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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373666 | Distributed threat management A method and system are provided for managing a security threat in a distributed system. A distributed element of the system detects and reports suspicious activity to a threat management agent. The threat management agent determines whether an attack is taking plac... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7231721 | Archery laser arrow The laser targeting system of the present invention eliminates the problem of parallax between the arrow's path and the archer's line of sight. An embodiment is a laser integrated into an arrow such that the beam is projected down the axis of the arrow. Another embo... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6982635 | Technique for assisting a vehicle user to make a turn A control system is employed in a vehicle to assist a user to operate the vehicle effectively and safely. The system provides driving assistance to the user by taking into account the user's physical condition, the vehicle condition and the surrounding conditions. T... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6982649 | Floor display system with interactive features Embodiments of the present invention relate to a floor display system with interactive features. The floor display system may be arranged in a public place, and be configured to display electronically modifiable arbitrary content, such as advertising or other inform... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6951644 | Adsorbent for peptidoglycan and method and apparatus for adsorptively removing peptidoglycan An adsorbent for peptidoglycan which comprises an water-insoluble porous material having an amino group and having a molecular weight of exclusion limit of at least 50,000, and a method for removing peptidoglycan by adsorption, which comprises a step of contacting t... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6782238 | Method for presenting media on an electronic device A method for presenting media on an electronic device. A landmark is identified based on a landmark sensor of the electronic device. Media is selected based on the landmark. The media is presented on the electronic device. ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6064942 | Enhanced precision forward observation system and method An enhanced precision forward observation system and method employs a satellite positioning system receiver, range finder, and a compass/inclinometer. The satellite positioning system receiver is used to calculate an observer's position and target positio... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5947868 | System and method for improving fitness equipment and exercise A method and apparatus for exercise equipment and exercise is provided. One or more exercise monitors are attached to a piece of exercise equipment and/or an exerciser. During exercise, each exercise monitor measures a performance level of the exerciser a... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5845289 | Methodology for generating object structures for accessing conventional, non-object-oriented business applications The invention proposes a method of defining and generating cooperating object structures for accessing Business Applications (BAs) which were not built upon the principles of object orientation (OO) in an OO manner. One step of the method is targeted at t... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5719501 | Mine simulation system having an electromagnetic field disturbing device A mine simulation system includes a magnetic field disturbance sensing apparatus carried by a moving vehicle and a plurality of randomly distributed passive permanent magnetic field disturbing devices located on the ground and simulated as mines. The sens... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5282014 | Laser rangefinder testing system incorporationg range simulation A range extinction simulator system that simulates an outdoor laser test range in a relatively small area, which provides for a computer controlled, electronic laser range simulator used to test laser rangefinders. The system evaluates a laser rangefinder... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5032083 | Computerized vocational task guidance system A system for training or aiding an impaired individual to perform a series of tasks at spaced work sites comprises a mobile device for being worn or carried by the individual. The mobile device comprises circuits and devices for detecting the position of ... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4805159 | Acquistion of a projectile trajectory past a moving target The minimum distance between a passing projectile and a training (dummy) target is ascertained by means of four shock wave responsive transducers in the target, two of which are aligned with the target's propagation and the transit time differential of re... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4791422 | Methods of and apparatus for measuring time of arrival of remote Loran-C and related signals and effective time of transmission of local signals at transmitter sites A method of and apparatus for measuring time of arrival of remote Loran-C and related signals and effective time of transmission of local signals at Loran transmitter sites through use of a simulated Loran signal locally generated and coupled into the rec... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4357531 | Physical hit detection system and target apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for training in marksmanship. The apparatus uses a computer to determine the position of strike of a projectile on a target and further detects a hit on the target, especially in the region of the edge of the target where the pro... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4350882 | Hit detection and richochet discrimination in target apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for use in marksmanship training. The apparatus includes means for detecting and indicating a position in a measurement plane in the vicinity of a target through which a projectile passes. In addition, the apparatus includes mean... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4350881 | Projectile position detection apparatus Disclosed is an apparatus for indicating the location in a measurement plane through which a projectile passes. The apparatus includes an array of at least three transducers responsive to the airborne pressure wave produced by the projectile and positione... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4349728 | Target apparatus A target apparatus, having a framework covered by sheets of material to form a chamber the sheets of material being penetrable by a projectile, such as a bullet, fired at the target. A plurality of transducers are positioned at respective spaced-apart loc... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4349729 | Discriminatory hit detection in target apparatus A hit detection device for use in a marksmanship evaluation device for providing positive and negative reinforcement of shooting techniques immediately after each shot is fired. The hit detection device comprises a transducer spaced apart from a target me... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4307292 | Marksmanship training apparatus Apparatus for training in marksmanship which provides positive and negative reinforcement of shooting techniques immediately after each shot is fired. The reinforcement may take a number of forms, preferably comprising a plurality of indications concernin... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4227261 | Transmission of information by sweeping fan-shaped beams Fan-shaped beams, sweeping angularly, substantially flatwise, across a solid angle space having the beam emitter at its apex, are modulated for transmission of special information to a selected one of a plurality of identically equipped bodies in that spa... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4161070 | Laser rangefinder trainer A system for facilitating the training of a trainee to operate a target refinder. The system includes a slide (or film) projector for projecting a battlefield scene including one or more targets onto a viewing screen. The slide includes data annotated th... | 07/17/1979 |
| 3965582 | Gunnery practice method and apparatus An ordnance piece is aimed at a terrain and the trajectory followed by an imaginary projectile from the ordnance piece is calculated. A range finder is sighted through a succession of points along the trajectory onto the terrain. Simultaneously the distan... | 06/29/1976 |
