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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6535641 | Class specific classifier Accordingly there is provided a class specific classifier for classifying data received from a data source. The classifier has a feature transformation section associated with each class of data which receives the data and provides a feature set for the a... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6525762 | Wireless underwater video system A Wireless Underwater Video System for obtaining live video/audio data to profile a designated area of an ocean bottom is described. The system includes a video camera enclosed in a water tight housing which produces video and audio signals which are tran... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6519862 | Device for the acquisition of contoured human body surface vibration signals In accordance with the present invention, a device for acquiring contoured human body surface vibration signals is provided. The device comprises a first component for sensing the displacements of a skin surface as a function of time at multiple points on... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6519554 | Computer implemented system and method for evaluating gas generator launchers A computer-implemented system and method for evaluating gas generator launchers is provided. The method includes fixing the system geometry and establishing initial conditions of the launcher to be evaluated. The initial conditions include a mass, composi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511433 | Active acoustic array for ultrasonic biomedical applications The present invention relates to a device for detecting cancer in human tissue. The device comprises an acoustic array shaped to conform to and surround a portion of the human anatomy and a material for acoustically coupling the acoustic array and the hum... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6510776 | Immediate battle damage assessment of missile attack effectiveness A weapon system and method is provided to obtain damage assessment data immediately after impact of a missile. The missile releases the pod a short time before impact. The pod contains a parachute, a small camera and communications equipment. When release... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6503580 | Acoustically enhanced paint application The present invention is a method of coating a substrate. First, a layer of liquid polymeric coating having a pigment and a solvent is applied to the substrate. An ultrasonic acoustic source is then provided and operated at a frequency of from about above... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6502457 | Countermeasure hovering test fixture A test fixture for testing hovering performance of a tailcone of a countermeasure device is disclosed. The tailcone includes a motor and a propeller which is driven by the motor. The test fixture includes an upper support device, a lower support device, a... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6499417 | Torpedo mounted dispenser for a coil of flex hose and control wire A torpedo mounted dispenser for a coil of flex hose and control wire includes a rigid shell round in widthwise cross section, and a circular shock mount disposed centrally of the shell, the shell and the shock mount defining an annular chamber therebetwee... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6498767 | Cruise missile deployed sonar buoy A sonar buoy adapted to be deployed by a cruise missile. This sonar buoy includes a flotation device for keeping a portion of the buoy afloat, a hydrophone, a transmitter for communicating contact and position information and releasable means for attachin... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6498476 | Underwater high speed projectile speed sensing device A device for sensing projectile velocity in an underwater environment is provided. The device includes a plurality of evenly spaced break screen members positioned in a path of the projectile. Each break screen member includes a support member, a pair of ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6494159 | Submarine launched unmanned combat vehicle replenishment A system and method is provided to replenish a submarine's tactical capabilities, e.g., weapons, sensors and communications, while the submarine remains within a hostile environment. One or more Underwater Combat Vehicles (UCV's) are pre-positioned at str... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6484641 | Cruise missile downed airman decoy A cruise missile, such as the Tomahawk cruise missile, is adapted to deploy decoys in an area as the missile progresses along its preprogrammed course. Each decoy is shaped to be compatible with and ejected from the Tomahawk and has a preprogrammed contro... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6469666 | Digital antenna goniometer and method A digital goniometer and steering method are provided which may be used, in a preferred embodiment, for producing a figure-eight antenna reception pattern oriented at any selectable angle. The digital goniometer works with the signals from a pair of ortho... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466908 | System and method for training a class-specific hidden Markov model using a modified Baum-Welch algorithm A system and method for training a class-specific hidden Markov model (HMM) is used for modeling physical phenomena, such as speech, characterized by a finite number of states. The method receives training data and estimates parameters of the class-specif... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6466891 | System for providing an estimate of the location of an undersea object A system is disclosed that provides. a sonar operator with the most likely range to a target of interest. The system generates and displays a contour based on ship's parameters, target parameters, environmental data, and operator parameters. The sonar ope... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6463868 | Tether retraction device The present invention relates to a tether retraction device having particular utility with multi-line towed arrays. A system for retrieving and deploying a multi-line towed array having a plurality of array lines has at least one tether joinable between t... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6449215 | Three-dimensional imaging system for sonar system A three-dimensional imaging system for use with a sonar system. The three-dimensional imaging system processes forward-looking sonar data, side-looking sonar data, bathymetric data, detection and cluster data, bottom sediment type data, and vehicle positi... | 09/10/2002 |
