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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7978122 | Object sensing system An object sensing system includes a radar system including at least one aperture through which a radar signal is transmitted and at least one aperture through which reflected radar signals are received. The sensing system also includes a stereo vision system includi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7376247 | Target detection system using radar and image processing A target detection system using an EHF radar and the image processing is disclosed, in which the processing time is shortened by mutually complementing the disadvantages of the EHF radar and the image processing thereby to improve the reliability. The system compris... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372452 | Portable terminal capable of displaying data in an upright direction regardless of rotation of screen and method therefore A portable terminal displays data received from the exterior or internally generated on its screen in an upright direction. The portable terminal includes a video processor, a display with the screen, a sensor, and a controller. The video processor converts data int... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370532 | RF communications method and system for laser ultrasonic testing A system including a processor, a high-energy density system linked to the processor, and a communicator linked to the processor. The communicator comprehensively integrates a plurality of hardware and software functions associated with operating the high-energy den... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7339516 | Method to provide graphical representation of Sense Through The Wall (STTW) targets A method to present easily understood images that represent targets that are detected through walls or other opaque barriers is disclosed. This method is particularly well suited for sense-through-the-wall radar systems. One of the main challenges of evolving STTW s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321330 | Ball measuring apparatus The present invention provides a ball measuring apparatus capable of measuring a trajectory of a ball from a hitting position to a landing position, the landing position and a stop position. A ball measuring apparatus 100 according to a first embodiment inclu... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7237747 | Device for assisting an airplane in intercepting a segment of a flight path utilizing positional and ground speed indicators Device assisting with interception by an aircraft of a flight path segment located in a horizontal plane and a system of assistance with interception and follow-up of such a segment. The device includes means of determining a ground speed vector and means of display... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7212938 | Method of using a self-locking travel pattern to achieve calibration of remote sensors using conventionally collected data The present invention provides a method to calibrate an on-board remote sensing system using a self-locking travel pattern and target remote sensing data. The self-locking travel pattern includes a number of parallel travel lines having overlapping swath widths betw... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7176830 | Image processing system for mounting to a vehicle An image processing system to be mounted to a vehicle includes a radar adapted to measure distance and direction to an object based on reflected electromagnetic waves which are outputted to scan the exterior of the vehicle, an image-taking device such as a camera fo... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7136171 | Method for the extraction of image features caused by structure light using template information A method for use with a non-contact range finding and measurement system for generating a template guide representative of the surface of a observed object, and for utilizing the template guide to improve laser stripe signal to noise ratios and to compensate for cor... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7057549 | Method and apparatus for predictive altitude display Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for indicating aircraft height relative to an obstruction in a terrain awareness warning system. The method includes receiving data indicative of geographic features of an obstruction, lateral distance of t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053820 | Generating three-dimensional images using impulsive radio frequency signals Generating an image matrix includes accessing a round-trip time matrix for a space having points. The round-trip time matrix describes an estimated round-trip time for a signal to travel from a transmit antenna, to a point, and to a receive antenna. Signals reflecte... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7042389 | Device for detecting object in front of vehicle A device including a radar and a camera for detecting an object located in front of an automobile is mounted on the automobile. The radar detects a distance from the automobile to the front object, and the camera takes an image of the object. When the object such as... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7019692 | System and method for narrowband pre-detection signal processing for passive coherent location applications A system and method for narrowband pre-detection signal processing in passive coherent location applications is disclosed. A receiving subsystem receives a reference signal and a target signal from an uncontrolled transmitter. The target signal is reflected from a t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012552 | Civil aviation passive coherent location system and method A civil aviation passive coherent location system and method is disclosed. A receiver subsystem receives reference transmissions from an uncontrolled transmitter. The receiver subsystem also receives scattered transmissions originating from the uncontrolled transmit... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7012560 | Object sensing apparatus An object sensing apparatus for driver assistance systems in motor vehicles, including at least two sensor systems which measure data concerning the location and/or motion status of objects in the vicinity of the vehicle, and whose detection regions overlap one anot... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6999023 | Method and apparatus for predictive altitude display Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for indicating aircraft height relative to an obstruction in a terrain awareness warning system. The method includes receiving data indicative of geographic features of an obstruction, lateral distance of t... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6972714 | Optically-augmented microwave imaging system and method An imaging system includes an optical (visible-light or near IR) imaging system and a microwave imaging system. The optical imaging system captures an optical image of the object, produces optical image data representing the optical image and extracts optical image ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970578 | Method of generating images to aid in the detection of manmade objects in cluttered underwater environments An underwater image area is illuminated with light generating elastic scattering from manmade objects and naturally-occurring features, and fluorescence from naturally-occurring features. Local standard deviation (LSD) images are formed using the elastic scattered a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967612 | System and method for standoff detection of human carried explosives The system and method for standoff detection of human carried explosives (HCE) is a portable system that automatically detects HCE up to a range of 200 meters and within seconds alerts an operator to HCE threats. The system has radar only, or both radar and video se... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6952001 | Integrity bound situational awareness and weapon targeting A system and method of providing situational awareness and weapon targeting is presented. The method includes determining the location of one or more enemy sites and one or more friendly sites. A “Do Not Engage” (DNE) zone is determined around each of the friend... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6917784 | Image formation by passive collection and processing of radio frequency signals illuminating and scattered by cultural features of terrestrial region An imaging system uses ‘RF daylight’ created by an RF illumination source, such as a television broadcast tower, to passively generate RF scattering coefficients for multiple points within a prescribed three-dimensional volume being illuminated by the RF transmi... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6903677 | Collision prediction device, method of predicting collision, and computer product An image sensor section and a millimeter-wave sensor section separately detect objects. A sensor matching section determines whether the objects detected by the image sensor section and the millimeter-wave sensor section are one and the same object. If the objects a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6873286 | Motor vehicle driving aid system The system comprises: detector devices (1) operable to provide electrical signals indicative of the relative distance and relative speed of the motor vehicle (V) with respect to a fixed or moving obstacle (O) ahead, and a processing and control unit (ECU) con... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6850183 | Slope monitoring system A slope monitoring system having a radar and a video camera recording images sequences of the slope. A data processing unit performs coordinate registration to align the radar images and the video images. Interferometry is used to detect movement in the slope by gen... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6831591 | Radar device for a vehicle A radar device mounted to a vehicle includes a camera for obtaining images including the road surface in front of or behind the vehicle on which it is mounted, a sensor having for obtaining at least positional information on a target object of detection such as anot... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6795014 | Method and apparatus for detecting vehicle distance Stableness in detecting the distance to a preceding vehicle by calculating the distance to the preceding vehicle using reflected waves of a radar beam scanned at a scanning angle that is adjusted based on lane markers extracted from a road image obtained by a camera... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6744397 | Systems and methods for target location A method of determining a target location from a vehicle is described. The method includes identifying the target utilizing a video system, determining an angular location vector to the target with respect to the vehicle, determining a position of the vehicle utiliz... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6720907 | Method and system for detecting and determining successful interception of missiles A system for the detection and determination of the success of interception of incoming missiles, used in conjunction with a defense weapon system capable of identifying and tracking incoming missiles and interceptors. The system comprises at least one of a pluralit... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6703968 | System and method for mitigating co-channel interference in passive coherent location applications A system and method for mitigating co-channel interference is disclosed. A radar system detects targets from received signals at an antenna array. The received signals include direct signals and target signals transmitted from remote transmitters. An ante... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6590521 | Object recognition system An object recognition system including a radar, an image sensor and a controller is provided. The radar determines the position of an object, and the image sensor captures an image of the object. The controller sets a processing area within the image capt... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6452535 | Method and apparatus for impact crash mitigation A pre-crash sensing system is provided for sensing an impact of a target vehicle (46) with a host vehicle (12). The target vehicle (46) has side transponders that generate side identification signals. The host vehicle (12) has a remote object sensor (20) ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6424290 | Narrowband passive differential tracking system (U) The tracking of moving vehicles over long distances without emitting illumination signals is accomplished with a narrowband passive differential tracking system. Instead of Providing especially designed radar transmitters in a bistatic radar system, illum... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422508 | System for robotic control of imaging data having a steerable gimbal mounted spectral sensor and methods A robotically controlled steerable gimbal mounted virtual broadband hyperspectral sensor system and methods provide a highly mobile, rapidly responsive and innovative system of locating targets and exploiting hyperspectral and ultraspectral imaging and no... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6417797 | System for A multi-purpose portable imaging device and methods for using same The present invention is a multi-purpose portable imaging device. The device is small enough to be hand-held or wearable and has embedded on its surface at least one sensor. These sensors may be active or passive. Analog energy received from the sensors i... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6359583 | Ground based millimeter wave imaging system System and methods for a ground based millimeter wave imaging system that provides real-time millimeter wave images of an airport to one or more aircraft from one or more ground stations (18). The system includes at least one millimeter wave transceiver (... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6356228 | Automatic airport information transmitting apparatus There is provided an automatic airport information transmitting apparatus comprising: airport-inside-target detecting means for detecting a target inside an airport; target judging means for judging a target moved in a place within the airport, which is r... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6327219 | Method and system for directing a following device toward a movable object An automated object following system includes a tracker associated with a following device, and a guider associated with an object to be followed. The tracker includes a first processor, and at least two transducers for generating an encoded ultrasonic si... | 12/04/2001 |
