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| 8180978 | Address locked loop An address locked loop (ALL) apparatus for address recycling is provided. The apparatus comprises a block of memory further comprising a plurality of buffers configured to store a plurality of incoming packets, an address stack configured for storing of a plurality ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8131415 | Method and apparatus for automatic vehicle guidance using continuous 2-D poly-point path A method for using an arbitrary shape 2-D poly-point path for an automatic vehicle guidance comprising the steps of: (A) determining a set of 2-D reference points; (B) selecting a set of 2-D interpolating curves to fit the set of 2-D reference points, wherein each 2... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8031397 | Three-level magnon laser at room temperatures A magnon laser comprising: a Magnon Gain Medium, wherein the Magnon Gain Medium supports generation of nonequilibrium magnons, and a means for pumping nonequilibrium electrons into the Magnon Gain Medium. Propagation of nonequilibrium electrons in Magnon Gain Medium... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031110 | Position bias amelioration method and apparatus in GNSS receiver A method of eliminating user position biases caused by satellite constellation changes or differential signal gain/loss is provided. The method comprises: (A) substantially continuously determining an unbiased user's position by using a radio receiver”; (B) detect... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7995622 | Digital clock smoothing A method for digital clock smoothing is provided. The method comprises: (A) inputting an asynchronous data stream having an asynchronous symbol rate into a FIFO two-port memory block; (B) obtaining FIFO depth B by subtracting modulo B for each stored symbol a symbol... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986454 | Tunable terahertz generator using a magnon gain medium with an antenna An apparatus and method for tunable generation of terahertz waves at room temperatures are provided. The apparatus for tunable terahertz generation comprises: (A) a terahertz antenna further comprising a magnon gain medium; (B) a means for generating the nonequilibr... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982946 | Modulation of terahertz radiation generated in magnon gain cavity An apparatus and method for generating modulated terahertz radiation are provided. The apparatus comprises: (A) a means for generating Terahertz radiation by pumping nonequilibrium electrons into Magnon Gain Medium (MGM); wherein the nonequilibrium electrons emit no... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970080 | Modes of operations in QAM modems using hysteresis sub-states A method of automated acquisition of a QAM signal is provided. The method employs a State machine progressing from an initial State to a final State. The State machine comprises: a symbol timing recovery loop; a carrier loop; a coarse frequency loop; and an equalize... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7835259 | Control algorithm using hysteresis sub-states in QAM modems An apparatus for automated acquisition of a QAM signal. The apparatus employs a State machine progressing from an initial State to a final State. The State Machine comprises: (A) an AGC State further comprising a Minimum Sub-State further comprising: Coarse Estimate... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7808626 | Method of mobile radio positioning aided by single fan self-surveying laser transmitter A method of mobile radio positioning aided by a single fan self-surveying laser transmitter (SF_SS_LT), wherein a rover comprises a mobile radio positioning system (Mobile_RADPS) integrated with a mobile laser detector; and wherein THE SF_SS_LT comprises a single fa... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801274 | Digital dental image apparatus having low noise power supply system A digital dental image apparatus comprising: an intra-oral image sensor configured to output a raw analog video signal; a processing raw analog video signal (PRAVS) means for processing the raw analog video signal for optimum detection; a digitizing, over sampling, ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7770010 | Dynamically configurable interleaver scheme using at least one dynamically changeable interleaving parameter A method for encrypting and decrypting an original data stream comprising: (A) transmitting a copy of a key to an interleaver and to a de-interleaver, wherein the key includes a key-algorithm configured to describe an evolution in time of at least one interleaving p... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7768450 | Position determination system using radio and laser in combination A combined radio and laser positioning system comprising: a network of ground based radio communication devices, a laser transmitter configured to generate at least one laser beam, and at least one user unit. Each user unit comprises a radio receiver configured to r... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747384 | Method for substituting at least one high quality position measurement taken before an interrupting event with a set of upgraded low quality position measurements provided by the same source of measurements after the interrupting event A method for substituting at least one high quality position measurement of an object taken before an interrupting event with a set of upgraded low quality position measurements of the object provided by the same source of measurements after the interrupting event. ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742874 | Controllable external to internal antenna switching algorithm and circuit for position reporting device A method for configuring an electronic device comprising: (A) substantially continuously detecting motion of the electronic device using an initiating device disposed within the electronic device, the electronic device further comprising a position determining compo... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7715964 | Very low speed vehicle control algorithm operating in the spatial domain A method of operating a vehicle at a substantially low speed based on change in the vehicle position. The method comprises the following steps: (A) transforming a steering control algorithm into a substantially low speed (SLS) steering control algorithm, wherein the... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706976 | Position based velocity estimator A method of determining speed and heading of a rover/rover having one degree of freedom comprising the following steps: (A) determining a rover position coordinates using at least one source of a radio position measurements; (B) storing a set of statistically differ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706056 | Modulation of terahertz radiation A method of modulation terahertz radiation comprising: (A) generating Terahertz radiation by pumping nonequilibrium electrons into a Magnon Gain Medium (MGM), wherein propagation of nonequilibrium electrons in the MGM causes generation of nonequilibrium magnons, and... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7701336 | Detection of nuclear materials hidden inside cargo shipments by using sensor fusion technique A method for identifying at least one nuclear threat to homeland security, wherein such each nuclear threat is either hidden inside at least one cargo container before transit, or is placed inside at least one cargo container while in transit. Each such nuclear thre... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7664207 | Decoding GPS satellite data at low signal to noise levels by computing total probability of current data bit at current time epoch A method of decoding a GPS carrier signal comprising: (A) receiving a phase modulated GPS signal by using a GPS antenna; (B) extracting a GPS data from the received phase modulated GPS signal; and (C) computing a total probability of a current GPS data bit being “... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663484 | Reporting and eliminating detected active threats while in transit A method for reporting at least one detected active threat to the homeland security (HS). Each threat is either hidden inside at least one cargo container before transit, or is placed inside at least one cargo container while in transit. Each threat while interactin... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663482 | Tracking and processing cargo containers having indefinite security status A method of tracking and processing at least one cargo container having an indefinite security status (ISS). In one embodiment, the method of the present invention comprises: (A) detecting at least one statistically significant threat (SST) signal associated with at... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7613211 | Digital clock smoothing apparatus and method A method for digital clock smoothing comprising: (A) inputting an asynchronous data stream having an asynchronous symbol rate into a two-port memory block; (B) accumulating a plurality of symbols of the asynchronous data stream in the two-port memory block for a pre... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7595867 | Mobile radio positioning aided by single fan laser The method of mobile radio positioning aided by a single fan laser comprising: generating a single sloping fan beam by using a stationary fan laser transmitter positioned in a location with known coordinates; detecting the single sloping fan beam by using the mobile... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7508578 | Magnon laser A magnon laser comprising: a magnon gain medium (MGM) that supports generation of nonequilibrium magnons, and a means for generating nonequilibrium magnons in the MGM further comprising a means for pumping nonequilibrium electrons into the MGM. Propagation of nonequ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7477184 | 3-D positioning system utilizing self-positioning radio transmitter and stationary laser transmitter A radio and light based 3-D positioning system comprising a stationary self-positioning radio (pseudolite) transceiver, a stationary laser transmitter positioned in a location with known coordinates, and at least one mobile integrated radio receiver (pseudolite)/las... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477185 | Method of tracking at least one mobile unit comprising integrated radio/pseudolite transceiver and laser detector by utilizing stationary self-positioning radio transceiver and stationary laser transmitter A method of tracking at least one mobile unit utilizing a radio and light based 3-D positioning system comprising a stationary self-positioning radio (pseudolite) transceiver, a stationary laser transmitter positioned in a location with known coordinates, a wireless... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477708 | Modes of operations in QAM modems The method of selecting an optimum mode of operation of the QAM modem comprising (A) using a host interface to select a pair of states, the first state being an initial state; the second state being an intermediate state; and (B) causing a state machine to progress ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477973 | Vehicle gyro based steering assembly angle and angular rate sensor A method for estimation of relative coordinates between at least two parts of a system. The method generally includes two main steps: measuring a set of relevant coordinates for each part of the system; and processing each measurement result to estimate the relative... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7471449 | Method and apparatus for generating Terahertz radiation with magnon gain medium and magnon mirror An apparatus for generation of Terahertz radiation comprising: (A) a Magnon Gain Medium (MGM), wherein the MGM supports generation of nonequilibrium magnons; and (B) at least one magnon mirror (MM). The nonequilibrium magnons are generated in the MGM. Interaction be... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7453986 | Digital dental image apparatus A digital dental image apparatus comprising: (A) an intra-oral image sensor configured to output a raw analog video signal; (B) a processing raw analog video signal (PRAVS) means for processing the raw analog video signal for optimum detection; (B) a digitizing, ove... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7440178 | Tunable generation of terahertz radiation A method of tunable generation of terahertz radiation comprising: (A) providing a magnon gain medium; wherein the magnon gain medium supports generation of nonequilibrium magnons; (B) generating terahertz radiation in the magnon gain medium; and (C) tuning frequency... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430074 | Generation of Terahertz waves A method of THz photon generation comprising: providing a magnon gain medium; wherein the magnon gain medium supports generation of nonequilibrium magnons; and injecting nonequilibrium electrons into the magnon gain medium. Propagation of nonequilibrium electrons in... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7403853 | Position determination system for movable objects or personnel using GPS/TV location technology integrated with inertial navigation system A position determination system for movable objects or personnel comprising at least one portable position sensor built into a wearable item of a member of personnel having an identification number, or embedded into a movable object having an identification number, ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7362795 | Method and apparatus for acquisition and tracking of GPS satellites at low signal to noise levels A method of acquisition a signal having a low signal to noise ratio (SNR). The method comprises the steps of: (A) detecting a non-zero power in the signal having the low SNR during a power detect process; (B) receiving the signal having the low SNR by using a signal... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7312702 | Expediting release procedure of cargo container at border crossing or at customs entry point by tracking and reporting threats while cargo container is in transit A method of expediting a release procedure of at least one cargo container at least one border crossing or at least one customs entry point by detecting each statistically significant threat (SST) signal associated with at least one said cargo container while in tra... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310137 | Self surveying laser transmitter A self-surveying laser transmitter comprising a laser transmitter configured to generate at least one rotating laser beam and a radio positioning system integrated with the laser transmitter. The radio positioning system is configured to obtain the precise coordinat... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310138 | Method for augmenting radio positioning system using single fan laser A method of augmenting a mobile radio positioning system (Mobile_RADPS) by using a stationary fan laser transmitter. A rover comprises the mobile radio positioning system (Mobile_RADPS) integrated with a mobile laser detector. The stationary fan laser transmitter is... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7266467 | Method to calibrate hydraulic flow valves in situ A method for performing system characterization in situ for a system comprising a actuator controlled by a proportional controller. The system includes a quasi-linear region characterized by a slope of the system response and by a delay in the quasi-linear region of... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266445 | Method and a system for navigating around real site by creating and accessing database of positional reality images of real site A method and a system for navigating a vehicle around a real site. The method comprises the following steps: (A) creating a database of Positional Reality Images (PRI) that substantially accurately represents the real site, and (B) accessing the database of Position... | 09/04/2007 |
