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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186588 | Shared drive launcher/weapon interface A weapon launch system includes at least a command and control system, a launcher system and at least one weapon system. The command and control system generates command signals received by the launcher system. The launcher system comprises a launcher operating syst... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8038062 | Methods and apparatus for path planning for guided munitions Methods and apparatus for providing path planning for a guided munition. In one embodiment, a boundary value problem solver is used to guide the munition from one configuration to another configuration at a different altitude using a waypoint-based search tree where... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7931198 | Modular architecture sensing and computing platform A weather resistant modular sensor and computing platform reduces costs and enhances versatility of sensor systems. Rapidly evolving electronic technology results in hyper-obsolescence wherein sensor systems that are state of the art technology when designed, fall b... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7654458 | Dual purpose munition A dual purpose munition includes a housing; a shaped warhead disposed in a front interior of the housing; a vertically orienting explosive disposed on a front end of the housing; a safe and arm device explosively connected to the shaped warhead for arming and detona... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7562820 | Barcode recognition apparatus After binarization is performed, the adjacency relationship of connection fields is analyzed from a labeled input image on the basis of the characteristics of the structure of a barcode, thereby extracting a barcode field. A unit width, which is to be used as the mo... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7490769 | Modular architecture sensing and computing platform A weather resistant modular sensor and computing platform reduces costs and enhances versatility of sensor systems. Rapidly evolving electronic technology results in hyper-obsolescence wherein sensor systems that are state of the art technology when designed, fall b... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7389926 | Camera module and method of assembling same An image capture device and method of assembling same is disclosed which provides an improved technique of mounting a CMOS detector and also isolates the optics for image capture from the optics for illumination, thereby simplifying the adjustment process. An exempl... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7349216 | Modular electronic device A modular electronic device is provided in a tubular form having a male bayonet connector at one end and a female bayonet connector at the other. A power and communications bus interconnects the connectors. An electronic circuit is located within the device in commu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7272468 | Self-sustaining environmental control unit A method and apparatus for housing an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes an environmentally sealed chamber to protect the electronic device from harsh environments. The environmental conditions of the chamber are controllable using environmental ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265663 | Multimedia racing experience system A multimedia racing experience system is provided including a plurality of input devices, such as cameras, microphones, and telemetry sensors. All input devices communicate with an on-vehicle processing unit for multiplexing the input data into a data stream. The da... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7218272 | Reducing antenna boresight error Reducing antenna boresight error includes receiving radar pulses reflected from the ground, where pulses are emitted from the antenna of a radar system, reflected by the ground, and received by the antenna. The return pulses carry information about the ground. Measu... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7172119 | Modular architecture sensing and computing platform A weather resistant modular sensor and computing platform reduces costs and enhances versatility of sensor systems. Rapidly evolving electronic technology results in hyper-obsolescence wherein sensor systems that are state of the art technology when designed, fall b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159500 | Public network weapon system and method Embodiments of the invention enable the dynamic discovery and operation of at least one over a public network such as the Internet. The system may comprise dynamically discoverable sensors such as a video camera or video surveillance system or any other type of sens... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154379 | Premise evacuation system An evacuation system using a combination of elements, such as an on-site weather station (2), a computer system (1) with proprietary software, sensors and other elements to determine a safe direction of evacuation from a premises (11) in case of... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7121464 | Automated projectile delivery system A system for precisely timing the firing of two or more weapons in order to create a desired arrival timing of two or more projectiles on a target. Global Positioning System (“GPS”) transceivers are used to determine the position of each weapon and report that p... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106989 | Method and apparatus for controlling high-voltage output in image forming system A method and an apparatus to control a high voltage output in an image forming system. The method includes setting a master processor to control an engine, and setting a slave processor to control a high voltage output; transmitting a command, which includes a timin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7092867 | Control system architecture for a multi-component armament system The present invention is a Control System Architecture (CSA) for a multi-component armament system. The CSA provides dynamic reconfiguration of multiple nodes (e.g. a component, a subsystem, or a virtual simulation) in a Simulation-Emulation-Stimulation (SES) enviro... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7068215 | Reducing antenna boresight error Reducing antenna boresight error includes receiving radar pulses reflected from the ground, where pulses are emitted from the antenna of a radar system, reflected by the ground, and received by the antenna. The return pulses carry information about the ground. Measu... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7012806 | Portable electronic device with adaptive sizing A portable device having improved configurability and adaptability. The portable device has a case or chassis that can be placed in either an open or closed position, to thereby allow for insertion and removal of other devices within the portable device. When increa... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000151 | System and method for providing run-time type checking The present invention provides systems and methods for providing run-time type checking to prevent software errors. In architecture, a representative system includes a compiler that parses a program and further comprises a logic that generates a checksum for a block... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6955296 | Gun control system A gun control system is disclosed that includes a fire control kernel and location-independent software components within the fire control kernel. The kernel provides core fire control functionality that is unaffected by changes within the external environment, such... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6766950 | Modular architecture sensing and computing platform A weather resistant modular sensor and computing platform reduces costs and enhances versatility of sensor systems. Rapidly evolving electronic technology results in hyper-obsolescence wherein sensor systems that are state of the art technology when designed, fall b... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6604946 | Non-lethal small arms projectile for use with a reader-target for amusement, sports and training A non-lethal small arms analogous projectile 10 and reader-target for use in sporting, amusement, or training applications is described, wherein the non-lethal projectile 10 contains encoded information and means for transmitting the encoded information u... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6402031 | Modular architecture sensing and computing platform A weather resistant modular sensor and computing platform reduces costs and enhances versatility of sensor systems. Rapidly evolving electronic technology results in hyper-obsolescence wherein sensor systems that are state of the art technology when desig... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6186397 | Method for operating a fire-control system based on a heuristic algorithm A method of operating a fire-control system for simultaneously engaging a plurality of threats in which one plan from a pool of heuristically determined feasible plans is selected based on an environment of the fire-control system and a selected criterion... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6109614 | Remote sensing apparatus of supersonic projectile A remote targeting apparatus and method comprising surrounding a projectile target with a sensor array, computing projectile impact data, transmitting the data receiving the data at a controller; and displaying information corresponding to the data. RF tr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6002358 | Method and apparatus for determining whether two radar tracks represent the same physical object An apparatus and computer-implemented method of determining a probability that a first track and a second track represent the same physical object. The apparatus and method fit a first order curve for a last n positions of the first track and the second t... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5971275 | System for verifying nuclear warhead prearm/safing signals A system for collecting, storing, and verifying the data pulse train for arm and safing of a nuclear warhead on a submarine using MK 63 or 67 torpedo tubes is provided. The components of the system include a notebook computer operating four software prog... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5944317 | Shock wave scoring apparatus employing dual concentric curved rod sensors This invention is an automatic gunnery system, responsive to airborne acoustic shock waves produced by a projectile passing through a target area. The invention relates specifically to the "hit" location of the said projectile for the condition when the f... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5877696 | Security system for warheads A weapons security system composed of containers for storage of warheads or warhead material. The containers are equipped to detect breaches in the enclosure walls and to transmit an alarm signal in the event of a breach. The alarm signal is received by a... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5541839 | Interface arrangement for data transfer between carrier aircraft and missile The interface arrangement is provided for data transfer between a carrier aircraft and a missile which is to be launched from the carrier aircraft and which includes a target seeking head. The missile is connected to the carrier aircraft through a connect... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5500640 | Method and apparatus for automatically desensitizing sensor elements of protected articles A desensitizer apparatus for desensitizing a security sensor element in a book spine. The apparatus includes a scanner which scans along a surface against which book spines are positioned and which detects sensor elements in the spines to be sure that onl... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5095433 | Target reporting system A target reporting system utilizes a flexible target sheet having a target image thereon. Preferably, the sheet is positioned in a substantially planar configuration. A plurality of sensors affixed to the target sheet are arranged for detecting vibrations... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5042742 | Microcontroller for controlling an airborne vehicle An apparatus for controlling an airborne vehicle (18) includes a guidance unit (28), remotely located from the vehicle (18), for generating frequency modulated steering and control signals. A signal conditioning circuit (38) within the vehicle (18) condit... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5036465 | Method of controlling and monitoring a store An armament station and a method for controlling and monitoring a store connected to an armament station. The method comprises the steps of loading into the armament station a generic program portion operable with a multitude of types of stores, invoking ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5036466 | Distributed station armament system An armament system for use with a plurality of different types of stores, and comprising a central unit and a plurality of distributed stations. The central unit holds a plurality of store specific application programs, and each of the plurality of store ... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5025424 | Shock wave scoring apparatus employing curved rod sensors This invention is an automatic gunnery system, responsive to airborne acoustic shock waves produced by a projectile passing through a target area. Curved elongated acoustic energy conductors are located adjacent to one side of said target area with acoust... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5023847 | Boom event analyzer recorder An analyzer recorder collects sonic boom information of supersonic aircraft and launch vehicles, for use to validate Environmental Impact Statements that contain supersonic aircraft activity. The device comprises a 16-bit microprocessor, a random access m... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4674047 | Integrated detonator delay circuits and firing console A detonation system for use with supply of electrical energy has user operable firing console for selectably transmitting unit identification information, firing delay time information and selections from a command set including Output, Delay, Fire (Time)... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4514621 | Firing range An apparatus for use in a firing range, in which transducers located adjacent the target area detect the airborne shock wave from supersonic projectiles. The position at which each projectile passes through the target plane is determined from the relative... | 04/30/1985 |
