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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120050088 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A FACILITY ON THE GROUND OR AT SEA The present invention includes a method for identifying a facility on the ground or at sea, the method being implemented on an airborne responder linked to at least two antennas, the method including a step of choosing a first transmission antenna and a step of transmit... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20110309966 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A TARGET IN AN INTERROGATION-RESPONSE SYSTEM (IFF) A method and system for locating a target, of azimuth Aestimatedtarget and of elevation angle Sestimatedtarget, in space by a carrier uses at least one first antenna array with electronic scanning ARRAY_H and at least one seco... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110309965 | Method for Transmission of a Geographic Coordinate A method for transmission to a receiver of a geographic coordinate λ of a transmitter positioned in a spherical coordinate system λ, φ, at least a portion of one hemisphere of the Earth's sphere being divided into N sections each bounded by a minimum φ and a maximum... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110279302 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE MANAGEMENT OF RADAR TIME FOR SECONDARY RADARS OPERATING IN MODES A method for the real-time management and sequencing of the information interchanges between a secondary radar and a plurality of aircraft includes the interchanges between the radar and a given aircraft being performed, depending on the aircraft concerned, either in a ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110102236 | APPARATUS FOR SHARING AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNA BETWEEN AN IFF TRANSPONDER AND AN IFF INTERROGATOR An apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio-frequency signals. including a cylindrical antenna array which has an omnidirectional channel; an IFF interrogator and an IFF transponder connected to the cylindrical antenna array; and a means for sharing the omnidirect... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20100289691 | Simplifying and cost-effective IR-RF combat identification friend-or foe (IFF) system for ground targets Combined IR-RF combat identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system for a ground targets, such as dismounted soldiers, vehicles or military platforms comprising IR-RF interrogator mounted on a firearm and IR-RF transponder mounted on a friendly target. RF channel operates i... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20090079616 | Covert long range positive friendly identification system The present invention pertains to a portable repeater device for use by friendly forces in a combat theater. The repeater device includes a sensor that receives an interrogator signal, coded or un-coded, from a friendly interrogator, such as an airborne attack or search... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090058712 | Secure covert combat identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system for the dismounted soldier A combat IFF system, for use in a combat exercise or on the battlefield, including a helmet-mounted passive IFF response unit and a weapon-mounted IFF interrogatory unit for each soldier. Infrared (IR) signals are employed for both challenge and response. The IR respons... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090045996 | Combined IR-RF combat identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system for the dismounted soldier Combined IR-RF combat identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system for the dismounted soldier comprising IR-RF interrogator mounted on a small arms and IR-RF transponder mounted on a friendly target, wherein sharp-diagram K-band RF channel provides brief information about ... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080165047 | Systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans The present invention relates to systems and methods of tracking and/or avoiding harm to certain devices or humans. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method of tracking individual assets may include obtaining position data of an asset via a GPS receiver in commun... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20070290916 | Method of Detecting Physical Phenomena A method is provided for more accurate and reliable sensing of phenomena that are potentially obscured by noise, spoofing or jamming, that is deliberate attempts to obscure the phenomena by false signals or noise in response to the stimuli being provided and/or a detect... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070236384 | Cost-effective friend-or-foe (IFF) combat infrared alert and identification system (CID) A compact and cost-effective infrared IFF alert system for small arm based on fiber-optical (FO) technology, comprising an optical interrogator and an optical transponder, is provided. The interrogator attached to a small arm, such as a rifle, includes a FO laser diode ... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070146195 | Multi-sensor system An avionics system including a radar system being capable of automatically tracking a radar target, an optical image producing system, a radar monitor, an optical image monitor, a decision support unit having a connection to the radar system and to the optical image pro... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070085725 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLY DIRECTIONAL ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATION AND COMBAT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME An antenna for directional electronic communication, a directional communication system, a method of conducting directional communication, a combat identification system and a method of identifying friendly forces. In one embodiment, the antenna includes: (1) a conducti... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070018880 | GPS Based Situational Awareness and Identification System and Method A system and method for observing a security event which shares the position of a number of friendly participants with other participants. Preferably, the position of unknown participants or foes is also displayed to friendly participants. The views are selectable by fr... | 01/25/2007 |
| 20060290563 | Detecting small, time domain impulsive communications signals A method and system are disclosed for generating and detecting secure UWB or relatively small time domain impulsive communications signals. A transmitter generates a sequence of at least three pulses having a predetermined template, and the pulses are generated in a pre... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060284759 | System and method for suppressing IFF responses in the sidelobes and backlobes of IFF interrogator antennas An IFF interrogation system for use on an aircraft is described. The system transmits a signal from an interrogator to a transponder and from the transponder to the interrogator. The system includes a non-reciprocal IFF antenna that breaks either an uplink signal or a d... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060232463 | Joint stars embedded data link A system comprises a radar for producing a radar interrogation signal, a transponder for receiving the radar interrogation signal and producing a transponder signal including a first linear frequency modulated pulse having an increasing frequency and a second linear fre... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060176211 | Wafer scale antenna module with a backside connectivity In one embodiment, wafer-scale antenna module is provided that includes: a substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a plurality of conductive contact regions extending from the first surface into the substrate towards the second surface; active c... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20060176210 | Vehicle display apparatus The present invention is to provide a vehicle display apparatus having a clear view. When a vehicle runs on a flat road, a standard FOE (focus of expansion) is set so as that a horizon line is positioned at a central portion of a display area. When the vehicle approache... | 08/10/2006 |
| 20050248480 | Identification and location system for personnel and vehicles A surveillance system is provided for surveillance of objects within a secure area. A surveillance sensor transmits surveillance signals to all objects within the secure area, the reflections of which are received back by the surveillance sensor to determine the locatio... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050212692 | 2-d range hopping spread spectrum encoder/decoder system for RF tags An airborne radar interrogates tags on friendly ground vehicles, which when interrogated by a downlink signal from the radar, sends back a very low level uplink message signal that appears noise-like so as to avoid enemy detection and exploitation. This is achieved by r... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050206551 | Digital rf tag An RF tag is provided to communicate with an interogating source in which the tag has programmability and flexibility to uplink data to multiple platforms. As such the RF tag functions as a miniature programmable transceiver capable of communicating with a plurality of ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050128131 | Friend/foe identification system for a battlefield The invention relates to an IFF transponder for ground applications, which comprises: (a) Encoder for forming an interrogating or response sequence of pulses, and conveying the same to a UWB transmitter; (b) A UWB transmitter for getting said interrogating or response s... | 06/16/2005 |
| 20050040984 | Radar based application programmable waveform generator component A radar based application programmable waveform generator component of an apparatus generates a waveform and controls a phase and an amplitude of one or more parts of the waveform. ... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050012654 | Beacon-on-demand radar transponder A radar transponder is provided that synchronizes the encoding of repeated radar pulses using an envelope detector to detect the envelope of received radar pulse signals. An edge detector detects the pulse edges in the envelope so that code words may be multiplied with ... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050001756 | TARGET DESIGNATION SYSTEM A target designation system for indicating a target to be destroyed by remotely guided ordnance comprising a receiver arranged to produce a receiver output signal in response to an incident electromagnetic signal from an attack aircraft. An auto-switch is connected to t... | 01/06/2005 |
