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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8102307 | Mixer structure for doppler radar applications A Mixer structure (210) for Doppler radar applications and a Doppler radar sensor (30) having an oscillator input port (LO) for output signals from an electric oscillator (32), having an radio frequency input port (RF) for output signals from re... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098191 | Electronic curtain for vehicle protection An apparatus and method for protecting against incoming projectiles comprising transmitting two radar waveforms, the first waveform comprising a pulsed continuous wave waveform, and the second waveform comprising a pulsed linear chirp waveform over a bandwidth, and ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7982659 | Method and system for reducing light pollution A system for preventing light pollution includes one or more radar units that monitor for vehicles in a volume surrounding or containing one or more obstructions having one or more obstruction lights. A master radar detection processing unit receives sensed radar de... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7876260 | Method and system for reducing light pollution A system for preventing light pollution includes one or more radar units that monitor for vehicles in a volume surrounding or containing one or more obstructions having one or more obstruction lights. A master radar detection processing unit receives sensed radar de... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7671787 | Target tracking apparatus and method On adjusting a target specification data error predicted value so as to become larger on detecting maneuver of a target, the target specification data error predicted value is adjusted, in consideration of type of the maneuver and a course of the target, so as to ma... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7460054 | Apparatus and method for adjusting optimum tilt of radar cover according to weather conditions There are provided systems and methods for adjusting the tilt of a radar cover in response to change of weather condition by calculating dielectric constant of external air, optimum thickness of radar cover, and then optimum tilt angle of radar cover, and adjusting ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7425693 | Spectral tracking A method of tracking a target. The method includes the steps of acquiring a first spectral image of a scene that includes the target, designating a spectral reference window, in the first spectral image, that includes a respective plurality of pixel vectors, acquiri... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425918 | System and method for the measurement of full relative position and orientation of objects Methods are provided where: a signal is transmitted from an illuminating source and received cavity waveguides disposed on an object; a position and/or orientation of the object is determined based on the signal received in the waveguides; and data representing the ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7400289 | Plume-to-hardbody offset compensation in boosting missiles A methodology determines the offset distance between a threat missile plume and its hardbody during boost phase to aid in guiding a kinetic weapon (KW) or interceptor missile to the threat missile hardbody using the KW infrared sensor of the interceptor missile in c... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394047 | Interceptor guidance for boost-phase missile defense A fire control system for a boost phase threat missile includes sensors for generating target-missile representative signals, and a multi-hypothesis track filter, which estimates the states of various target hypotheses. The estimated states are typed to generate hyp... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394046 | Tracking of a moving object A system for determination of kinematics of a moving object comprising: a sensor producing angular data for the object at a number of observation times, a state initialization unit, receiving angular data from the sensor and on basis thereof determining a first kine... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7348918 | Mobile ballistic missile detection and defense system The present invention is directed towards a ballistic missile detection and defense system. The system of the present invention comprises a ship based interceptor or antiballistic missile, a missile launch detection and tracking system, and a signal processing syste... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7273194 | Weapon guidance system The centroid of the discrete components forming the overall radar return from a target onto which a homing weapon is being guided may not coincide with a desired aimpoint on the target. Herein proposed is the discrimination and comparison of returns from different p... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264198 | Time-to-go missile guidance method and system A method and apparatus for guiding a vehicle to intercept a target is described. The method iteratively estimates a time-to-go until target intercept and modifies an acceleration command based upon the revised time-to-go estimate. The time-to-go estimate depends upo... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256728 | Aircraft avoidance system for prohibiting an aircraft from entering an exclusion zone The present invention relates to an avoidance system and method for directing an aircraft away from an exclusion zone. The exclusion zone may be any three dimensional space for example about a building or city. The avoidance system uses a constant signal from a grou... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249730 | System and method for in-flight trajectory path synthesis using the time sampled output of onboard sensors Disclosed are a system, method, and program storage device implementing the method, of data fusion, wherein the method comprises determining pre-launch data affecting a flight of a self-sensing air-bursting ballistic projectile, the projectile comprising a plurality... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248210 | Man-portable counter mortar radar system The present invention is a man-portable counter-mortar radar (MCMR) radar system that detects and tracks enemy mortar projectiles in flight and calculates their point of origin (launch point) to enable and direct countermeasures against the mortar and its personnel.... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245251 | Apparatus for automatically pointing a device at a target A system for pointing a device at a given target has a sensor for sensing a number of positional information points of the target with the sensor relaying the positional information points to a controller. The controller is for computing a directional control inform... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7219853 | Systems and methods for tracking targets with aimpoint offset A target identification and tracking system includes a carrier vehicle and one or more tracking vehicles. The carrier vehicle may determine an aimpoint of a target from a high resolution image of the target and may generate an offset from a tracking point to the aim... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7205932 | Method and apparatus for improved determination of range and angle of arrival utilizing a two tone CW radar An improved system is provided for aiming a shotgun-based or other countermeasure system so as to be able to countermeasure incoming rockets or projectiles. In one embodiment a shotgun aimed and controlled by the subject system projects a pattern of pellets to inter... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202809 | Fast acting active protection system A fast acting active protection system for military vehicles defeats RPG (rocket propelled grenade) threats fired from close ranges. The system minimizes the hazard to troops and civilians nearby. The system uses a plurality of passive sensors to locate the threat a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196629 | Radar-assisted sensing of the position and/or movement of the body or inside the body of living beings The present invention relates to a method for sensing information about the position and/or movements of the body of a living being or a part of the body inside the body, in particular for use in a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps: ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196638 | Embedded digitization system An embedded digitization system enables a military platform to receive, transmit and process a variety of types of information for a variety of purposes. An apparatus and method provides a means to ensure information interoperability between the invention and extern... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193556 | System and method for the measurement of full relative position and orientation of objects A system for measuring a position and orientation of an object in flight relative to a reference coordinate system is provided. The system including: three or more illuminating sources, each disposed in a predefined position, the three or more illuminating sources t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190306 | Method and system for detecting with radar the passage by a vehicle of a point for monitoring on a road The invention relates to a method for detecting the passage by a vehicle of a determined point for monitoring on a road, wherein from a remotely situated location a radar beam is transmitted continuously to the point for monitoring, reflections from the transmitted ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190304 | System for interception and defeat of rocket propelled grenades and method of use A method for intercepting and a defeating rocket propelled grenade (RPG) which includes the steps of detecting a thermal signature from a launch of the RPG; and cueing a narrow beam radar which locates the RPG and develops a ballistic solution and target intercept p... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183966 | Dual mode target sensing apparatus A dual-mode target seeking apparatus having a seeker dome defining an aperture and transmissive to microwave frequency energy of a first frequency and to light wave energy at a second frequency and at a third frequency. An optics system within the seeker dome is tra... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7151478 | Pseudo-orthogonal waveforms radar system, quadratic polyphase waveforms radar, and methods for locating targets In some pseudo-orthogonal waveform embodiments, a radar system transmits pseudo-orthogonal waveforms and performs multiple correlations on a combined single receiver channel signal. In some quadratic polyphase waveform embodiments, a radar system may simultaneously ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137588 | Ballistic target defense system and methods A method for ballistic target defense including identifying a launched ballistic target having a target launch point, a target launch direction, a target speed, and a target trajectory; launching a target interceptor in a launch direction that is generally the same ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136011 | System for avoidance of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle A field unit for warning of a danger of collision between an aircraft and an obstacle, in particular a topographical ground obstacle or an obstacle formed by a mast, building or aerial cable structure, comprises a multi-part tubular mast having devices for fixing a ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7123199 | Impact deflection system An object deflection system includes at least one sensor for detecting an impending impact of a first object with a second object. The sensor communicates with a deflector deployment device to substantially instantaneously activate the deflector deployment device up... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121502 | Pseudo GPS aided multiple projectile bistatic guidance A guidance system for guiding each of several projectiles toward a moving target has a platform having a radar system for illuminating the target with a radar signal. Each projectile has a receiver for receiving the radar signal reflected from the target, a transpon... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7104496 | Active protection device and associated apparatus, system, and method An interceptor device for protecting a platform against an incoming threat is provided. The interceptor device comprises a housing and a countermeasure device. At least one detonating charge is capable of deploying the countermeasure device. A controller device hous... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098841 | Methods and systems for controlling a height of munition detonation A unit is described that is configured to control detonation of a munition such that the munition is detonated at a desired altitude. The unit includes a radar transmitter, a radar receiver that includes a radar range gate, and a sequencer. The sequencer is configur... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079070 | Radar-filtered projectile Disclosed is an autonomous radar guidance of an otherwise radar-directed projectile (RDP). The preferred embodiment uses an inexpensive radar receiver with an inexpensive slow wave antenna, placed internally in a gun projectile, and on the surface of the projectile,... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076342 | Attitude sensing apparatus for determining the attitude of a mobile unit An attitude sensing apparatus for determining the attitude of a mobile unit is provided that can reliably estimate an alignment angle between a GPS antenna coordinate system and an IMU coordinate system with good accuracy regardless of the magnitude of the alignment... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068210 | Low-cost position-adaptive UAV radar design with state-of-the-art cots technology A position-adaptive radar method and device for small UAV platforms capable of detecting “leakage signals” that, for example, propagate between two buildings or “leak through” penetrable surfaces such as walls or layers of the ground. The position-adaptive r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7046187 | System and method for active protection of a resource An active protection system comprising an ultrawideband radar for threat detection, an optical tracker for precision threat position measurement, and a high powered laser for threat kill or mitigation. The uwb radar may use a sparse array antenna and may also utiliz... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040570 | Weather-agile reconfigurable automatic target recognition system Applicants' ATR system is weather-agile because it is comprised of a primary target sensing means that is capable of surveilling the target scene in foul or fair weather, and a secondary target sensing means that is also capable of sensing targets in various weather... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032858 | Systems and methods for identifying targets among non-targets with a plurality of sensor vehicles A plurality of sensor vehicles collect imaging data from an assigned location of a target region having targets and non-targets. The imaging data may be combined based on its location and the combined data is matched to a threat object map to identify the actual tar... | 04/25/2006 |
