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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7230524 | Obstacle detection device An obstacle detection device includes: an obstacle detection section (11) for emitting beams having a predetermined divergence angle consecutively in a plurality of different directions, receiving a reflected wave from an obstacle for each direction, and dete... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7164381 | Target identifying apparatus, target identifying method, and target identifying program A target identifying apparatus identifies a target from a first signal distribution and includes a calculation section, a target signal identifying section, a subtraction section, and a correction section. The calculation section calculates a quadratic approximate e... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7051432 | Method for providing an electrical connection A preferred method for electrically connecting a first and a second component includes inserting a wire pin through a through hole formed in the first component so that a first portion of the wire pin is located within the through hole and a second portion of the wi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6940345 | Supplying a ramp voltage to an amplifier A common mode ramp voltage generator may be used in generating a ramp voltage for the amplifier and thereby eliminating or reducing pop noise. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6326915 | Radar device with multiplexed display functions for use in backing up a vehicle A radar device for use in backing up a vehicle is disclosed herein. A plurality of wave sensors is installed on a rear portion of a vehicle for detecting an obstacle therebehind. A master controller has a plurality of transceiver circuits and a microproce... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5905455 | Dual transmitter visual display system A cost-effective wideband radar system capable of locating objects, such as reinforcing steel rods, pipes, and air bubbles, objects located behind or within a volume of, e.g., concrete, soil, wood, or air. A sequence of wideband radar pulses are emitted w... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5614831 | Method and apparatus for level gauging using radar in floating roof tanks A device for gauging the level of a fluid in a container includes a floating roof, a transmitter for feeding a first microwave signal downwards in the direction of a fluid surface of the fluid, and a receiver for receiving a reflected microwave signal. Th... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5455591 | Precision high speed perspective transformation from range-azimuth format to elevation-azimuth format A high speed and high precision coordinate transformation process for transforming image data in range-azimuth coordinates to horizontal-vertical display coordinates. The process is comprised of the following steps. Recursion initialization parameters and... | 10/03/1995 |
| 4054878 | Ranging system including apparatus for forming directional characteristics at the receiving end and for correlating An improved apparatus for the formation of directional characteristics at the receiving end of a ranging system operating according to the reflected-beam ranging technique with acoustical or electromagnetic waves and for correlating the received signals, ... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3978482 | Dynamically focused thinned array A thinned array real time radar system having an antenna array with receiving elements spaced more than one wavelength apart and having a dynamic means for programming the focus of the array so that it is time sequentially focused to accommodate radar ech... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3961329 | High resolution sector scan radar A high resolution, azimuth sector scan radar is provided with sinusoidal operation to establish time sequencing of the radar main bang signal with the horizontal and vertical deflection signals of the video display and the antenna azimuth sweep. A high fr... | 06/01/1976 |
