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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185221 | Multifunction receiver-on-chip for electronic warfare applications What is provided is a receiver-on-a-chip comprising a monolithic integrated circuit that reduces the receiver to a cigarette-pack-sized assembly mountable directly at an antenna element, with a much-increased operational bandwidth and instantaneous bandwidth, increa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185052 | Communication system with microradios A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase ran... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179317 | Method and apparatus for passive geolocation using synthetic-aperture processing Using in-phase and quadrature components of a received signal, spatial and temporal information is utilized to generate a maximum likelihood coefficient from the measured data to geolocate an emitter of unknown frequency. In one embodiment an iso-Doppler contour is ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179288 | Method and apparatus for reporting a missile threat to a commercial aircraft An automatic system is provided for alerting ground personnel as to the existence of a threat to commercial aircraft in which the threat is determined by a classified system, but in which the local area network employed by the military missile warning is isolated fr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178843 | Polycrystalline heterostructure infrared detector A midwave infrared lead salt photodetector manufactured by a process comprising the step of employing molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to grow a heterostructure photoconductive detector with a wide-gap surface layer that creates a surface channel for minority carriers. | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172393 | Method and apparatus for viewing polarized displays A pair of sunglasses is provided with a polarized region in the upper portion of the eyeglass lens and a non-polarized region in the bottom portion of the eyeglass lens so as to permit reading of polarized instruments through the non-polarized region. The two region... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172173 | Covert sensor emplacement using autorotational delivery mechanism A method for emplacing sensors, comprising the steps of modifying an existing sensor to attach an autorotational mechanism and deploying said sensor by autorotational means. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169597 | Method and apparatus for laser return characterization in a countermeasures system In a method for laser return characterization in a DIRCM system, the improvement locating a single IR detector in an aperture in an image mirror so that its output can be used for countermeasure effectiveness measurement, missile range measurement, missile character... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164460 | Method and apparatus for coupling multiple microradios to an RFID tag antenna Whether or not one utilizes direct DC coupling of the microradios to the antenna feed points or couples the RF energy from the dipoles associated with the spaced-apart contact pads on the microradio, in the subject invention one selects only those microradios that a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160497 | Method of determining conditions on the ground using microradios A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase ran... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160221 | Cellular telephone with the ability to display and store picture and video messages and caller ID received from a message originator A cellular telephone receives a wireless signal containing Caller ID and a picture or video message. The picture or video message may be encrypted, compressed or encoded. The received Caller ID may be used to establish the identity of the originator of the picture o... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149392 | Method and apparatus for reducing handoff inaccuracies in a countermeasures system A method for reducing handoff inaccuracies in a DIRCM countermeasures system comprising the step of adding a second on-axis camera to the DIRCM countermeasures system. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138969 | Monobit based low cost high performance radar warning receiver A radar warning receiver is implemented in low cost integrated circuit form utilizing only one analog component, namely a limiting amplifier. By taking the output of the limiting amplifier and utilizing monobit sampling of the output it has been found that one can p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135597 | Method using a global server for providing patient medical histories to assist in the delivery of emergency medical services An Internet based method for assisting in the rapid delivery of medical information direct to the site at which emergency assistance is being performed uses a global database for warehousing patient history information, which is fetched over the Internet on demand. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134778 | Monolithic eccentric Mersenne-Cassegrain telescope A Mersenne-Cassegrain telescope provided in a single block of glass in which opposed parabolic elements are precision milled through diamond turning of a glass boule, with the magnification power of the telescope determined by the differences in focal length between... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8120524 | Motion detection systems using CW radar in combination with additional sensors Whether or not the CW radar is utilized for through-the-wall detection, additional one or more sensors are used with the CW radar to confirm the motion detection result or to in fact turn on the CW radar once motion or the physical presence of an individual has been... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115630 | Coherent multichip RFID tag and method and apparatus for creating such coherence An RFID tag (10), containing at least two independent microscopic RFID chips (16) or microradios is programmed with the same unique identifier for each chip. The unique identifier is used in the RFID chips (16) to key the RFID chip (16) t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114067 | Laser induced reduction of visual acuity A system for laser induced reduction of visual acuity suitable for crowd control and disabling of individuals uses an eye-safe pulsed IR source in which a laser beam is imaged onto the cornea of an individual to heat the cornea, thereby to cause defocusing and disor... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8081130 | Broadband whip antenna A shortened multi-band antenna includes in-line dipoles, selected elements of which having shielded meanderline chokes to be able to switch from an extended dipole at the lower VHF frequencies to a shortened dipole for the UHF band. Additionally, the staggered asymm... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074659 | Method and apparatus for protecting teeth, preventing the effects of bruxism and protecting oral structures from sports injuries A comfortable multiple layer mouth protector is provided for strength and ease of fit to minimize if not completely and gradually eliminate bruxism, with spring biasing keeping the maxillary and mandibular mouth protector arches in place and apart, eliminating snori... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072337 | Method and apparatus for tracking and locating explosives and explosive materials worldwide using micro RF transponders Stolen or lost explosives are detected by fixing micro RF transmitters in the form of RFID tags to the explosive packaging or embedding them in the explosive material itself. Moreover, the subject microradio transponders may be contained in an adhesive binder or slu... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070854 | Passive desiccant system In a method for removing moisture from an optical system at high altitude, the improvement comprises using the difference in flow resistance between the desiccant path and the optical cavity path to enable airflow through the desiccant unit and not through the optic... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068214 | Method for centroiding and tracking a distorted optical image A centroiding method is provided for an optical tracking system including a laser used for countermeasuring purposes in which a pencil thin laser beam is accurately positioned onto a target through the use of centroiding techniques for ascertaining the position not ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060117 | Location based information system A wireless device-based system provides location-based services by determining the location of the wireless device and arranges for the service and the payment therefor. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8049622 | RFID tag incorporating at least two integrated circuits Multiple RFID integrated circuit microradio chips are located at the feed point of an RFID tag antenna for greater, reliability, elimination of testing and to take advantage of coherent microradio operation for increased gain and power, better signal-to-noise ratios... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044839 | Combined radar and communications link In a CW radar system for detecting motion behind a wall involving modulation of the radar transmission, means are provided to interrupt the CW wave when motion is detected and to use the same radar transmitter to transmit a serial digital message to a remote monitor... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044797 | System for locating items A convenient handheld locator is provided for locating an item in an urban environment in which the locator is programmed to search for and locate specific items, with the detected item being displayed on the locator as to its identity or name, also displaying where... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037797 | Method for breaching a minefield A method for breaching a minefield comprising the step of deploying a shaped charge array from a vehicle to detonate the minefield. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026775 | Decade bandwidth planar MMIC four port transformer A wide bandwidth planar four port MMIC transformer is provided by input diplexers which divide up the incoming signal into a high band and a low band, with the resulting signals coupled to high band and low band four port transformers implemented in one embodiment u... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022827 | Omnidirectional RFID antenna Antennas (50) for RFID tags are made to exhibit circular polarization to give the tag an omnidirectional characteristic. The antennas are crossed dipoles (52,54) with respective feed points (56,58). The signal source (60) is coupled to a ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010048 | Microradio design, manufacturing method and applications for the use of microradios A microradio (10) is provided with a hysteretic switch (16) to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003504 | Structure and method for fabrication of field effect transistor gates with or without field plates A method for fabrication of a field effect transistor gate, with or without field plates, includes the steps of defining a relatively thin Schottky metal layer by a lithography/metal liftoff or metal deposition/etch process on a semiconductor surface. This is follow... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001423 | Prognostic diagnostic capability tracking system A universal on-board system is provided for automatic fault detection and on-the-spot repair instructions that includes a module adapted to be coupled to a wide variety of platforms and Line Replaceable Units. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986236 | RFID tag and method and apparatus for manufacturing same A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag using multiple microradios and inkjet printing techniques together with a method and system for manufacturing and applying the tag to an end item are disclosed. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7954411 | Method and apparatus for protecting vehicles and personnel against incoming projectiles A projector of multiple skewed light planes or sheets is located adjacent a vehicle to be protected and detectors are arranged to detect the penetration of the light sheets by an incoming object, with the time intervals between the piercing of the planes defining th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950141 | Apparatus for the reworking of a microwave module A specialized tool is provided for the removal of components in a microwave module in which a fixed tool having a channeled tip is positioned adjacent the component to be removed, with a hot stream of gas, forced through the channel to the top of the component which... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7924097 | Solid-state ultra-wideband microwave power amplifier employing modular non-uniform distributed amplifier elements A number of identical non-uniformly distributed ultra-wideband power amplifier string building blocks are coupled together to form an ultra-wide bandwidth high-power amplifier. The non-uniform distribution results in an amplifier utilizing modular string building bl... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916278 | Polyspectral rangefinder for close-in target ranging and identification of incoming threats A computationless system is provided for determining the direction of and distance to a target, involving bathing an area surrounding an area to be protected with a polyspectral series of narrow fan beams of different colors from at least two spaced-apart projectors... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911343 | Methods for coupling an RFID chip to an antenna A method for mounting multiple small RFID chips onto larger antenna. The chips are mechanically aligned with an interdigitated gap at the feed point of the antenna by electrostatic or magnetic techniques. In an alternate embodiment RF field coupling between the chip... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894144 | High accuracy optical pointing apparatus In the subject three-axis pointing system, the elevation and tip mirror axes are permanently mounted with their rotation axes orthogonal to each other to eliminate gimbal lock over the hemisphere, to avoid high accelerations as the zenith or nadir pointing direction... | 02/22/2011 |
