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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7933573 | Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method, program, and recording medium An IC chip allows first communication for performing communication with all of the other IC chips, and second communication for performing communication while restricting communication parties. That is to say, the IC chip performs sending/receiving signals with a ne... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7616933 | Method for controlling channel re-selection A method for re-selecting control channels in a mobile station reduces the use of resources by limiting an evaluation of candidate control channels to those channels which satisfy certain criteria and are deemed to be eligible control channels. As a consequence, res... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7590397 | Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method, program, and recording medium An IC chip allows first communication for performing communication with all of the other IC chips, and second communication for performing communication while restricting communication parties. That is to say, the IC chip performs sending/receiving signals with a ne... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7415255 | Scanning receiver With the objective of providing a scanning receiver capable of capturing a target radio wave in an extremely short period of time by use of a simple constituting means, a plurality of wide frequency division bands in which a full frequency range is divided into pred... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403747 | Tuning a station A method of tuning a station is disclosed, wherein a first pilot signal is applied on a circuit of the station and the resulting output power of the signal circuit is subsequently detected. A second pilot signal is then applied to the circuit and the resulting outpu... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398071 | Loop filter with gear shift for improved fractional-N PLL settling time An integrated circuit radio frequency (RF) transmitter includes a phase locked loop having a multi-mode loop filter that is operable to provide wide band response with a fast settle time in a startup mode of operation and a relatively more narrow response with a lon... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7373121 | Apparatus and method for processing a deterministic data flow associated with a wireless communication signal The invention is directed to an apparatus, method and system for providing reduced power consumption, fast processing of digitized communication signals and relatively easy reconfiguration for different applications, such as communication protocols/standards. The in... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369826 | Method for monitoring broadcast signals at alternative frequencies and gain control unit Many broadcast stations transmit their programs via a variety of different frequencies. The invention relates to monitoring alternative frequencies during the reception of a broadcast signal at a present frequency. Whenever the broadcast signal at an alternative fre... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359676 | Systems and methods for adaptively scanning for wireless communications This application is directed to systems and methods for adaptively scanning for wireless communications. Scan data associated with scanning one or more wireless network channels based upon a scan pattern is received. Each wireless channel has a designation of primar... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356338 | Method for selecting a wireless communication service provider in a multi-service provider environment A communication device locates a wireless service provider in a multi-service provider environment using a frequency band search schedule. The frequency band search schedule has a first or home band and a several other frequency bands in a predetermined ordered. The... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353000 | Receiver monitoring and alert system A method and system are provided in which a user is enabled to create a preferred playlist of the user's favorite songs. An input device allows the user to add and/or delete songs from this preferred playlist. In an exemplary embodiment, songs playing on several rad... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346320 | Method and apparatus for dynamically tuning radio stations with user-defined play lists A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for dynamic radio station tuning in a data processing system. A play list is identified. The play list is a user-defined list and includes an identification of a number of songs. Music information is obtained from a plu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7330707 | Hetrodyne receiver and IC In a heterodyne receiver, the effect of an image interference signal that occurs in a case where a low intermediate frequency is used is alleviated. Circuits (12I), (12Q), (13I), (13Q), and (14) are provided to switch a heterodyne ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324799 | Multiband mixer The invention relates to a device for frequency conversion, comprising exactly one multi-band mixer (3) with means for transferring a signal (2) that is applied to the signal input of said multi-band mixer (3) from said signal's source frequency... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305225 | Radio signal receiver A motor vehicle entertainment system includes a radio receiver and a control unit. The control unit receives a first status signal indicative of whether or not a motor vehicle door has been unlocked and initiates the application of power to the radio receiver upon t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287113 | Method of and apparatus for controlling bidirectional streams of isochronous data flowing between an application and a bus structure An isochronous data pipe provides a bi-directional path for data between an application and a bus structure. The isochronous data pipe includes the ability to send, receive and perform manipulations on any isochronous stream of data, including data on any number of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283789 | Apparatus and method for transmitting wireless data using an adaptive frequency selection Disclosed is a method and device for locally transmitting digital wireless data through a searched channel with no interference. Firstly, data is transmitted and received through a setup channel. A channel having a different frequency from the setup channel is set a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283581 | Spread spectrum communication system apparatus A receiving apparatus eliminating the need for performing at all times a function provided for a mode that is most susceptible to deterioration in accuracy in adaptive modulation communication. In a spread spectrum communication system according to the present inven... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274918 | Apparatus for automatically finding an am radio program The invention relates to a method for automatically finding an AM radio program, by which an AM radio receiver is tuned through in discrete steps, such that, for each set AM frequency, the reception quality at the currently set AM frequency is determined, the field ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7254702 | Method of distributed recording whereby the need to transition to a second recording device from a first recording device is broadcast by the first recording device An automatically configuring storage array includes a plurality of media storage devices coupled together within a network of devices. Preferably, the network of devices is an IEEE 1394-2000 serial bus network of devices. The media storage devices are utilized to re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245651 | Dual mode filter for mobile telecommunications A dual mode filter for mobile communication may implement two disparate cellular systems such as GSM and W-CDMA. The same transceiver may be utilized to selectively receive and transmit in either of the two systems. When the system is in a GSM area, the system sends... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236756 | Tuning signal generator and method thereof A front end tuning system includes a tuning signal generator. The tuning signal generator includes a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to receive a pre-conditioned tuning signal at a reference input, to receive a digital value at a digital control input, and to prod... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215956 | Method and apparatus for scanning frequency channels for handoff candidates while minimizing battery consumption Techniques for scanning other frequency channels for candidate base stations are described. In one scheme, the scanning of other frequency channels is performed based on the received signal quality (e.g., pilot Ec/Io) for an active base station that a wireless devic... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206558 | Technique for determining a tuning frequency of an audio receiver A technique for determining a tuning frequency of an audio receiver includes interrupting a received radio frequency (RF) signal at an input of the audio receiver. Next, a modulated audio signal is injected into the input of the audio receiver. Then, it is determine... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190979 | Battery economizing in a communications system In communications systems such as telemetry systems in which a receiver (34) is periodically energised to receive transmissions from a central station, the receiver includes a power control means (12) for controlling the energisation of the receiver, a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181165 | Local wireless audio signal RF transmitter and receiver having a single downconverter without need for IF carrier A local wireless system for transmitting a modulated RF carrier audio signal from a base unit to a receiver unit is provided. The base unit has a pair of audio input connections of which are coupled to an audio source amplification device for receiving left and righ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176810 | On-vehicle DSRC apparatus An on-vehicle DSRC apparatus capable of being operated with a battery power supply while decreasing power consumption includes a radio unit (1) for performing communication with an on-road radio equipment (30), a data processing unit (2) for pro... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167696 | Method for scanning radio frequency channels The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162215 | Method and system for setting user preference satellite radio music selections in a mobile vehicle A system and method is directed to setting user preference satellite radio music selections in a mobile vehicle. The method provides creating at least one vehicle preference selection list utilizing a user interface, transferring the vehicle preference selection lis... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162208 | Fixed setting AM/FM radio system for broadcast promotion A radio apparatus including an outer encasement, a radio signal receiver secured relative to the outer encasement and configured to receive at least one of AM and FM radio signals, an audio output operatively connected to the radio signal receiver, and wherein the a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149518 | Method of reconnecting radiocommunication terminal to a network, and a corresponding terminal A method of connecting to a radiocommunication network a terminal which is in a standby mode because of temporary unavailability of the signal from the network includes a step of periodically scanning frequencies of the radiocommunication network using one or more s... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7145921 | Asynchronous data pipe for automatically managing asynchronous data transfers between an application and a bus structure An asynchronous data pipe (ADP) automatically generates transactions necessary to complete asynchronous data transfer operations for an application over a bus structure. The ADP includes a register file which is programmed and initiated by the application. The regis... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127010 | Oscillator controlling A receiver local oscillator is always tuned to a frequency that lies within a range of reception frequencies of the receiver. The oscillator is tuned to a frequency less than and above the received frequency when the received frequency is above and below a threshold... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124292 | Automatically configuring storage array including a plurality of media storage devices for storing and providing data within a network of devices An automatically configuring storage array includes a plurality of media storage devices coupled together within a network of devices. Preferably, the network of devices is an IEEE 1394-1995 serial bus network of devices. The media storage devices are utilized to re... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7103700 | Method of and apparatus for controlling bidirectional streams of isochronous data flowing between an application and a bus structure An isochronous data pipe provides a bi-directional path for data between an application and a bus structure. The isochronous data pipe includes the ability to send, receive and perform manipulations on any isochronous stream of data, including data on any number of ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7088979 | Triple conversion RF tuner with synchronous local oscillators An apparatus comprising a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate an upconverted signal in response to an input signal and a first oscillation signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate a dow... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082294 | Self-adaptive frequency band-pass filtering device in microwave signal transceiver The present invention relates to a self-adaptive band-pass filtering device in a microwave signal transmitter and/or receiver, the receiver being connected to a microwave signal receiving antenna connected to the input of a low-noise amplifier, a mixer that receives... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076220 | Program for scanning radio frequency channels The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076262 | Message access for radio telecommunications system In a UMTS, the AICH is arranged to send, in addition to a signal acknowledging that a preamble from a mobile is at an acceptable strength, an additional signal indicating that the mobile is not currently permitted to send its message; this may apply when the BTS doe... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7054653 | Two channel communication system based on RDS datastream broadcasting and the integration of digital mobile terminal and VHF/FM radio receiver The present invention comprises a digital mobile terminal system for accessing mobile internet services including a VHF/AM/FM radio receiver and a subsystem that handles interfaces and interactions between the digital mobile terminal and a radio network via a digita... | 05/30/2006 |
