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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105268 | Method of Detecting a Scatterer in a Structure, a Radar System and a Computer Program Product The invention relates to a method of detecting a scatterer in a structure, such as a building structure. The method comprises the steps of transmitting from one or a multiple number of positions exterior to a structure, a wall probing radar signal towards the structure.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105267 | SURVEILLANCE WITH SUBJECT SCREENING A surveillance system is disclosed. In some embodiments, the surveillance system may include at least one controller adapted to control operation of first and second screening apparatus and to produce image data and screening data, to relate the image data to the screen... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120068875 | Radar Image Generation System According to one embodiment, a synthetic aperture radar includes a back projection processor that is configured to receive multiple return signals from the radar as the radar is moved with respect to an object, wherein the return signals are representative of electro-ma... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120019406 | RADAR TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD The present invention relates to a radar tomography apparatus and method for determining one or more material properties of an object at a first number of positions distributed within a region of interest of said object. To reduce the acquisition and processing time of ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110304495 | BEAT-PRODUCT RADIO IMAGING METHOD (RIM) A beat-product radio imaging method (RIM) system uses a matched continuous wave (CW) transmitter and receiver to electronically image material in between. Signal attenuation measurements are taken from a number of different transmitter and receiver perspectives around t... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298647 | Method, Apparatus, and System to Remotely Acquire Information from Volumes in a Snowpack A method, apparatus, and system to remotely acquire information from volumes in a snowpack and to analyze the information are disclosed. Electromagnetic energy is transmitted remotely to a region of interest in a snowpack and data about reflections are processed to dete... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110267215 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING THE PHASE CONSTANT FOR A DIELECTRIC MEDIUM A method for determining a phase constant for a dielectric medium is provided. The method includes deploying a calibration object with a known free-space spectral response within a dielectric medium of interest, determining the spectral response of the calibration objec... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110260905 | Millimeter Wave Imaging Apparatus A millimeter wave imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device including a plurality of millimeter wave sensors that are arranged in a planar manner and receive millimeter waves radiated from a subject to detect signal levels thereof; a temperature sensor that detects ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110227777 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY ANTENNA AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING INTERNAL OBJECT USING THE SAME Provided are a two-dimensional array antenna and a device for detecting an internal object using the same. The device includes a plurality of unit antennas in a two-dimensional array of m columns and n rows on a board (where m and n are integers greater than 1), a first... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227778 | Hand-Held See-Through-The-Wall Imaging And Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Detection System The housing of a portable radar unit includes features for providing positioning of auxiliary handles between a first position and a second position, in which: the first position places the auxiliary handles in a position to act as handgrips in conjunction with integral... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110221624 | Apparatus and Method Using a Radar in a Wireless and/or Wireline Sensor Node and Operating Radar In the Ground to Detect and Count Vehicles in Roadway, Parking Lot and Airport Applications A package, wireless sensor module, wireless sensor node and wireline sensor node are disclosed including a radar configured to embed beneath vehicles in pavements, walkways, parking lot floors and runways referred to herein as in ground usage. An access point interfacin... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110202277 | Derivative Imaging for Subsurface Object Detection A series of scans is generated for a subsurface and a derivative image is created using the series of subsurface images. One or more tests are performed on the derivative image, and a subsurface object is detected based on the one or more tests. A sensor is configured t... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196534 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF UNDERGROUND PIPES A system for inspecting an underground conduit from within comprises a data acquisition subsystem configured to be placed within the conduit and to move along at least a portion of the conduit to obtain data regarding the conduit. The system comprises a data storage sub... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187577 | Resolution Radar Using Metamaterials A radar system includes at least one transmit array comprising a plurality of metamaterial elements. The radar system further includes at least one near-field stimulator for inputting electromagnetic signal to the transmit array so that a sub-wavelength target is illumi... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110175765 | Device for Detecting Objects, Notably Dangerous Objects The present invention relates to a device for detecting objects. The device comprises at least one microwave-frequency transmitter and one microwave-frequency receiver. The receiver makes a relative rotary movement about the transmitter, a signal being transmitted towar... | 07/21/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110169683 | FILTERING SENSOR DATA TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF STRUCTURES According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving sensor data generated by one or more sensors in response to sensing a structure. The sensor data is filtered to identify edge data and reverberation data each describing the same structural feature of the structu... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110160579 | MICROWAVE INVESTIGATION WITH A CONTRAST MEDIUM A device for the investigation of an object uses a microwave transmitter, a microwave receiver, a control device and a contrast medium. The microwave transmitter and the microwave receiver are controlled by the control device. In one embodiment, the following steps mayb... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110148686 | MOVING-ENTITY DETECTION Sensing moving entities includes transmitting a stepped-frequency radar signal including multiple frequencies through a wall from a first side of the wall to a second side of the wall. Portions of the radar signal that are reflected by entities located beyond the second... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110148687 | ADJUSTABLE ANTENNA A device includes a compressible conductive element including a first end and a second end, and an adjustment element coupled to the compressible conductive element, the adjustment element configured to adjust the compressible conductive element to a state of compressio... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110128179 | SCANNING NEAR FIELD ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBE A method and apparatus is devised for detecting objects of interest in which frequency-scanned RF in the HF region of the electromagnetic spectrum is projected out across a given area and returns are detected and converted into image data in which phase, amplitude, rang... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110115667 | 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... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115666 | Highway Speed Ground Penetrating Radar System Utilizing Air-Launched Antenna and Method of Use Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise an air-launched antenna system with interference-rejection technology that operates in analog hardware as well as by way of a digital filtering technique. Using an inline analog hardware filter combined with a digital fil... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110102234 | STANDOFF RANGE SENSE THROUGH OBSTRUCTION RADAR SYSTEM A standoff range, sense-through-obstruction radar system is capable of detecting micro-Doppler, or life form signatures, and movements through obstructions at stand-off ranges and displaying the target information over a live video feed of the area under surveillance. T... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102233 | Active millimeter-wave imaging system An active millimeter wave imaging system and method. The system includes a spatially distributed broadband millimeter-wave illuminating source for illuminating a field of view and a millimeter-wave imaging receiver for imaging the field of view. The subject area to be i... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110102235 | IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL THREAT MATERIALS USING ACTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES Electrical properties of concealed dielectric objects, such as the dielectric permittivity, can be deduced from incident, reflected, and transmitted electromagnetic waves in an imaging system. In a confocal arrangement a horn illuminates a reflect array and the reflect ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110084868 | VARIABLE RANGE MILLIMETER WAVE METHOD AND SYSTEM A variable range millimeter wave method and system is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a primary mirror having an aperture to reflect millimeter wave energy to a secondary mirror, where the secondary mirror is disposed in front of the primary m... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110074619 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTION OF UNCRUSHABLE METALLIC PIECES IN MINERAL LOADS A system and method to detect uncrushable metallic pieces hidden inside a mineral load directly inside a transport device to a primary crusher includes a directionally adjustable radar having at least one device with electromagnetic wave emitter/receiver antennas, a por... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110063157 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADAR SYSTEM IN THE EVENT OF POSSIBLE CONCEALMENT OF THE TARGET OBJECT AND RADAR SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD In a method for operating a radar system and a radar system for performing the method, in particular a microwave radar system for applications in or on motor vehicles, in which at least one target object and at least one possible concealing object are detected using rad... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050479 | STATIC RF IMAGING FOR INSIDE WALLS OF A PREMISES A system includes a radar unit configured to provide raw data from scanning an exterior of a structure; and a signal processing and imaging module configured to: process the raw data into markers of interior locations of the structure; and display an image of interior s... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110037639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING, LOCATING AND IDENTIFYING OBJECTS LOCATED ABOVE THE GROUND AND BELOW THE GROUND IN A PRE-REFERENCED AREA OF INTEREST The invention relates to a system and method for detecting, locating and identifying objects located above ground or below ground in an area of interest, comprising an airborne vehicle which circumscribes the area of interest and which includes a built-in radar having a... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040176 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NEAR-FIELD DUAL-WAVE MODALITY IMAGING A method of near-field imaging of a region of interest includes emitting an input of near-field electromagnetic radiofrequency energy from a near-field source device into the region of interest, detecting a mechanical wave response generated in the region of interest in... | 02/17/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110025545 | Method and system for motion compensation for hand held MTI radar sensor Methods to quantify the amount of radial platform motion of a portable sensor are described. In an exemplary embodiment, the method uses the frequency domain phase data in the range bin corresponding to a large stationary object. A correction factor is computed and appl... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025546 | Mobile sense through the wall radar system A method and apparatus for sensing a target through a wall or obstruction by a Moving Target Indicator (MTI) radar sensor. In an exemplary embodiment, a series of radar pulses are transmitted at frequencies less than about 5 GHz. Radar return signals are received at a p... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025547 | DETERMINATION OF HOSTILE INDIVIDUALS ARMED WITH WEAPON, USING RESPIRATION AND HEARTBEAT AS WELL AS SPECTRAL ANALYSIS AT 60 GHZ A system includes a plurality of radar units configured to provide scan data to a network; a signal processing and imaging module connected to the network and configured to receive the scan data, identify a target, and determine a type of the target based on a radar pro... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110019792 | WAVEGUIDE AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM WITH A WAVEGUIDE The invention relates to a waveguide (24) for focusing electromagnetic energy on an area of interest, said waveguide (24) comprising outer walls forming a channel with a width (w) and a height (h) for the propagation of the electromagnetic waves. In order ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110006940 | Method and Device for Detection of Motion of the Surface of an Object The invention relates to a method for detection of motion of the surface of an object by means of a detection device, the object being stationary during a detection process, and situated in a space on the opposite side of a wall in relation to the detection device, and ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100315280 | Multi-Platform Radar with Forced Resonating Antennas for Embedded Detection and Volumetric Imaging An electromagnetic interrogation system and methods for analyzing a target in a test bed are disclosed. A forced resonating antenna unit has a transmit element and a receive element both mounted on a platform movable over the test bed. An interrogation signal source gen... | 12/16/2010 |
