patentstorm.us 258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif PatentStorm -> Applications -> Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation) http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-342.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 342 Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation). Thu, 9 Feb 2012 15:03:33 patents@patentstorm.us en <![CDATA[Determining Locations Of Wireless Mobile Devices]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120035845/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120035845
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Vargas, Bogart
    • In certain embodiments, an apparatus comprises an input and one or more processors. The input receives known locations of wireless mobile nodes over a wireless link. The one or more processors determine geometric features associated with the locations, and calculate an apparatus location of the apparatus from the known locations and the geometric ...
    ]]>     20120035845     <![CDATA[HIGH-RESOLUTION RANGING AND LOCATION FINDING USING MULTICARRIER SIGNALS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032855/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032855
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Reede, Ivan; Chouinard, Gerald
    • The invention relates to methods and systems for accurate ranging and geo-locationing using coherent multicarrier (CM) signals and based on a high-resolution estimation of a receiver timing offset in a signal receiver that receives ranging CM signals. A transmitter transmits a ranging CM signal having a known subcarrier modulation pattern. The receiver samples the ranging CM signal it receives reflected back from an object or from the remote transmitter, and processes the sampled signal that ...
    ]]>     20120032855     <![CDATA[INTERFERENCE DETECTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND LOCATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OR BROADCAST SYSTEM]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032854/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032854
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Bull, Jeffrey F.; Ward, Matthew L.
    • A Wide Area Sensor Network (WASN) is disclosed that utilizes wideband software defined radios (SDRs) to monitor RF energy over a wide frequency range, detect when critical frequencies are being jammed or otherwise interfered with, and locate the source of the interference so that the interference can be eliminated. The WASN may use one or more geolocation techniques In addition, the WASN may detect and locate unauthorized transmitters as well as estimate the transmitted power of authorized ...
    ]]>     20120032854     <![CDATA[Direction Finding Antenna]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032853/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032853
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Karkinen, Jouni Vesa Juhani
    • An apparatus for a direction finding system is described. The apparatus includes at least three antenna elements. Each antenna element faces in a facing direction different than the other antenna elements. An individual antenna element has a substantially smooth polarization gain in the corresponding facing direction. Each antenna element includes a feeding branch, a parasitic branch and a back plate. The parasitic branch and the feeding branch are disposed in a first plane perpendicular to the ...
    ]]>     20120032853     <![CDATA[Precision Geolocation of Moving or Fixed Transmitters Using Multiple Observers]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032852/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032852
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Parker, Michael Noel
    • A method of geolocating a stationary transmitter observed by a fixed receiver device and at least two receiver devices, at least one of the receiver devices moving includes obtaining wavelength-scaled phase difference measurements between pairs of receiver devices, and 10 obtaining a result lattice of possible locations of the transmitter, one location more probable than the remainder. A method of geolocating a moving transmitter observed by a plurality of fixed or nearly fixed receiver ...
    ]]>     20120032852     <![CDATA[EMITTER LOCATION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032851/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032851
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Horsey, Keith
    • The present invention relates to emitter location. More specifically, it relates to locating emitters using only their fundamental frequency information.

    The present invention recites a method of determining the location of an emitter source comprising the steps of receiving signal information from the source at a plurality of sensors; and simultaneously processing a large bandwidth, and all received signal information using the fundamental RF frequency that lay ...
    ]]> 20120032851 <![CDATA[ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032850/description.html

  • Application Number:  20120032850
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Fukagawa, Takashi; Mukai, Hirohito; Nakagawa, Yoichi
    • Provided is an array signal processing device capable of, when a spatial averaging method is applied to array signal processing, reducing the number of antennas constituting an array antenna while making use of the spatial averaging method. In the array signal processing device (300), an array antenna (310) comprises four antennas (311-1 to 311-4) disposed at the four vertices of a parallelogram. Correlation calculation units (341-1, 2) ...
    ]]>     20120032850     <![CDATA[Multi-Orientation Phased Antenna Array and Associated Method]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032849/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032849
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Barson, George F.; Irion, II, James M.; Wilson, James S.; Hull, JR., William P.
    • According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes first and second antenna arrays configured in a support structure. Each antenna array has multiple antenna elements that transmit and/or receive electro-magnetic radiation. The elements of the first antenna array are oriented in a boresight direction that is different from the boresight direction in which the elements of the second antenna array are oriented. A plurality of switches alternatively couples the first antenna elements or ...
    ]]>     20120032849     <![CDATA[METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALOG BEAMFORMING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032848/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032848
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Nsenga, Jimmy
    • A method of analog beamforming in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The system has a plurality of transmit antennas and receive antennas. In one aspect, the method includes determining information representative of communication channels formed between a transmit antenna and a receive antenna of the plurality of antennas, defining a set of coefficients representing jointly the transmit and the receive beamforming coefficients, determining a beamforming cost function using the ...
    ]]>     20120032848     <![CDATA[INTEGRATED RECONFIGURABLE SOLAR PANEL ANTENNA]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032847/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032847
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Baktur, Reyhan
    • A system for dynamically reconfiguring the radiation pattern of a collection of slot antennas. A collection of slot antennas of various lengths and widths are fabricated. The control system independently drives the feed to one or more slot antennas to produce the desired radiation pattern. The control system activates and deactivates the feed to different slot antennas, thus dynamically reconfiguring the generated radiation ...
    ]]>     20120032847     <![CDATA[METHOD AND DEVICE TO DETERMINE OUT OF COVERAGE FOR MOBILE DEVICES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032845/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032845
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  DICKE, RONALD ANTHONY
    • A method and a mobile device configured to obtain position information from a position broadcast system, the position broadcast system comprising a plurality of transmitters that each broadcast a respective signal containing position information for the respective transmitter. The method comprising: measuring signal strengths of signals from a plurality of the transmitters of the position broadcast system; and determining that the mobile device is out of range of the position broadcast system ...
    ]]>     20120032845     <![CDATA[METHOD FOR DETECTING PRECIPITATION USING A RADAR SENSOR SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032840/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032840
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Kuehnle, Goetz; Bechler, Dirk; Heilmann, Stefan
    • A method for detecting precipitation using a radar sensor system for motor vehicles designed for locating objects in the surroundings of the vehicle, in which method a locating signal that is a measure of the received power density as a function of the distance is integrated across a specific distance range lying below a limit distance for detecting precipitation. The locating signal is subjected to a filtering procedure before being integrated, the filtering procedure suppressing the peaks ...
    ]]>     20120032840     <![CDATA[CREATING AND PROCESSING UNIVERSAL RADAR WAVEFORMS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032839/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032839
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Burri, Jeremy Francis; Farris, Michael Howard; Potter, Randall Edward; Pohlman, Matthew Michael
    • A new approach to radar imaging is described herein, in which radar pulses are transmitted with an uneven sampling scheme and subsequently processed with novel algorithms to produce images of equivalent resolution and quality as standard images produced using standard synthetic aperture radar (SAR) waveforms and processing techniques. The radar data collected with these waveforms can be used to create many other useful products such as moving target indication (MTI) and high resolution terrain ...
    ]]>     20120032839     <![CDATA[METHOD FOR DETECTING LOSS OF SENSITIVITY OF AN FMCW RADAR LOCATING DEVICE BY DIFFUSE SOURCES OF LOSS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032838/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032838
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Kuehnle, Goetz; Bechler, Dirk; Heilmann, Stefan
    • A method for the detection of sensitivity losses of an FMCW radar locating device due to diffuse sources of loss, in which the radar locating device emits a transmit signal whose frequency is periodically modulated in successive modulation ramps, and at least one power characteristic of at least one frequency portion of a signal received by the radar locating device is evaluated, wherein the power of the transmit signal is varied cyclically, in each case after the completion of a modulation ...
    ]]>     20120032838     <![CDATA[Network analyzer with an n-port network having at least two ports for measuring the wave parameters of a measurement object]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032837/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032837
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Seisenberger, Claus; Schicht, Andreas; Ziroff, Andreas; Poprawa, Florian
    • A network analyzer includes an n-port network with two ports for measuring wave parameters of a measurement object. Each port has a feed for a radio-frequency signal from a signal source. Signal components of the radio-frequency signal fed into the respective port are reflected at the measurement object and the signal components of one or more radio-frequency signals fed into at least one other port are transmitted through the measurement object to the respective port are measured as wave ...
    ]]>     20120032837     <![CDATA[Gain Enhanced LTCC System-on-Package for UMRR Applications]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032836/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032836
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Shamim, Atif; Ghaffar, Farhan Abdul; Khalid, Muhammad Umair; Salama, Khaled Nabil
    • An apparatus, system, and method for Gain Enhanced LTCC System-on-Package radar sensor. The sensor includes a substrate and an integrated circuit coupled to the substrate, where the integrated circuit is configured to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals. An antenna may be coupled to the integrated circuit and a lens may be coupled to the antenna. The lens may be configured to enhance the gain of the ...
    ]]>     20120032836     <![CDATA[THREE-DIMENSIONAL TARGET TRACKING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032835/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032835
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Mazzei, Silvia; Vargonaite, Ausra
    • The invention relates to a three-dimensional target tracking method comprising acquiring a first track generated by a first target location system having a first coverage area, said first track comprising a first position of a first target at a given time in a first relative reference system of the first target location system; acquiring a second track generated by a second target location system having a second coverage area partially overlapping the first coverage area in a coverage region ...
    ]]>     20120032835     <![CDATA[USE OF ACCELEROMETER AND ABILITY TO DISABLE POWER SWITCH FOR TAMPER PROTECTION AND THEFT TRACKING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032834/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032834
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventor:  Weeks, Steven V.
    • Embodiments disclosed herein include a sensor device that monitors external activity and that includes functionality to detect tampering of the device itself. When monitoring for tampering, a power switch is disabled. Techniques include detecting relative movement of the sensor device, reporting tampering activity, and executing tamper detection responses. Responses can include tracking geographical movement and/or subsequent tampering activity to assist in recovery of a transported device. ...
    ]]>     20120032834     <![CDATA[RADAR COHERENT PROCESSING INTERVAL SCHEDULING VIA AD HOC NETWORK]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032833/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032833
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Redi, Jason; Milligan, Stephen D.; Fisher, Jonathan; Sumorok, Daniel; Weeks, Steven W.
    • Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for accurately scheduling radar and radio events against each other. Specifically, a scheduling manager can schedule radar events based on scheduled radio events (wireless network communication events). A given radio schedule for a compact radar sensor can be a relatively complicated schedule, especially when the compact radar sensor operates as part of an ad hoc network. In certain embodiments, the scheduling manager identifies a radio ...
    ]]>     20120032833     <![CDATA[WIDE-BAND HIRF DETECTOR- AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120032832/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120032832
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Kreitmair-Steck, Wolfgang; Tauber, Wolfgang; Wolff, Bernd
    • A method for detecting electromagnetic threats to an aircraft, wherein electromagnetic fields are measured, and in the case of an arising threat to the aircraft being detected, countermeasures are taken, characterized by the following steps: measuring the frequency and the amplitude of at least one electromagnetic field in the frequency range from 9 KHz to 40 GHz; analysing the measured results and determining the field intensity in relation to each measured frequency; comparing the field ...
    ]]>     20120032832     <![CDATA[Near-Vertical Direction Finding and Geolocation System]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026042/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026042
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Gooch, Richard P.; Roscow, Alan W.
    • A system and method for geolocating an RF emitter disposed on or near the ground includes receiving a signal from the RF emitter at each antenna of an array of N non-collinear antennas, wherein N is an integer greater than 2; routing the signal received at each of the antennas to one of a bank of N corresponding receivers; downconverting the N received signals to N downconverted signals; digitizing the N downconverted signals to digitized signals on N corresponding channels; using a processor ...
    ]]>     20120026042     <![CDATA[SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING A TARGET IN A GPS-DENIED ENVIRONMENT]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026041/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026041
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Murdock, Ronald G.; Mackay, John D.; Cummins, Douglas A.
    • A system for locating an object in a GPS-denied environment includes first and second stationary nodes of a network and an object out of synchronization with a common time base of the network. The system includes one or more processors that are configured to estimate distances between the first stationary node and the object and a distance between the second stationary node and the object by comparing time-stamps of messages relayed between the object and the nodes. A position of the object can ...
    ]]>     20120026041     <![CDATA[Method, Apparatus, Computer Program and a Computer Readable Storage Medium]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026040/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026040
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Hottinen, Ari; Hohne, Thomas; Nurmela, Vuokko; Doppler, Klaus
    • A method including calculating a parameter for controlling a main lobe of a radiation pattern of an antenna array, the calculation using a direction of a location relative to the antenna array, the direction determined from information including a position of the location; determining a parameter for controlling the main lobe of the radiation pattern of the antenna array from a signal received at the antenna array from the location; and determining an offset using the parameter calculated from ...
    ]]>     20120026040     <![CDATA[Methods and Systems for Location Determination Via Multi-Mode Operation]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026036/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026036
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Lindross, Rauni; Yukich, Rudy; Honsberger, Roslyn; SHAW, Philip; McKnight, JR., Thomas R.
    • Provided is a method for facilitating location determination. The method includes granting a subscriber access to a location determination network via a first device and determining location of a second device via the network, the second device being configurable for dual mode location determination. Finally, the determined location of the second device is provided to the first ...
    ]]>     20120026036     <![CDATA[CROSS-POLARIZATION COMPONENT CANCELLATION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026032/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026032
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  Sigmund, Jesse P.
    • A system includes a remote station configured to transmit a first signal having a co-polarization component and a first cross-polarization component. A satellite is configured to receive the first signal and transmit a repeated signal that substantially includes the first signal. A monitoring station is configured to isolate the repeated signal received from the satellite. Isolating the repeated signal generates a second signal having the co-polarization component, the first cross-polarization ...
    ]]>     20120026032     <![CDATA[Method and System for Continuous Wave Interference Suppression in Pulsed Signal Processing]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026031/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026031
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  Goodman, Vernon R.
    • A System and Method for CW interference suppression in pulsed signal processing having a front-end, an A/D converter, a data store, and a suppressor module coupled to both the A/D converter and the data store. The front-end is operable to receive a waveform and communicate such to the A/D converter to digitize for processing by the suppressor module. The suppressor module being operable to further process the digitized waveform by way of applying a FFT to obtain a corresponding amplitude ...
    ]]>     20120026031     <![CDATA[MULTI-FUNCTION RADAR DEVICE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026030/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026030
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventor:  Hase, Eiichi
    • Provided is a multi-function radar apparatus capable of measuring both a distance to a target object and a temperature of the target object with high accuracy. A transmission signal produced from a high-frequency signal generating unit (9) is amplified by a transmission signal amplifying unit (12) while intermittently stopped by a transmission intermittent stop switch (11), and is emitted to a target object (13) via a circulator unit (2). A reflected wave from ...
    ]]>     20120026030     <![CDATA[MOTION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH NULL POINTS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120026029/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120026029
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-02
  • Inventors:  Avery, David M.; Rudland, Philip Andrew; May, Peter Stephen; Farrow, Paul
    • A motion detection system and method with null points with a motion detection method including transmitting a signal (102); detecting the signal at a first device (104); determining whether signal strength of the detected signal is less than an expected signal strength (106); transmitting at least one additional signal (108); detecting the at least one additional signal at the first device (110); determining whether signal strength of the detected at least one ...
    ]]>     20120026029     <![CDATA[COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, NETWORK ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ANTENNA ARRAY CALIBRATION]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120020392/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120020392
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  O'Keeffe, Conor; O'Brien, Michael William
    • A network element for a wireless communication system is locatable to couple at least one base station to an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements. The network element comprises a plurality of independent transceiver circuits coupled to at least one of a plurality of respective antenna elements of the antenna array; and logic arranged to apply at least one complex digital signal to at least one transceiver signal path of a transceiver circuit of the plurality of independent ...
    ]]>     20120020392     <![CDATA[System and method for real-time locating]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019413/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120019413
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Fretenburg, Russell Alan; Leung, Henry Hon-You; Pyner, Derek John; Taylor, JR., David W.A.; Kazemir, Steven Scott; McNeill, IV, Charles Elmer
    • A locating system, includes at least one initiator configured to operate at a first clock frequency, and to transmit a measurement signal including a first preamble; and at least one transponder configured to operate at a second clock frequency, to receive the measurement signal, and to transmit a response signal to the initiator, the response signal including a second preamble. The initiator is further configured to calculate, based on the response signal, a distance between the initiator and ...
    ]]>     20120019413     <![CDATA[PROCESS FOR FILTERING INTERFEROGRAMS OBTAINED FROM SAR IMAGES ACQUIRED ON THE SAME AREA]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019410/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120019410
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Ferretti, Alessandro; Fumagalli, Alfio; Novali, Fabrizio; De Zan, Francesco; Rucci, Alessio; Tebaldini, Stefano
    • A process for filtering interferograms obtained from SAR images, acquired on the same area by synthetic aperture radars, comprising the following steps: a) acquiring a series of N radar images (Al . . . AN) by means of a SAR sensor on a same area with acquisition geometries such as to allow re-sampling of the data on a common grid; b) after re-sampling on a common grid, selecting a pixel from the common grid; c) calculating the coherence matrix of the selected pixel, that is estimating the ...
    ]]>     20120019410     <![CDATA[DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING A DISTANCE IN A CONDUCTING STRUCTURE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019409/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120019409
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Trummer, Guenther; Gehring, Ralf
    • A distance measuring apparatus and method for calculating a distance in a conducting structure are provided. One distance measuring apparatus provides for calculating a distance between a reflection body in a conducting structure and an injection point provided on an end section of the conducting structure for electromagnetic waves is provided. The distance measuring apparatus includes a transmitting and receiving device with a conduction cross-over provided at the injection point for the ...
    ]]>     20120019409     <![CDATA[MICROWAVE SYSTEM UTILIZING ELEVATIONAL SCANNING BY FREQUENCY HOPPING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019408/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120019408
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventors:  Schmalenberg, Paul D.; Lee, Jae Seung
    • For use in conjunction with a microwave antenna having a radiator array configured to scan in a horizontal direction, a method for scanning in the vertical direction. A first FMCW microwave signal having a first bandwidth is transmitted at a first microwave frequency and the echo, if any, is received by the radiator array. A second FMCW microwave signal having a second bandwidth is also transmitted at a different center frequency and the echo, if any, is received by the radiator array. The ...
    ]]>     20120019408     <![CDATA[MULTISTATIC RADAR SYSTEM FOR AIRPORT MONITORING]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019407/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120019407
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventor:  Lesturgie, Marc
    • The present disclosure relates to a method for monitoring targets on a runway, wherein emitting modules and receiving modules are alternately distributed along each one of longitudinal sides of the runway. Orthogonal signals are emitted in a narrowband by the emitting modules and coherently received in a coherent manner by the receiving modules. An object is detected on the runway on the basis of a distribution of the modules into meshes each including three pairs of neighbouring emitting ...
    ]]>     20120019407     <![CDATA[RADAR TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120019406/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120019406
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-26
  • Inventor:  SARKIS, Michel
    • The present invention relates to a radar tomography apparatus and method for determining one or more material properties of an object at a first number of positions distributed within a region of interest of said object. To reduce the acquisition and processing time of data radar tomography apparatus is proposed comprising:
    • one or more transmitters that transmit radiation, in particular microwave radiation, in the direction ...
      ]]> 20120019406 <![CDATA[ANTENNA CONTROLLER DEVICE, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND ANTENNA CONTROLLING METHOD]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120015684/description.html
    • Application Number:  20120015684
    • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
    • Inventor:  Noji, Masaki
    A radio base station (100A) has a directional antenna (110A) by which the beam direction (D1) which is a direction to which a directional beam is directed can be changed in a vertical plane. The radio base station (100A) acquires a terminal altitude value indicating the altitude of a radio terminal connected to the radio base station (100A), and sets a tilt angle (θ) which is an angle made by the beam direction (D1) and the horizontal direction by use ...
    ]]>     20120015684     <![CDATA[TRANSMITTER BEAMFORMING STEERING MATRIX PROCESSING AND STORAGE]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120014415/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120014415
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventors:  Zhang, Ning; Su, Chi-Lin; Peiris, Bemini Hennadige Janath
    • A mechanism for processing beamforming steering matrices in a transceiver system. A plurality of beamforming steering matrices associated with a plurality of subcarriers of an RF signal received at the transceiver system are generated. The beamforming steering matrices are compressed and stored. The beamforming steering matrices may also be grouped or sub-sampled prior to being stored. The beamforming steering matrices are decompressed and ungrouped before being applied to data to be ...
    ]]>     20120014415     <![CDATA[FREQUENCY CHANNEL DIVERSITY FOR REAL-TIME LOCATING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013509/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013509
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventors:  Wisherd, David S.; O'Hagan, James J.
    • Provided are architectures, systems, methods, and computer program products for real-time object locating and position determination using frequency channel diversity for transmitting and receiving position determination signals including bursts of location signals. Channelized frequency diversity of a short burst of small location signals that “hop” across multiple frequency channels is used to collectively produce a quasi-wideband position determination signal. Object tags operating with ...
    ]]>     20120013509     <![CDATA[WIRELESS LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUES IN LIGHTING SYSTEMS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013508/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013508
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventors:  Ghosh, Monisha; Bao, Xingkai; Das, Sushanta
    • The invention relates to a system and method for localization positioning in lighting systems. At least two of a Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA), Angle of Arrival (AOA), Received Signal Strength Index (RSSI) and a Position Estimation Algorithm with unified TDOA and RSSI are used to obtain localization positioning. The schemes introduce a maximum-likelihood estimation strategy incorporating a partial derivative matrix for each lighting unit using at least two reference nodes in order to ...
    ]]>     20120013508     <![CDATA[RETRODIRECTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEMS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013507/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013507
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventor:  Fusco, Vincent Francis
    • A retrodirective antenna system (1) for receiving an incoming signal (15) from an object (13) and directing an outgoing signal (11) back to the object (13), comprising two or more transceiver cells (3), each of which receives a part of the incoming signal, produces a phase conjugate output signal, which output signals from the cells combine to form an outgoing signal (11) directed back to the object (13), wherein each transceiver cell ...
    ]]>     20120013507     <![CDATA[Satellite Tracking Method and Apparatus Thereof]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013506/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013506
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventors:  Halavi, Moshe; Peled, Hagay; Berger, Adi
    • A satellite communication ground station configured for communicating over an inclined orbit geostationary satellite may include a tracking antenna having three fixed axis and one moving axis, a motor for swinging the antenna along the moving axis, a controller for controlling the motor, a receiver configured to receive a signal arriving from the satellite via the tracking antenna and an estimator configured to estimate reception quality of a signal received by the receiver. The invention ...
    ]]>     20120013506     <![CDATA[METHOD FOR DETECTING PRECIPITATON USING A RADAR LOCATING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013503/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013503
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventors:  Bechler, Dirk; Heilmann, Stefan
    • A method for detecting precipitation using a radar locating device for motor vehicles, that is designed to locate objects in the surroundings of the vehicle, in which method a locating signal (42), which is an index for the received power density as a function of the distance (R), is integrated over a first distance range (INT1), which is below a limit distance (Rlim) for the detection of precipitation, wherein the locating signal (42) is additionally integrated ...
    ]]>     20120013503     <![CDATA[SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHASE RETRIEVAL FOR RADIO TELESCOPE AND ANTENNA CONTROL]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013502/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013502
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventor:  DEAN, BRUCE H.
    • Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for radio phase retrieval. A system practicing the method gathers first data from radio waves associated with an object observed via a first aperture, gathers second data from radio waves associated with the object observed via an introduced second aperture associated with the first aperture, generates reduced noise data by incoherently subtracting the second data from the first data, and performs phase ...
    ]]>     20120013502     <![CDATA[PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING STATISTICALLY HOMOGENEOUS PIXELS IN SAR IMAGES ACQUIRED ON THE SAME AREA]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013501/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013501
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventors:  Ferretti, Alessandro; Locatelli, Roberto
    • A process is disclosed for identifying statistically homogeneous pixels in images acquired on the same area by means of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR sensor) comprising the following steps: (a) acquiring a plurality of N radar images (A1 . . . AN) by a SAR sensor on the same area with acquisition geometries such as to consent resampling of the data on the common grid; (b) after resampling on a common grid, selecting a pixel and identifying the pixel as a sample pixel (1); (c) ...
    ]]>     20120013501     <![CDATA[Method of Automatic Target Angle Tracking by Monopulse Radar under Conditions of Interference Distorting Location Characteristic]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013500/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013500
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventor:  Markin, Evgeny
    • Method of automatic target angle tracking by sum-and-difference monopulse radar covers radiolocation sphere and specifically monopulse direction finding systems. It can be used in order to increase guidance accuracy, for example, for anti aircraft missiles and of unmanned aerial vehicles to radar targets such as: radio beacons; aerial vehicles reflecting the radio signal that illuminates them; aerial vehicles and ground-based devices radiating radio signals and jamming signals. The aim of the ...
    ]]>     20120013500     <![CDATA[Circuit Board, High Frequency Module, and Radar Apparatus]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013499/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013499
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventor:  Hayata, Kazuki
    • A circuit board is provided. The circuit board includes a substrate, a waveguide line and a laminated waveguide. The waveguide line is at least partially positioned on a first surface of the substrate. The waveguide line transmits a high frequency signal. The laminated waveguide is formed inside the substrate. The laminated waveguide is electromagnetically coupled to the waveguide line, and has a lead-out portion led out from inside the substrate to a surface other than the first surface. The ...
    ]]>     20120013499     <![CDATA[EXPANDABLE AND RECONFIGURABLE INSTRUMENT NODE ARRAYS]]> http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120013498/description.html
  • Application Number:  20120013498
  • Publication Date:  2012-01-19
  • Inventors:  Hilliard, Lawrence M.; Deshpande, Manohar
    • An expandable and reconfigurable instrument node includes a feature detection means and a data processing portion in communication with the feature detection means, the data processing portion configured and disposed to process feature information. The instrument node further includes a phase locked loop (PLL) oscillator in communication with the data processing portion, the PLL oscillator configured and disposed to provide PLL information to the processing portion. The instrument node further ...
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