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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7395181 | Motion tracking system Tracking a motion of a body by obtaining two types of measurements associated with the motion of the body, one of the types including acoustic measurement. An estimate of either an orientation or a position of the body is updated based on one of the two types of mea... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7327845 | Transmission of encrypted messages between a transmitter and a receiver utilizing a one-time cryptographic pad An apparatus and method is disclosed for establishing a one-time cryptographic pad between a communicating pair, a communicating pair comprising a pair of transmitter-receivers, each of the pair having a plurality of cryptographic devices in common. The communicatin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7222098 | Method and system for online payments using sensor with identifier Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to online payments via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates with a co... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209407 | Seismic data acquisition system A seismic survey system having remote acquisition modules (RAMs) for acquiring seismic signals and communicating with a central recording system (CRU) via a network of cables, other RAMs, and line tap units (LTUs), arranged in a matrix of receiver lines and base lin... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7171329 | System and method for device co-location discrimination A system and method for determining if a first and second device are co-located includes first and second sensors for receiving a sample signal. Each sensor is coupled to the first and second devices. The first and second devices each responsively generate a first a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7145482 | Method, system, and apparatus for remote data calibration of a RFID tag population A method, system, and apparatus for remotely calibrating data symbols received by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag population are described. Tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits data symbols... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7130243 | Location finding system, using reflected radio frequency or acoustic signals in a crowded reflector environment A method of locating one or more reflectors in an environment crowded with reflectors. A transmitter and multiple receivers are used to obtain reflected signals. Each path of a reflected signal is defined by an ellipse having the transmitter at one focus and a recei... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7099895 | System and method for performing object association using a location tracking system The present invention provides a method of recording object associations using a location system. Object locations are determined based on signals generated from object identifiers linked to the objects and forwarded to an electronic device interfaced with a network... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098579 | Transmitting apparatus, sound sensor and autonomous traveling vehicle A driving circuit of a transmitting apparatus drives a piezoelectric element in a frequency band different from a resonance frequency at which a vibration system including the piezoelectric element resonates the most strongly. A driving circuit of a sound sensor dri... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7079025 | Reconfigurable geolocation system A portable reconfigurable geolocation system is provided. The system includes a portable user node and one or more portable pseudolite nodes in communication one another and with the user node. Each of the user nodes and pseudolite nodes includes a transmitter that ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7061381 | Ultrasonic transmitter and receiver systems and products using the same A transceiver preferably embedded within a wearable security watch, PDA, or other device which achieves a variety of wireless ultrasonic and/or radio-frequency based functions, including digital identification and proximity and sensation monitoring of assets, indivi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7035757 | Three-dimensional position calibration of audio sensors and actuators on a distributed computing platform A first computing device transmitting a wireless signal to a second and third computing devices, the signal requesting an actuator of the second computing device generate an acoustic signal to be received by a sensor of the third computing device, wherein the actuat... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035818 | System and method for electronic inventory A system and method for conducting an inventory of tags, wherein each tag is assigned a Tag ID and a manufacturer number. Each tag can be attached to an item to take inventory of those items. A tag reader transmits a wake-up signal followed by at least one clock sig... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6984561 | Method for making high density nonvolatile memory An improved method for fabricating a three dimensional monolithic memory with increased density. The method includes forming conductors preferably comprising tungsten, then filling and planarizing; above the conductors forming semiconductor elements preferably compr... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6956509 | Method, system, and apparatus for remote data calibration of a RFID tag population A method, system, and apparatus for remotely calibrating data symbols received by a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag population are described. Tags are interrogated by a reader, which may be located in a network of readers. The reader transmits data symbols... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954148 | Method and system for selectively monitoring activities in a tracking environment A system for selectively collecting location information in a tracking environment includes a first energy signal identification badge for detecting trigger signals and transmitting identification data signals indicating existence of a proximity condition between th... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6944095 | Terrestrial seismic acquisition process and apparatus, in particular for a vertical seismic acquisition A method for the acquisition of seismic signals, in which at least two sources of the air gun type are placed within one or more vertical holes extending in the subsoil and in which one or more seismic sensors record the seismic propagated from said sources, that ar... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6919779 | Folded magnetostrictive wave guide A magnetostrictive system is shown wherein there is included a wave guide but no return wire. The wave guide is folded and acts as the completed wire (whether solid or hollow) for conducting current for the current input pulse. ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6883638 | Accelerometer transducer used for seismic recording Method for operating and testing a sensor assembly (210). The sensor assembly (210) preferably includes accelerometers with axes of sensitivity orthogonal to each other. The method preferably includes determining sensor tilt angle, determining the posi... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6868045 | Voice control system with a microphone array Voice control systems are used in diverse technical fields. In this case, the spoken words are detected by one or more microphones and then fed to a speech recognition system. In order to enable voice control even from a relatively great distance, the voice signal m... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6850186 | System for determining position and velocity of targets from signals scattered by the targets The present invention relates to a system for using signals scattered by targets to determine position and velocity for each of the targets and comprises a set of transmitters and receivers of electromagnetic or acoustic signals, said transmitters and receivers disp... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6718278 | Location system A location system for objects having location devices (16) as a means for repeatedly interrogating the location devices on each object to provide position signals. A means (18) to detect the position signals are provided. The position of each object an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6680688 | Measuring system and method for detecting object distance by transmitted media with different wave velocities A measuring system and method of detecting an object distance by transmission media with different wave velocities are described. The measuring system has a computer, a primary detector and a secondary detector. The primary detector is connected to the co... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6630890 | Methods, systems and tools for borehole logging A borehole logging tool system includes a surface system, a logging array, and a logging cable providing power supply and data paths connecting the logging array to the surface system, wherein the logging array includes a series of discrete sondes connect... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6540677 | Ultrasound transceiver system for remote operation through a minimal number of connecting wires An advantageous combination of preamplifier electronics and circuits for acoustic beam forming with ultrasound transducer arrays permits integration of the electronics and transducer(s) at close distances in a compact arrangement and is operable from an u... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6474439 | Dipole logging tool A logging tool having a tool body, which can be positioned in a fluid-filled borehole, including a receiver section and a dipole transmitter; wherein the dipole transmitter includes a transducer with a shell having a reaction mass and a motor located ther... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6433689 | System for supervision and control of objects or persons A system for supervision and control of objects or persons within a limited area, such as a building, comprising a plurality of electronic identification chips for placing on respective objects/persons to be supervised/controlled, each chip having stored ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6188962 | Continuous data seismic system A system for seismic data acquisition has been invented having, in certain aspects, one or multiple distributed data acquisition subsystems that are independent of energy source controller and/or of navigation system operation. Thus the distributed acquis... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6161076 | Seismic data acquisition and processing using non-linear distortion in a vibratory output signal A method for improving vibratory source seismic data uses a filter which converts a recorded seismic groundforce signal (including harmonic distortion therein) into a desired short-duration wavelet. A plurality of surveys may be carried out using a plural... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6130641 | Imaging methods and apparatus using model-based array signal processing An apparatus and method for imaging uses a transducer array which receives a scattered signal from a region of interest. The method analyses the scattered signal on the basis of a model which assumes several independent point scatterers at each range. The... | 10/10/2000 |
| 5987983 | Method and apparatus for measuring acceleration A method and apparatus for measuring acceleration of a moving object. A body capable of transmitting pulses of energy is applied to the moving object, so as to be carried thereby and to move therewith. A pulse of the energy is transmitted in a forward dir... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5978316 | Marine seismic source A seismic acoustic signal source includes a hull that has a wetted surface in contact with a body of water. When underway, the draft of the hull is substantially zero. An acoustic signal generator is provided with a linear actuator that is resiliently mou... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5977958 | Method and system for digitizing handwriting A system and method for tracking a moving object very accurately at short ranges in general, and a handwriting input device such as a pen in particular. The method is based on measuring times of arrival of ultrashort RF pulses transmitted by the pen to an... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5696489 | Wireless boundary monitor system and method A wireless boundary monitor system used to monitor the integrity of a boundary surrounding an area uses at least two housings having at least one transmitting means for emitting ultrasonic pressure waves to a medium. Each of the housings has a plurality o... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5598206 | Beamformed television A system has been invented which produces images comparable to those produced by video cameras. This BEAMFORMED TELEVISION uses a transmitting array, a receiving array, and signal processing equipment to form interactive beams. The transmitting array syst... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5511008 | Process and apparatus for extracting a useful signal having a finite spatial extension at all times and which is variable with time A process for the extraction of a time-variable useful signal having a finite spatial extension by an array of N sensors or transducers (N being equal to or greater than 3), that receive the useful signal to which have been added q spatially coherent addi... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5504477 | Tracking system A performer tracking system, and an associated method, for tracking movements of at least one performer upon a stage. A plurality of signal transmitters are positioned about the stage and transmit electromagnetic signals. Performers on the stage carry tra... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5495427 | High speed high resolution ultrasonic position and orientation tracker using a single ultrasonic frequency An ultrasonic tracking system embodying the invention has an array of plural ultrasonic detectors at discrete locations, the plural detectors being responsive to an ultrasonic signal of frequency f emanating from a single remote transmitter to produce res... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5475707 | Broadband communications system A signal of bandwidth Fmax is unambiguously transmitted over a datalink having a bandwidth less than Fmax by subdividing the signal into a plurality of subspectrums and bandshifting the subspectrums greater than the datalink bandwidt... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5355312 | Inverse tomography by matched field processing To determine the speed of propagation of a signal in a medium, wave amplitude is measured over time at one or more detectors disposed within the medium so as to detect and identify signals transmitted at one or more sources disposed within said region. Fr... | 10/11/1994 |
