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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6515939 | Pulse sampled optical fiber hydrophone array (U) An array through a first to a second side of a three-sided junction, accessed remotely by a single mode fiber transmits a light pulse sequence to the array and receives sound modulated return light signals via the second to a third side of the junction. W... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6440755 | Method for increasing fracture toughness and reducing brittleness of ferroelectric polymer A method is provided that increases fracture toughness and reduces brittleness of a semi-crystalline ferroelectric polymer material while substantially maintaining ferroelectric properties of the material. The material is heated in an inert oxygen-free at... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430522 | Enhanced model identification in signal processing using arbitrary exponential functions A method for finding a probability density function (PDF) and its statistical moments for a chosen one of four newly derived probability models for an arbitrary exponential function of the forms g(x)=xm e-ଲx.sup..sup.n ,... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6427574 | Submarine horizontal launch tactom capsule A Submarine Horizontal Launch TACTOM Capsule (SHLTC) provides the capability for launching a Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) cruise missile from a horizontal torpedo tube on a submarine. The SHLTC completely encapsulates the TACTOM missile in the torpedo tube ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6426464 | Cable sectional assembly which houses concatenated electronic modules A cable sectional assembly houses an electrically concatenated series of electronic circuit modules and has electric hook-up media interspersed between the modules. Each run of interspersed hook-up media is surrounded by a flexible tubular member, which i... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6401050 | Non-command, visual interaction system for watchstations The non-command, visual interaction system provided for a shipboard watchstation has three major subsystems, an operator-locating subsystem, a visual capture subsystem, and a computer-operated watchstation. The operator-locating subsystem uses an overhead... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396431 | Precision microwave/millimeter wave modulated signal source The precision microwave/millimeter wave modulated signal source is a relatively low cost, compact, highly accurate and stable signal source covering the 2 to 40 Gigahertz frequency range. The pulse width and amplitude level of the output signal can be cha... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389229 | Optical fstop/resolution apparatus and method for specified depth-of-field A method and apparatus to determine the fstop that provides optimal image resolution for a predetermined depth-of-field. An approximate and exact method and apparatus are provided to determine the optimal resolution fstop. The optima... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6382801 | Submarine periscope eyeguard housing assembly A submarine periscope eyeguard housing assembly includes a viewing lens housing having a viewing lens aperture and viewing lens therein, first and second arm members fixed to the viewing lens housing and extending therefrom, a first blinder mounted on the... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6374197 | Fuzzy logic based model assessment system and method for contact tracking A fuzzy logic based model assessment system assesses models of physical phenomena and in one example, is used for contact tracking. The system uses measurement residual values representing the difference between a measured data sequence corresponding to t... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6369961 | Lens assembly and housing therefor for use with a submarine periscope In a lens assembly and housing therefor for use in conjunction with an optical apparatus, the lens assembly includes a lens frame of nonferrous material and defining a window having a lip therein along a periphery of the window, a lens disposed in the win... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6356938 | System and method for transmission of information packets between provider and consumer processors An inventive mapped memory interface product and process are provided. The inventive product carries out the steps of transmitting an information packet between a provider and a consumer processor; using the information packet to map a portion in a shared... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6304833 | Hypothesis selection for evidential reasoning systems A method for the selection of hypotheses for modeling physical phenomena, includes detecting if selected features are present by analyzing actual sensed data and parameter values of an initial physical phenomena model; comparing feature estimating hypothe... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6282526 | Fuzzy logic based system and method for information processing with uncertain input data A fuzzy logic information processing system and method are disclosed that may be used not only with known or definite data input but also with uncertain data input. The uncertain data input may be represented by a set of values wherein the possibility of ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280228 | Submarine periscope eye box connector, mast connector, and connector guide for facilitating blind interconnection In combination, a male, multiple connection-type, electrical connector, a female, multiple connection-type, electrical connector, and a connector guide for facilitating blind interconnection of the male and female connectors. The male electrical connector... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6254240 | Eyecup assembly for a submarine periscope An eyecup assembly for a submarine periscope blinder assembly includes an annularly-shaped ring having a multiplicity of holes, which are unthreaded, extending therethrough and adapted to receive screws for securing the eyecup assembly to a like multiplic... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6225565 | Flexible cable providing EMI shielding A flexible cable which includes a Faraday shield sheath formed of a high permeability ferrous alloy filled matrix binder of conductive elastomer, which provides electromagnetic interference (EMI) isolation between the ambient environment about the cable a... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6215732 | Expendable device for measurement of sound velocity profile A system for determining the sound velocity profile in a medium, such as water, includes an acoustic signal transmitting system at a transmitting location and an acoustic signal receiving and processing system at a receiving location. In one example, the ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6115700 | System and method for tracking vehicles using random search algorithms The present invention relates to a method and a system for providing an estimate of the state of a contact. The method includes the steps of sensing the state of the contact; generating signals representative of the state of the contact; and processing th... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6112184 | Site workspaces layout process employing MDS and a PDI formula in which density is based on area of circumscribing-convex-hulls A process is provided for producing layouts of building units on a quadrieral facility site, and layouts of personnel workstations and items of equipment (collectively "workplace elements") in quadrilateral subarea in the building units. There are inter-... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105015 | Wavelet-based hybrid neurosystem for classifying a signal or an image represented by the signal in a data system The present invention relates to a system and a method for signal classification. The system comprises a sensor array for receiving a series of input signals such as acoustic signals, pixel-based image signal (such as from infrared images detectors), ligh... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6038338 | Hybrid neural network for pattern recognition A system and a method for recognizing patterns comprises a first stage for xtracting features from inputted patterns and for providing topological representations of the characteristics of the inputted patterns and a second stage for classifying and recogn... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6013192 | Sodium hydroxide compositions for use in battery systems The present invention relates to a dry composition of materials to be used n a battery system. The dry composition comprises a mixture consisting of sodium hydroxide and sodium oxide. In a first reservoir in the battery system, the mixture is present in an... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6012036 | Site and workspaces layout process employing MDS a PDI formula in which density is calculated using measured span of circumscribing-convex-hulls A process is provided for producing layouts of building units on a quadrieral facility site, and layouts of personnel workstations and items of equipment (collectively "workplace elements") in quadrilateral subarea in the building units. There are inter-... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5966414 | System and method for processing signals to determine their stochastic properties A signal processing system processes a digital signal, generated in respo to an analog signal which includes a noise component and possibly also an information component. An information processing sub-system receives said digital signal and processes it ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5963591 | System and method for stochastic characterization of a signal with four embedded orthogonal measurement data items A signal processing system provides and processes a digital signal, generd in response to an analog signal, which includes a noise component and possibly also an information component representing four mutually orthogonal items of measurement information... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5826883 | Sealing ring with deformable tubular sheath filled with permanent magnetic granules and method of making the same There is provided an endless tubular body forming an enclosed chamber then, and granules of permanent magnet material disposed in the chamber. The body is deformable by the granules when the granules are subjected to a magnetic force. With respect to the... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5824946 | Underwater search angle selection system and method of special utility with surface contacts A search angle selection system generates a search angle for a torpedo in sponse to a number of inputs. Initially, the system bounds the region to be insonified. The system determines the search angle which best insonifies the region from the surface down... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5814816 | System for monitoring surface stress and other conditions in structures A system for monitoring a structure is built on a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted at the surface of the structure. A piece of single crystal silicon is mounted on the PCB and is in contact with the structure. An infrared source directly illuminates th... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5806457 | Submersible vehicle hull portion having integrally formed fluid tank A submarine hull has integrally defined fuel tankage tubes surrounding an ner skin, and a structural foam core in the interstitial annular space not occupied by the tubing. An outer skin completes the structure, both inner and outer skins are of composite... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5802369 | Energy-based wavelet system and method for signal compression and reconstruction A system and method for signal processing using wavelets are disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating a wavelet decomposition tree modeling the signal. The tree includes a plurality of levels of wavelet coefficients representative of the sig... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5792950 | Submarine deployed sea-state sensor A submarine deployed sea-state sensor comprises an elongated housing having nose cone and an aft end, the housing having a forward buoyant chamber for receiving an accelerometer. Aft of the buoyant chamber, a damping assembly communication link deployment... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5788222 | Device for inserting a linear array module into long small diameter pressure vessels An apparatus for loading a linear array module into a pressure vessel inces a first rotatable winch positioned adjacent a first end of the pressure vessel, a second rotatable winch positioned adjacent a second end of the pressure vessel, a movable belt i... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5786545 | Unmanned undersea vehicle with keel-mounted payload deployment system An unmanned undersea vehicle system comprises a remote-controlled, unmanned ndersea vehicle and a mother vehicle interconnected by a communication link. The unmanned undersea vehicle includes a weapon compartment and a control element. Within the weapon co... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5781460 | System and method for chaotic signal identification A chaotic signal processing system receives an input signal provided by a nsor in a chaotic environment and performs a processing operation in connection therewith to provide an output useful in identifying one of a plurality of chaotic processes in the c... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5777948 | Method and apparatus for preforming mutations in a genetic algorithm-based underwater target tracking system A method for performing mutations in a genetic algorithm-based underwater oustic contact tracking system includes the steps of: (i) providing an initially ordered list of bit numbers; (ii) selecting a random number from a uniform distribution of numbers; ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5749312 | System for deploying weapons carried in an annular configuration in a UUV An unmanned undersea vehicle system includes a remote-controlled, unmanned ndersea vehicle and a mother vehicle interconnected by a communication link. The unmanned undersea vehicle includes a weapon compartment, an erectable observation mast and a control... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5733679 | Battery system and a method for generating electrical power The present invention relates to a dry composition of materials to be used n a battery system. The dry composition comprises a mixture consisting of sodium hydroxide and sodium oxide. In a first reservoir in the battery system, the mixture is present in an... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734624 | Wide-band omni telemetry system The present invention comprises a wide-band omni telemetry system adapted r increasing the signal transmission bandwidth of an existing tactical array having a single shared transmission line. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention electronic ... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5729171 | Preamplifier with adjustable input resistance A monolithic CMOSFET integrated circuit which includes a first MOSFET integrant transistor having a gate area chosen to provide a desired range of resistance when operated in its triode region which constitutes (i) a preamplifier, (ii) a voltage controlle... | 03/17/1998 |
