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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110285577 | FORWARD-LOOKING 3D IMAGING RADAR AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING 3D IMAGES USING THE SAME Disclosure is a forward-looking 3D imaging radar, comprising: a transmitting unit which generates RF signals to be radiated for observing object in front of the radar; a transmitting antenna which radiates the RF signal generated by the transmitting unit; a receiving an... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110234444 | Ultra-wideband Radar Waveform Calibration for Measurements of a Heterogeneous Material Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise a ground penetrating radio device and methods of use for obtaining greater resolution. This is achieved by measuring the composition/reflection off a homogeneous material (e.g., metal plate), determining coefficients to c... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110234443 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS A communication device includes an oscillator to generate an oscillation signal; a harmonic generator to generate a higher harmonic wave from the oscillation signal; a first filter to take out a first high frequency signal; a second filter to take out a second high freq... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110210883 | STANDOFF DETECTION OF MOTION AND CONCEALED UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) A surveillance system includes a multi-propeller aircraft having a main propeller and a plurality of wing unit propellers; a housing that houses the main propeller and the wing unit propellers; an ultra-wideband (UWB) radar imaging system; a control system for controlli... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110169682 | LATERAL WAVE RADAR SYSTEM FOR FORWARD DETECTION A forward-looking radar system adapted to detect and identify buried or near surface objects from a moving ground vehicle has been developed. The system incorporates a radar detection system and in one embodiment is mounted on a ground vehicle. The system is adapted to ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110163905 | Method and System for Aiding Environmental Characterization by Ultra-Wideband Radiofrequency Signals The invention relates to environmental characterization on the basis of an Ultra Wide Band (UWB) radiofrequency communication network. Pulses are emitted and the waveform received is compared with predicted waveforms corresponding to well determined interactions between... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110115665 | BEAM STEERING SYSTEM OF PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA USING FREQUENCY Provided is a beam steering system of a phased array antenna using a frequency. The beam steering system according to the present invention includes: a plurality of transmitting/receiving front-ends including phase shifters for adjusting phases of inputted signals; a pl... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110063156 | Radar vehicle detection system A radar parking detection system with a Ultra Wide Band (UWB) detection and transmission system including a hardened radar device placed in the vicinity of a parking space to be monitored by using measurements of time delays observed in the reflection of radio waves ref... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110032138 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE The invention relates to a method for operating an electrical device which during operation emits electromagnetic radiation at least temporarily, and to a method for operating a locating device for identifying objects. The method for operating an electrical device is ch... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20100295718 | Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Detection A system includes a multi-system approach to detecting concealed weapons and person borne improvised explosive devices (PBIED). A first and second radar system operate at different center frequencies to provide, respectively, isolation of a target of interest from clutt... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100265116 | ANTI JAMMING SYSTEM Anti jamming system comprising a tunable negative jamming signal feedback loop for feedback suppression of a received jamming signal, including an receiver receiving an jamming signal followed by a replica jamming signal generator for generating an replica jamming signa... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100225520 | Virtual Beam Forming In Ultra Wideband Systems Systems and methods include up-converting a UWB frequency pulse from a UWB radar unit to a V band frequency pulse; transmitting the V band frequency pulse via an active array antenna; receiving a V band echo pulse via the active array antenna; down-converting the V band... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100185102 | MOVEMENT DETECTION DURING RADIATION TREATMENT USING A RADAR SYSTEM The present embodiments relate to irradiating a patient with an irradiation source directed onto the patient, as well as with a radar system for detecting the position of the patient or a part of the patient during the irradiation.... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20090184860 | E-Band Receiver And Bit Error Measurement Methods and apparatus are provided to facilitate the alignment of an antenna. In one aspect, there is provided a transceiver. The transceiver may include an antenna and a downconverter module coupled to the antenna. The downconverter module may convert a signal received... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090096660 | SOFTMULTIBAND RADIO FOR ULTRA WIDE BAND An ultra wide band device may announce a first idle message on a first ultra wide band sub-band associated with a first beacon group, announce a second idle message on a second ultra wide band sub-band associated with a second beacon group, and switch between the first ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090033538 | Ramp Linearization for FMCW Radar Using Digital Down-Conversion of a Sampled VCO Signal The invention relates to an FMCW radar system and a method of operating an FMCW radar system to produce a linear frequency ramp. The FMCW radar system includes a VCO, a frequency divider coupled to the VCO output, followed by an A/D converter. A down-converter shifts th... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080316084 | RADAR SYSTEM, RADAR TRANSMISSION SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM THEREFOR AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Disclosed is a radar system capable of detecting near targets even in case of using discrete bands transmission signal. For this end, a discrete bands selection unit 1 selects discrete bands that meet the required radar parameters for detecting target information... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080309543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING FREQUENCY AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN A WIDEBAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM This document discusses, among other things, a system and method of measuring and correcting for frequency offset in wideband signals of bandwidth X within a communications system. A synchronization signal is generated and transmitted, wherein generating a synchronizati... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080270024 | METHOD, DEVICE AND VEHICLE UTILIZING THE SAME A global positioning system (GPS) device including an antenna and a baseband unit is disclosed. The antenna receives a wireless signal group. The baseband unit processes the wireless signal group to generate a position signal. The position signal is updated every time i... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080174471 | UWB SIGNAL TRANSMITTER FOR RADARS AND SENSORS The present invention relates to a UWB radio transmission module including a UWB signal generation circuit. The UWB signal generation circuit controls the power consumption outputs according to a power supply opening/closing mode, and is connected to a common resonator ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080165046 | System and method for intrusion detection using a time domain radar array A system and method for highly selective intrusion detection using a sparse array of ultra wideband (UWB) radars. Two or more UWB radars are arranged in a sparse array around an area to be protected. Each UWB radar transmits ultra wideband pulses that illuminate the are... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080100498 | System and method for intrusion detection using a time domain radar array A system and method for highly selective intrusion detection using a sparse array of time modulated ultra wideband (TM-UWB) radars. Two or more TM-UWB radars are arranged in a sparse array around the perimeter of a building. Each TM-UWB radar transmits ultra wideband pu... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080100497 | System and method for position determination by impulse radio A system and a method for position determination by impulse radio using a first transceiver having a first clock providing a first reference signal and a second transceiver placed spaced from the first transceiver. The system determines the position of the second transc... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080100496 | System and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio A System and Method for Person or Object Position Location Utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising a plurality of reference impulse radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning a... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080100495 | System and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio A System and Method for Person or Object Position Location Utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising a plurality of reference impulse radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning a... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080048905 | Precision pulse detection system for radar sensors A precision pulse detection system for time-of-flight sensors detects a zero axis crossing of a pulse after it crosses above and then falls below a threshold. Transmit and receive pulses flow through a common expanded-time receiver path to precision transmit and receive... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080036643 | Dual Frequency Reception Of Spread Spectrum Signals A method, computer program, computer program product, system, transmitter, receiver and module are shown for dual frequency reception, wherein a receive signal is obtained that contains a first signal with a first center frequency f1 and a second signal with ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080018523 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RADAR PROCESSING A method of radar processing includes selecting a detection threshold in accordance with a mathematical function of angle and/or scaling a radar return signal in accordance with the mathematical function of angle. Apparatus for radar processing includes a threshold sele... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080012748 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CALIBRATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A calibration apparatus and method in a communication system are provided. In the apparatus and method, baseband reference signals are generated for signal transmission paths, upconverted to RF signals, and downconverted to a baseband signal after coupling and combining... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20080007445 | Ultra-wideband radar sensors and networks Ultra wideband radar motion sensors strategically placed in an area of interest communicate with a wireless ad hoc network to provide remote area surveillance. Swept range impulse radar and a heart and respiration monitor combined with the motion sensor further improves... | 01/10/2008 |
| 20070247353 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Bistatic Radar Functions A bistatic radar system having a transmitter that generates unique signals at spatially independent transmitter degrees of freedom and a receiver that filters the signal at each receiver degree of freedom into a group of signals identical in number to the number of tran... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070222660 | Encoded transmitted signals in a simultaneous dual polarization weather system A system for simultaneously propagating dual polarized signals in a polarimetric radar system includes a system for coding at least one of the two signals. The simultaneous dual polarization weather radar transmits signals in both the horizontal and vertical orientation... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070222661 | Phase shifted transmitted signals in a simultaneous dual polarization weather system A system for simultaneously propagating dual polarized signals in a polarimetric radar system includes a system for shifting the phase of one of the two signals. The simultaneous dual polarization weather radar transmits signals in both the horizontal and vertical orien... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070182618 | System and method for intrusion detection using a time domain radar array A system and method for highly selective intrusion detection using a sparse array of time modulated ultra wideband (TM-UWB) radars. Two or more TM-UWB radars are arranged in a sparse array around the perimeter of a building. Each TM-UWB radar transmits ultra wideband pu... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070152874 | Reducing undesirable coupling of signal(s) between two or more signal paths in a radar system In one aspect the invention is a method of reducing crosstalk in a radar system. The method includes receiving a reflected radar signal, down converting the reflected radar signal to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal and down converting the IF signal to a baseband s... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070063888 | Single side band radar A pulsed radar that uses a single sideband pulsed signal for determining a distance to a target. The radar has twice the target resolution of a conventional pulsed radar using the same bandwidth signal. The single sideband pulsed signal may be produced by mixing a base-... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20060250293 | Generating a fine time offset using a SiGe pulse generator A method and apparatus for generating short electronic pulses using a modified differential trigger that is partly an analogue sinusoidal voltage and partly a selectable, DC voltage. The differential trigger is applied to a differential base band pulse generator having ... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060132348 | Method for detecting the presence of radar signal emitters, an electronic support measures unit and a system for determining the position and identity of said emitters A method for passively detecting the presence of radar signal emitters, in which an ESM unit receives radar signals with a number of antennas, each antenna covering a sector of the surrounding terrain. In order to conserve bandwidth, a technique is used, in which receiv... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060125683 | Radar sensor and method for operating a radar sensor In a radar sensor, a continuous microwave signal is passed through an RF switch which is periodically controlled by a pulse signal. The pulse signal is frequency modulated in such a way that the spectrum of the pulse signal is expanded without decorrelation occurring. U... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060087473 | RADAR SYSTEM USING QUADRATURE SIGNAL A radar system using a quadrature signal includes a quadrature push-push oscillator for generating four harmonics with a 90-degree phase difference from each other, and producing two-balanced 2nd harmonic signals from the harmonics; a first coupler block for ... | 04/27/2006 |
