second preconcentrators. The first preconcentrator has a first structure for retaining particles in... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6266437 | Sequential detection of web defects A system for detecting defects on a moving web having a sequential series of identical frames uses an imaging device to form a real-time camera image of a frame and a comparitor to comparing elements of the camera image with corresponding elements of an i... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6187592 | Method for determining properties of red blood cells A method for quantifying the concentration of hemoglobin in a cell, and indicia of anemia, comprises determining the wavelength of the longitudinal mode of a liquid in a laser microcavity; determining the wavelength of the fundamental transverse mode of a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6169459 | Active-bridge oscillator An active bridge oscillator is formed from a differential amplifier where positive feedback is a function of the impedance of one of the gain elements and a relatively low value common emitter resistance. This use of the nonlinear transistor parameter h s... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6128965 | Bag pressure monitor An inexpensive mechanical indicator for measuring low pressure in an inflating bag includes a pair of sides connected to each other at one edge and pivotally connected at spaced parallel locations on the bag. A spring biases the sides towards each other i... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6115404 | Dynamic control of remelting processes An apparatus and method of controlling a remelting process by providing measured process variable values to a process controller; estimating process variable values using a process model of a remelting process; and outputting estimated process variable va... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6103305 | Method of forming a stress relieved amorphous tetrahedrally-coordinated carbon film A stress-relieved amorphous-diamond film is formed by depositing an amorphous diamond film with specific atomic structure and bonding on to a substrate, and annealing the film at sufficiently high temperature to relieve the compressive stress in said film... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6085581 | Method for accurately positioning a device at a desired area of interest A method for positioning a first device utilizing a surface having a viewing translation stage, the surface being movable between a first position where the viewing stage is in operational alignment with a first device and a second position where the view... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6083360 | Supplemental heating of deposition tooling shields A method of reducing particle generation from the thin coating deposited on the internal surfaces of a deposition chamber which undergoes temperature variation greater than 100° C. comprising maintaining the temperature variation of the internal surfaces... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6027326 | Freeforming objects with low-binder slurry In a rapid prototyping system, a part is formed by depositing a bead of slurry that has a sufficient high concentration of particles to be pseudoplastic and almost no organic binders. After deposition the bead is heated to drive off sufficient liquid to c... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6019811 | Metals processing control by counting molten metal droplets Apparatus and method for controlling metals processing (e.g., ESR) by melting a metal ingot and counting molten metal droplets during melting. An approximate amount of metal in each droplet is determined, and a melt rate is computed therefrom. Impedance o... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5983147 | Video occupant detection and classification A system for determining when it is not safe to arm a vehicle airbag by storing representations of known situations as observed by a camera at a passenger seat; and comparing a representation of a camera output of the current situation to the stored repre... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5981053 | Tamper resistant magnetic stripes This invention relates to a magnetic stripe comprising a medium in which magnetized particles are suspended and in which the encoded information is recorded by actual physical rotation or alignment of the previously magnetized particles within the flux re... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5962774 | Real-time monitoring of volatile organic compounds using chemical ionization mass spectrometry A system for on-line quantitative monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) includes pressure reduction means for carrying a gaseous sample from a first location to a measuring input location maintained at a low pressure, the system utilizing active... | 10/05/1999 |
