Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation) inventions 02/07

20070040725 - Weapon having lethal and non-lethal directed-energy portions: A portable weapon comprises a non-lethal portion and a lethal portion. The lethal portion may comprise a rifle, and the non-lethal portion may comprise a millimeter-wave directed energy weapon. The non-lethal portion may comprise a kit to add non-lethal capability to a lethal weapon. The non-lethal portion may comprise an... Agent: Thomas J. Finn, Esq. Raytheon Company

20070040726 - Shock wave modification method and system: A system for modifying a shock wave formed in a fluid by a body to modify effects of the shock wave on information transferred to or from the body. The system includes means for heating fluid along a path to form a volume of heated fluid expanding outwardly from the... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070040727 - Radar device: A radar device can reliably, and rapidly detect dirt adhered to a radome surface without misdetection. The radar device includes a transmit/receive shared antenna (306) that transmits an electric wave to an object and receives a reflected wave that has been reflected from the object, a mixer (307) that mixes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070040728 - Radar system: A radar system in which a beat signal is generated by transmitting a transmission signal that is subjected to frequency modulation into a triangular wave and receiving a reflection signal from a target, the beat signal is sampled, and a window function is applied to yield a discrete frequency spectrum.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070040729 - System and method for sidelobe reduction using detect-and-subtract techniques: A radar system and method for detecting targets using pulse-compressed signals is disclosed. In one application, the systems and methods can be used to detect one or more relatively small targets whose pulse-compressed signals are masked by the time-sidelobes of a larger target's return signal. The method includes an iterative,... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20070040730 - Active optical measurement device with weak signal amplification: r

20070040731 - Signal processing method for fm-cw radar: Disclosed is a signal processing method for an FM-CW radar that can accurately detect the relative distance, relative velocity, etc. with respect to a target approaching or receding at a high relative velocity, wherein predicted values for peak frequencies currently detected in upsweep and downsweep sections are computed from the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070040732 - Device and method for calibrating and improving the accuracy of barometric altimeters with gps-derived altitudes: In a combined GPS/altimeter device, the calibration and hence the accuracy of barometric altimeter measurements are enhanced with the aid of derived altitudes from a GPS. The device determines the need for calibration and perform the subsequent computations necessary to facilitate the calibration. Furthermore, the device determines a correction quantity... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070040733 - Geographic and space positioning system and process: Geographical and space positioning system and process, comprising:a first, a second, and a third base (A, B, C) which are fixed in relation to the earth, but spaced away and disaligned in relation to each other, a space platform (S) which is visible from the fixed bases (A, B, C);at... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070040734 - Method and system for elliptical-based surveillance: A method and system are provided for performing elliptical-based and hybrid surveillance, performing false target detection and resolution, and performing integrity monitoring using one or more receiving and transmitting elements time synchronized to a common precision time reference, and a central workstation. Antennas for transmitting and receiving elements are located... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20070040735 - High frequency package, transmitting and receiving module and wireless equipment: A multilayer dielectric substrate includes a first signal via, a second signal via, an internal-layer signal line, an internal-layer ground conductor, and ground vias. The first signal via is connected to a bias-and-control-signal terminal of a high-frequency semiconductor, and is arranged within a region corresponding to the electromagnetic shielding members.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070040736 - Radio navigation system using a constellation of positioning satellites with alternating transmission and analysis phases: A positioning satellite for a constellation of satellites of a radio navigation satellite system includes transmitter means adapted to transmit operational signals intended to enable the determination of positions of radio navigation receivers, receiver means adapted to receive at least some of the operational signals transmitted by positioning satellites of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070040737 - Apparatus and method for carrier phase-based relative positioning: A carrier phase-based relative positioning apparatus includes a plurality of antennas fixedly mounted on a moving body for receiving positioning signals from satellites, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for measuring accelerations and angular velocities of the moving body, a reference attitude calculator for calculating attitude information about the attitude of... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070040738 - Generic satellite positioning system receivers with selectable inputs and outputs: Generic SATPS receivers and methods for configuring generic SATPS receivers that include a plurality of outputs are provided. These configurable SATPS receivers are adapted to be utilized in at least one of a plurality of particular SATPS receiver applications, and can also include a plurality of input paths, and a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070040739 - Locating a roving position receiver in a location network: The present invention discloses a positioning system and method for enabling a roving position receiver to determinist own position. The positioning system comprises a specialized transceiver (hereinafter termed a positioning-unit device) that receives one or more reference positioning signals from other positioning-unit devices and/or other qualified reference positioning signal sources.... Agent: David Small

20070040740 - Method and apparatus for processing satellite signals at a satellite positioning system receiver: Method and apparatus for processing satellite signals in an SPS receiver is described. In one example, the satellite signals are correlated against pseudorandom reference codes to produce correlation results. A determination is made whether the SPS receiver is in a motion condition or a stationary condition. The correlation results are... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070040741 - Cellphone gps positioning system: A mobile GPS location system. The location system includes a mobile radio transceiver for transmitting a radio positioning signal and receiving a responsive radio system signal having a radio positioning system (RPS)-based time and position derived from the radio positioning signal; a mobile global positioning system (GPS) receiver; and a... Agent: David R. Gildea Menlo Patent Agency LLC

20070040742 - System for providing gps information indoors and method of acquiring indoor gps information by mobile device: A system for providing position information by using a wireless personal area network (WPAN), and a method of acquiring the position information of a mobile device thereof where the system includes: a first node including referenced position information; and a plurality of second nodes calculating their respective position information based... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070040743 - Method and arrangement for locating people: A method and an arrangement which locates people within a region which is to be monitored and can be used in a mobile manner. At least one transmitter working in an ultra-wide band (UWB) is used, in addition to at least one transmitter/receiver device working in the ultra-wide band (UWB)... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070040744 - Satellite and local system position determination: In a local positioning system, augmentation of the land-based system is provided by receiving signals from a GNSS. The signals from the land-based positioning system have a code phase accuracy better than one wavelength of a carrier of the signals from the GNSS. Different decorrelation may be used for signals... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070035435 - Independent temperature and apparent colour control technology for adaptive camouflage: An apparatus for adaptive camouflage with independent control of both temperature and apparent colour. The apparatus has cells or individual pixels behind a transparent outer layer. The temperature of the outer layer is controlled by a heat transfer fluid flowing in a closed circuit in each cell, the fluid being... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070035437 - Computerized tomography using radar: Sensing characteristics of an object includes transmitting a stepped-frequency radar through an object and detecting, with multiple receiving structures, deflected portions of the radar signal. The detected portions are processed to generate processed data including information associated with amplitudes and phases of the deflected portions, and with the locations of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070035438 - Method for reconstructing complex wave attributes from limited view measurements: A method is disclosed for reconstructing complex wave attributes from limited view measurements of a scattering object. The method involves the analytic continuation of the Fourier transform of the object function into the area in which there is an absence of K-space coverage by requiring objects to be an even... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Fulbright Tower

20070035436 - 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 systems is that the practitioners of the technology are generally presented... Agent: Scott Thompson Realtronics Corporation

20070035439 - Radar installation: In a radar processing of the radar video, and preferably most video inserts such as maps or charts, are carried out at the head end of the radar and the video output conveyed to at least one monitor over a standard digital channel. Remote control of the radar and video... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070035440 - 3-d positioning system utilizing self-positioning radio transmitter and stationary laser transmitter: A radio and light based 3-D positioning system comprising a stationary self-positioning radio (pseudolite) transceiver, a stationary laser transmitter positioned in a location with known coordinates, and at least one mobile integrated radio receiver (pseudolite)/laser detector (RR_LD). The stationary self-positioning radio (pseudolite) transceiver is configured to receive a first plurality... Agent: Law Offices Of Boris G. Tankhilevich

20070035441 - Simple device and method to return a user to a location: A location apparatus for returning to a user to a location including a system unit configured to compute a location using radio signals, a user interface unit having a display area and first and second buttons, a memory unit, and a computational unit configured to interact with the first and... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070035442 - Beam-forming antenna with amplitude-controlled antenna elements: A beam-forming antenna for transmission and/or reception of an electromagnetic signal having a given wavelength in a surrounding medium includes a transmission line electromagnetically coupled to an array of individually controllable antenna elements, each of which is oscillated by the signal with a controllable amplitude. The antenna elements are arranged... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070035443 - Location system with swept digital beacon: A detection system includes a fixed-position transmitter and a mobile unit. The transmitter digitally transmits a data packet including angle information associated with the transmitter, and the mobile unit includes a receiver for receiving the transmitted data packet. The mobile unit is configured to detect a plurality of data packets... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070035444 - Positioning of mobile wireless terminal: An apparatus for determining a position of a mobile wireless station comprises means for determining the position of the mobile wireless station in accordance with a position of a first reference wireless station, a position of a second reference wireless station, a first relative angular direction between the mobile wireless... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070035445 - Positioning of mobile wireless terminal: An apparatus for determining a position of a mobile wireless station comprises means for determining the position of the mobile wireless station in accordance with a position of a first reference wireless station, a position of a second reference wireless station, a first relative angular direction between the mobile wireless... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070030194 - Electromagnetic wave absorber, manufacturing method thereof and electromagnetic wave anechoic room: An electromagnetic wave absorber has a configuration in which at least three hollow tetrahedrons, each having one open face, are connected to one another that each surface opposite to a respective open face of the hollow tetrahedrons defines a respective side face of a hollow pyramid. Preferably, the electromagnetic wave... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070030195 - Concealed object detection: A concealed object detection system for detecting objects concealed on a person includes radar transceivers that are each configured and positioned to direct a radar signal at a person and to detect a portion of the radar signal reflected by the person. A processor connected to the radar transceivers processes... Agent: Barbara A. Benoit

20070030196 - System and method of utilizing positioning receiver hardware for network-based transceiver applications: A network, network device and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting communication signals from a first network node to a second network node, where the first and second network nodes comprise a network and each include a receiver portion and a transponder portion. The method further... Agent: Anthony J. Orler Gates & Cooper LLP

20070024488 - Method and apparatus for through-the-wall motion detection utilizing cw radar: A CW radar (10) is used to detect motion of objects (22) behind a wall (20) by projecting a radar beam through the wall and by measuring the returns from the objects behind the wall, with a change in the phase difference between the transmitted and received CW signals providing... Agent: Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

20070024487 - Multiple frequency through-the-wall motion detection and ranging using a difference-based estimation technique: A multi-tone CW radar (14) is used to project signals from an antenna (22) and to receive returns with the same antenna. The phase differences between the outgoing signals and the returns are analyzed to determine the existence of motion and the range to a moving object (10). A model... Agent: Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

20070024489 - Signal processing methods for ground penetrating radar from elevated platforms: Methods and systems for using ground penetrating radar (GPR) to obtain subsurface images. The depression angle, frequency, and polarization can all be adjusted for the soil conditions at hand. In particular, the depression angle is set at the “pseudo-Brewster angle” for improved ground penetration.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070024490 - Modification of chart representation of tabular data in an information display system: A method and system for controlling the graphical display of stored user supplied tabular data as a chart in a system stores the data for display on a display device. In response to user selection of a style of representation, the tabular data is converted to a form corresponding to... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070024491 - Car reversing radar sensor having fine-tuning feature: A car reversing radar sensor having a fine-tuning function includes a cylinder, a sensor module, a front cover, a packing block and a back cover. The sensor module is fitted in the cylinder and a sensing angle thereof can be adjusted. The packing block includes a push part a brake... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070024493 - Pulse radar system: A pulse radar system includes: a pulse output circuit that outputs a periodic transmission pulse and a gate pulse having a cycle which is a rational multiple of a cycle of the transmission pulse and is different from a cycle of the transmission pulse; a transmission circuit that generates and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070024492 - Radar signal processor: A radar signal processor has observation means, for receiving a reflected wave from a target and for outputting a predetermined observation signal, means for extracting distance component, for extracting a distance component corresponding to a distance from the each observation signal, means for estimating, for collecting respective distance components and... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070024494 - Classification system for radar and sonar applications: A system and method for target classification for an aircraft surveillance radar is provided. In one implementation, the track classifier provides tracks with an updated probability value based on its likelihood to conform to aircraft and non-aircraft target behavior. The track classifier identifies false tracks that may arise from weather... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070024495 - Automatic detection of gps sa base value for hfom: An apparatus and method for detecting the type of Selective Availability (SA) engine in a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The apparatus reverse computes a User Equivalent Range Error (UERE) value and filters it. The filtered value is run through a hysteresis to determine the GPS engine type. The engine... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070024496 - Gps carrier phase measurement representation and method of use: Sequential GPS Doppler carrier phase count measurements are used for precision sequential determination of position and velocity of a GPS receiver, such as for orbit determination and geolocation, with minimum throughput time. Real-time orbit determination and geolocation performance is enabled with an optimal sequential filter, and near-real-time performance is enabled... Agent: Roberts Abokhair & Mardula, L.L.C. Suite 1000

20070024497 - Navigation signal receiving apparatus and navigation signal receiving method: A navigation signal receiving apparatus for determining a position based on a navigation signal sent from an artificial satellite, the apparatus includes (a) a positioning unit sampling range data from the navigation signal at a first time interval, (b) an averaging unit averaging the range data at a second time... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070024498 - Method for providing location aiding among peers operating in a direct communication mode: A mobile communication device (202) outside the service area of a communications network 210 in need of satellite positioning assistance information to perform a location determination (308). The mobile communication device receives the assistance information from a peer mobile communication device (204, 206) over a direct link.... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20070024500 - Method and apparatus for reconstructing time of transmit from assisted or weak signal gps observations: The invention provides a GPS device that resolves timing errors as applicable to an AGPS navigation solution. A single state algorithm provides rapid convergence, typical with standard Newton-Raphson performance. Problems due to ill-conditioning of the input matrix are identified by an augmented DOP calculation procedure, which may be used to... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070024499 - Method of cross-correlation and continuous wave interference suppression for gps signal and associated gps receiver: A method for processing weak indoor signals in presence of cross-correlation or continuous wave interference and associated GPS receiver are provided. The method comprises providing a two-dimensional delay-Doppler accumulated power pattern having a plurality of accumulated powers corresponding to frequency and time; for a predetermined frequency, determining an average value... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070024501 - Multi-function apparatus and related method integrated with positioning/orientation mechanism: Multi-function apparatus and related method integrated with positioning/orientation mechanism. The apparatus of the invention works under a forward mode for recording reference coordinates/altitudes of a departure point and passing points along a track which a user moves. When the user wants to trace back, the apparatus works under a backward... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070024502 - Signal separation using rank deficient matrices: A communications device includes an antenna array for receiving different summations of source signals from a plurality of signal sources, a receiver coupled to the antenna array for receiving the different summations of source signals, and a signal separation processor coupled to the receiver Processing by the signal separation processor... Agent: Michael W. Taylor