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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7868817 | Radar system for obstacle avoidance A radar system comprises a transmitter antenna configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal, a first receiver antenna, and a second receiver antenna. Each of the first and second receiver antennas are configured to receive a reflection of the RF signal, wher... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7864103 | Device and method for 3D height-finding avian radar A height-finding 3D avian radar comprises an azimuthally scanning radar system with means of varying the elevation pointing angle of the antenna. The elevation angle can be varied by employing either an antenna with multiple beams, or an elevation scanner, or two ra... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7830302 | Remote sensing of wave heights using a narrowband radar arrangement A narrowband radar arrangement having a radar transmitter and a radar receiver mounted above a targeted water surface to monitor and determine a sea state of the targeted water surface. Fixed frequency signals are transmitted by the transmitter and received by the r... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7808426 | Remote sensing of wave heights using a broadband radar arrangement A broadband radar arrangement having a radar transmitter and a radar receiver mounted above a targeted water surface to monitor and determine a sea state of the targeted water surface. Spectrally spaced signals are transmitted by the transmitter and received by the ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7688254 | Display of high-cruise-altitude weather A method implementable in a weather-radar system of an aircraft, the weather-radar system configured to generate to a display device, in response to radar return information indicating reflectivity levels below a predetermined reflectivity threshold, an image in a f... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7639175 | Method and apparatus for estimating terrain elevation using a null response A weather radar system coupled to a weather radar antenna, including a receive circuit for receiving radar returns received by the antenna and a processor for summing portions of the radar return data to obtain a null response. The null response is utilized to deter... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7486228 | Methods and systems for piecewise curve fitting or radar altimeter range gate data A method for compensating for range gate slide with respect to received returns within a radar altimeter is described. The method includes adjusting the amount of overlap between a range gate pulse and a radar return signal until an altitude output by the radar alti... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7417583 | Methods and apparatus for providing target altitude estimation in a two dimensional radar system Method and apparatus to track a contact using a sensor in a two-dimensional radar system, determine a closest point of approach (CPA) for the contact, determine a time to closest point of approach (TCPA) for the contact, and estimate an altitude for the contact from... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414566 | System for monitoring airport area A system is for recognizing obstructions and monitoring movements on or above an airport area (1) with sensors (2, 3, 4). A sensor (2) is a radar device having a plurality of antenna elements (12, 14), which are affixed to a curved surfac... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7379016 | Carrier phase detection system for radar sensors A pulse detection system for expanded time radar, laser and TDR sensors detects specific cycles within bursts of cycles. A sensor transmits and receives short bursts of RF cycles. A transmit pulse detector triggers on a selected cycle of the detected transmit burst ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7307577 | Storm top detection A method of characterizing a maximum height of a storm cell for an aircraft is provided. First reflectivity data formed from a first scan of a storm cell by a radar is received and a first centroid of the storm cell is identified. Second reflectivity data formed fro... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304601 | Device and a method for accurate radar level gauging The invention discloses a device for using radar signals to measure the vertical distance (h) to a surface, comprising a first transmitter and a first transmitting antenna for transmitting radar signals, and a first receiver and a first receiving antenna for receivi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301497 | Stereo display for position sensing systems A method for display of radar data includes performing a first radar scan to obtain, for at least one object (24), a first range reading, a first azimuth reading, and a first altitude reading. A second radar scan is then performed to obtain, for the at least ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295150 | Methods and systems for identifying high-quality phase angle measurements in an interferometric radar system A method for determining a mechanical angle to a radar target utilizing a multiple antenna radar altimeter is described. The method comprises receiving radar return signals at the multiple antennas, populating an ambiguity resolution matrix with the electrical phase... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7265710 | Multipath height finding method A method for determining the height HT of a target above a surface, the method comprising the steps of determining a distance R from a source to a target, determining a distance L representative of a distance traveled by a signal from the target that is r... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7239265 | Method for evaluating and controlling a radar installation A method is disclosed for evaluating the terrain surrounding a radar site. The method comprises to calculate the radar horizon around a radar site from stored terrain elevation information. The information obtained can be used for controlling the scanning profile of... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7218268 | Self-calibrating interferometric synthetic aperture radar altimeter A synthetic aperture radar system uses RF bandwidth and Doppler beam sharpening principles to develop fine altitude and along-track resolutions. To achieve accurate cross-track position measurements the system and method exploit a combination of modes based on a nov... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7167126 | Radar system and method for determining the height of an object System and method for determining the height of an object reflecting a real beam radar signal by receiving the reflected signal with a first and second vertically spaced antennas. Receivers provide two signals indicating the phase of the reflected signals received b... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7148839 | Operational bistatic radar system synchronization A bistatic radar has a radar transmitter at a first location on a moving platform having a motion and a radar receiver at a second location, remote from the first location. The transmitter illuminates a target along an indirect path with an encoded radar signal. The... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148837 | System and method for ground proximity warning with enhanced obstacle depiction Systems and methods for displaying ground obstructions on a visual display are disclosed. In an embodiment, a ground proximity warning system includes at least one aircraft sensor system operable to acquire aircraft data and a ground proximity warning computer coupl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130449 | Method and system for ground imaging A system and method for determining the slope of a ground imaged area. The system includes a camera, a memory, and a processor. The camera generates a first and a second image of an area of ground from an aircraft. The memory stores bi-directional characteristic inf... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123183 | FM-CW radar apparatus An FM-CW radar apparatus capable of detecting a stationary object, in particular, an overbridge, located above the road ahead in a simple manner uses a traveling wave antenna as a transmitting antenna, and includes a means for varying, in upward and downward directi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106513 | Diffraction grating-based encoded particle An encoded particle 8 includes a particle substrate 10; at least a portion of the substrate having at least one diffraction grating disposed therein, the grating having a resultant refractive index variation at a grating location, the grating being emb... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7068742 | Method and apparatus for resolving multipath components for wireless location finding A method and apparatus that provides an accurate estimate of the time and amplitude of arrival of the first arriving overlapping multipath components (rays) in wireless locating finding systems. Overlapping fading multipath components for mobile-positioning are reso... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064703 | Methods and apparatus for randomly modulating radar altimeters A method for randomly phase modulating a radar altimeter is described. The method includes momentarily applying a signal from a random noise source to an amplifier, applying an output of the amplifier to a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), applying an output of t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7038615 | Efficient technique for estimating elevation angle when using a broad beam for search in a radar A method and apparatus for estimating elevation angle when using a broad search beam such as a cosecant-squared beam is provided. The range of a target detected during a search with a broad beam covering a broad angular search area is determined. Based on the determ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6980153 | Radar altimeter for helicopter load carrying operations A radar altimeter for vehicles that operate with a load suspended underneath is described. The radar altimeter includes a transmitter configured to transmit radar signals toward the ground, a receiver configured to receive reflected radar signals from the ground and... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6954404 | Method for determining position and velocity of targets from signals scattered by the targets A method for determining position and velocity of targets from signals scattered by the targets using a first and a second station each including a transmitter/receiver of electromagnetic or acoustic signals. First, mono-static measurements are carried out from each... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6933879 | Method and system for localizing a target in an interrogation-response system In a method and system to determine the position of a target by means of an IFF type antenna, the antenna having a given direction of aim, the method comprises a step for combining the distance D from the target to the carrier, the altitude A of the target, the alti... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6911932 | Two antenna, two pass interferometric synthetic aperture radar A multi-antenna, multi-pass IFSAR mode utilizing data driven alignment of multiple independent passes can combine the scaling accuracy of a two-antenna, one-pass IFSAR mode with the height-noise performance of a one-antenna, two-pass IFSAR mode. A two-antenna, two-p... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6864830 | Device and method for alert and density altitude features in a transponder A transponder having a subsystem for providing an altitude alert function signifying a deviation from a set altitude is described. The subsystem includes an input for receiving an altitude deviation limit associated with the set altitude, a CPU receiving updated alt... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6819285 | Monopulse radar system for determining the height of a target An improved method of estimating target elevation angle for dual squinted beam radar systems is disclosed. The target's elevation angle is estimated by receiving complex I/Q data from two receive radar beams and calculating the complex ratio of the complex I/Q data.... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6795014 | Method and apparatus for detecting vehicle distance Stableness in detecting the distance to a preceding vehicle by calculating the distance to the preceding vehicle using reflected waves of a radar beam scanned at a scanning angle that is adjusted based on lane markers extracted from a road image obtained by a camera... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6791488 | Method and apparatus for measuring ground height A method and apparatus for determining the distance between an agricultural machine and a surface such as the ground, wherein at least one sensor contactlessly determines the distance between the sensor and the surface. The sensor uses electromagnetic waves to penet... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6593875 | Site-specific doppler navigation system for back-up and verification of GPS A system and method for identifying the position of an airborne platform on a flight path includes at least three radar transceivers that are directed along respective beam paths to generate return signals. Each of the return signals respectively indicate... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6486826 | Arrangement for the precise distance measuring, in particular the filling level measuring An arrangement for the precise measuring of the distance with a FMCW radar device having a frequency-variable digitally-actuated oscillator to generate a transmitting frequency which can be tuned over a predetermined frequency range. The digital actuation... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6429804 | Motor-vehicle-mounted radar apparatus A target 22 is explored by transmitting an exploration signal 40 at a certain angle while scanning an antenna 23. In the go and return exploration the angle for transmitting the exploration signal is shifted. It is possible to detect the direction of the ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6414627 | Homodyne swept-range radar A single-antenna short-range radar transceiver emits 24 GHz RF sinewave packets and samples echoes with strobed timing such that the illusion of wave propagation at the speed of sound is observed, thereby forming an ultrasound mimicking radar (UMR). A 12 ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414745 | Method and apparatus for determining the relative height of two targets An apparatus for determining the relative height between two targets is disclosed. The present invention also discloses a method for determining the relative height between two targets; the method is substantially similar to the operational aspects of the... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6266005 | Method for processing radar signals For a radar device arranged above a reflecting surface, a method is suggested for estimating the height of an object above the surface. This method does not require a refined angle resolution for the radar antenna and is based solely on the processing of ... | 07/24/2001 |
