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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7817080 | Ranging and communication multifunction system A ranging and communication multifunction system including a transmission unit and a receiving unit, and integrates two functions of ranging and communication in which the transmission unit includes a transmission circuit, a carrier wave modification device, and a t... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7592944 | 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... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7570196 | Apparatus, method, computer program product and system providing asynchronous transmission of communications data using time-gated techniques A method, computer program product, apparatus and system are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving at a second unit periodic energy bursts transmitted by a first unit; blanking a transmitter of the second unit in accordance with the rec... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7545309 | System and method for communicating low data rate information with a radar system A method is disclosed for transmitting low data rate symbols from a communications terminal to a burst radar transceiver. A plurality of bursts can be emitted from a burst radar transceiver, each burst having a burst interval and separated by an inter-burst interval... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7538713 | System and method to determine burst transmission timing for data communications using radar A method for transmitting bursts of data from a communications terminal to a mobile radar transceiver having inter-burst periods is disclosed. The method includes determining a propagation time between the communications terminal and mobile radar transceiver. A leng... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7515091 | Method and system for communicating using pulsed radar signal data links A method and system for communicating using pulsed radar signal data links is disclosed. The method comprises encoding downlink data with a signature sequence as a secondary function onto a continuous wave pulse signal having a primary function at a master device. T... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7471236 | Cellular augmented radar/laser detector A radar/laser emission detector is augmented with a cellular communications capability to provide the capability to share emission detection information amongst drivers to give other drivers even more advanced warning. A network of a plurality of cellular augmented ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7453391 | System and method for asynchronous transmission of communication data to a periodically blanked radar receiver A method for asynchronously transmitting bursts of data from a communications terminal to a burst radar transceiver is disclosed. The burst radar can transmit a plurality of bursts, each separated by an inter-burst interval. An inter-burst interval length of the bur... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7443334 | Collision alerting and avoidance system A collision alerting and avoidance system for use in an aerial vehicle is presented herein. The system comprises a one low profile antenna array disposed on the aerial vehicle. A transmitter/receiver probe is coupled to the antenna array. The transmitter/receiver pr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7423577 | System and method for transmitting high data rate information from a radar system A system and method for transmitting high data rate information from a pulsed radar is disclosed. The method includes collecting information using a mobile radar platform. The information is divided into a plurality of segments. Each segment is configured to fit wit... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424269 | System, method and device of radar detection Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, apparatus and system of radar detection. The method, according to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention, may include comparing an energy level of signals received over a wireless communication channel ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423576 | System and method for radar tracking using communications packets According to the invention, IEEE 802.15.4a packets are used for communications, ranging and passive radar (detecting changes/motions, tracking objects in the environment) functionality. Changes and motions in the environment are detected by exploiting the specific p... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417581 | 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 wideban... | 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 |
| 7358888 | 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 wideban... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7339515 | Optimized utilization of electronic counter measures The invention relates to a distributed electronic counter measures solution, wherein jamming signals (JA; JB) may be emitted towards threats (X1, X2) from counter measures stations in multiple vehicles (A, B), which are physically... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7315239 | Inter-vehicle communication and warning apparatus A short-range inter-vehicle communication and warning apparatus comprises a forward radar and a backward radar. The apparatus uses the radars to generate Frequency Modulation/Continuous Wave (FMCW) signals, uses amplitude shift keying for data modulation and arrange... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307579 | Collision alerting and avoidance system A collision alerting and avoidance system for use in an aerial vehicle is presented herein. The system comprises a one low profile antenna array disposed on the aerial vehicle. The array includes a plurality of horns; a polar horn, 45-degree horns, and equatorial ho... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7298313 | Radar-compatible data link system (U) The invention provides a radar system capable of transmitting data communications concurrently with and on a non-interfering basis with the normal radar functions. A continuous-wave carrier frequency is generated and transmitted to perform the normal radar function ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7280067 | Radar detector and radar detecting method for WLAN systems according to 802.11 wireless communication standards The present invention relates to a radar detector and a radar detecting method for WLAN systems according to 802.11 wireless communication standards, and particularly concerns the radar detection for 802.11 h dynamic frequency selection mechanism. The essence of the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7246000 | Harsh braking warning system and method, vehicle warning apparatus and method utilizing same, information transmitting apparatus and method utilizing the system and method, server apparatus, program for the system and information recording medium for such a program An apparatus is provided that warns a vehicle of a harsh braking-applied vehicle based on information sent from the harsh braking-applied vehicle. The apparatus includes a reception device, a position detection device, a forward side vehicle judgment device, and a w... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7230566 | Radar protection device for wireless networks A method for radar protection. The method includes recording energy events and calculating differences in recorded energy events to determine pulses. The method further includes sorting intervals between pulses into histogram bins, each bin representing a range of t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224308 | 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 loc... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7190303 | Systems and methods employing a collision avoidance system to enhance pilot awareness Systems and methods relate to an aircraft with a CAS that may be employed to enhance pilot awareness. The CAS may be employed on a formation member aircraft to provide a TA that is distinctive for an intruding formation member aircraft, as opposed to a TA provided a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7155230 | Dynamic frequency selection and radar detection with a wireless LAN A receiver in a wireless communication system detects a possibly interfering radar signal, and uses dynamic frequency selection to switch to a non-interfering channel. The power level and the channel of the radar signal may be detected. When a radar signal that exce... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7129887 | Augmented reality traffic control center In an exemplary embodiment, an augmented reality system for traffic control combines data from a plurality of sensors to display, in real time, information about traffic control objects, such as airplanes. The sensors collect data, such as infrared, ultraviolet, and... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7107032 | Radar detection method for radio local area networks A method of radar detection in a channel for radio local area networks operating in a regulatory band. First, a quiet time and quiet period are set, in which the ratio of the quiet time to the quiet period equals 1:4. The channel is quieted for the quiet time period... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099627 | Systems and methods for a wireless network connection point locator Systems and methods for determining the presence of a wireless network connection point based upon wireless network characteristics. Examples of such characteristics include, but are not limited to: message length, repetition rate and response timing. These types of... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7030775 | Vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus and traveling control system incorporating the apparatus A vehicle surroundings monitoring apparatus comprises image solid object detecting means for detecting image solid objects based on image information outputted from a CCD camera, millimeter wave solid object detecting means for detecting millimeter wave solid object... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6977608 | Atmospheric data aggregation and forecasting system An airborne network system (ANS) on a member aircraft receives incoming geo-referenced atmospheric data regarding atmospheric conditions from other member aircraft and can re-transmit the data to other members. An air data system senses local pressure and temperatur... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978116 | Digital audio store and forward satellite communication receiver employing extensible, multi-threaded command interpreter A store and forward receiver for a satellite communication system employs a multi-threaded command interpreter, and an associated reduced complexity audio control language (ACL) to define commands for controlling actions at different receiver sites, each of which is... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6954171 | Method and apparatus for physical layer radar pulse detection and estimation Radar Pulse detection and radar signal length detection are used to detect and provide information for identifying radar signals. Pulse detection estimates a radar pulse size when it is too short for meaningful measurement. Pulse detection identifies a radar by iden... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6946989 | Transponder, including transponder system In a transponder (19) for amplification of a received signal (60) into an antenna (1), to a signal (61) for retransmission, and where the retransmitted signal (61) possibly may have information superimposed, a quenched oscillator (... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944475 | Transceiver-processor building block for electronic radio systems A transceiver-processor building block (700) for implementation of radio systems, an example being used in an electronic radio system multifunction slice, includes several transceivers (704-710), a processor connected to the transceivers (702), ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6891496 | Method and apparatus for physical layer radar pulse detection and estimation Radar Pulse detection and radar signal length detection are used to detect and provide information for identifying radar signals. Pulse detection estimates a radar pulse size when it is too short for meaningful measurement. Pulse detection identifies a radar by iden... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6816106 | Identification and location system for personnel and vehicles An identification interrogator is provided for surveillance of objects within an area. The identification interrogator transmits interrogation signals to all objects within the surveillance area, the reflections of which are received back by the interrogator to dete... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6693580 | Multifunction millimeter-wave system for radar, communications, IFF and surveillance A multifunction millimeter-wave system (10) that provides simultaneous and prioritized active radar protection and surveillance, high digital data rate communications, interceptor missile guidance, passive surveillance and IFF interrogation for a military... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6674391 | System and method of simulated image reconstruction A system includes a storage medium storing contextual information about a target or target area, and a simulator communicatively coupled to the storage medium and operable to receive the contextual information. The simulator is operable to generate a set ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6584542 | Microwave paging architecture A Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) mobile station architecture consuming less power and random access memory (RAM) is presented herein. The mobile station includes a coprocessor which executes frame programs. The frame programs include instructions wh... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6546232 | Mobile telephone with a GPS receiver and EKG electrodes A mobile telephone with a housing (1), a transmitter, at least one receiver, a call number memory, and keys (2) located on the housing. The keys (2) include at least one emergency key (5) which is rendered prominent in size and/or color relative to the ot... | 04/08/2003 |
