Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation) inventions 03/07

20070069940 - Method and arrangement for reducing the radar cross section of integrated antennas: An antenna structure including an antenna 10 with an outer main surface 11, where said antenna 10 is integrated in a surface of a surrounding material 20. Further comprising a transition zone 30 arranged along the perimeter of the main surface 11 and overlapping the main surface, where the transition... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070069941 - Measuring wind vectors remotely using airborne radar: Airborne meteorological radars and related networks and models. In one embodiment a network for creating a meteorological model includes a mobile sensing node and a modeling node. The sensing node includes a meteorological RADAR that senses the wind velocity. Data from the meteorological RADAR regarding the wind velocity is received... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070069942 - Systems and methods for removing undesired signals in instrument landing systems: A method of removing undesired signals in an aviation guidance system may include receiving at least one first desired signal having a first frequency of amplitude modulation, receiving at least one second desired signal having a second frequency of amplitude modulation, and receiving at least one undesired signal having any... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Group Ab2

20070069943 - Signal processing system and method: The present invention provides a signal processing system and a method for performing the processing of information therewith. This signal processing system is designed for use with a sensing system, in which an encoded signal is directed to a test sample, and the resultant signals are collected and correlated with... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070069944 - Simulated radar system and methods: An airborne radar display is simulated using electronic messages obtained from a traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS). The system does not utilize radar. Rather, the data that is received by a TCAS receiver, such as the range and bearing of other aircraft in the vicinity, are transformed into... Agent: Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, P.C.

20070069945 - Calibration method for smart antenna arrays: The invention relates to a method of calibrating the reception path and the transmit path of an antenna array which comprises at least three antennas and which is connected to a digital signal processor. For calibrating the reception path a signal of known amplitude and known phase is transmitted by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070069946 - Systems and methods for position based services in a mobile device: A method of constructing a position sensitive screensaver on a mobile device comprises acquiring a position for the mobile device, reporting the position, receiving information for selected information categories based on the reported position, and displaying the received information on the mobile device, when the mobile device is idle. The... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070069947 - Wireless vehicle-monitoring system operating on both terrestrial and satellite networks: Embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless appliance for monitoring a vehicle. The wireless appliance includes a microprocessor configured to select a vehicle-communication protocol of a host vehicle, and then communicate with the host vehicle through the vehicle-communication protocol. The appliance also includes a vehicle-communication circuit, in electrical communication... Agent: Stephen C. Glazier Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates & Ellis LLP

20070069948 - Switching circuit and control method of antenna module: A switching circuit is used for switching a plurality of antennas of an antenna module so that the antenna module has a plurality of modes of use. Each mode of use uses two antennas for radiating a transmitting signal generating by a signal processing unit or sending a received signal... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070069949 - Method for localising at least one emitter: s

20070069950 - Correlation of flight track data with other data sources: The surveillance system provides a means to augment Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) with “look alike ADS-B” or “pseudo ADS-B” surveillance transmissions for aircraft which may not be ADS-B equipped. The system uses ground based surveillance to determine the position of aircraft not equipped with ADS-B, then broadcasts the identification/positional information... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney

20070069951 - Remote object locator and method: A device for locating an object such as a vehicle in a parking lot by remotely actuating playback circuitry in communication with a loudspeaker disposed with the object. The device is capable of recording and playing back audio signals from any number of sources. A portable transmitter carried by a... Agent: Joseph P. Quinn, Esq. Cesari And Mckenna LLP

20070069952 - Position location using phase-adjusted transmitters: Systems and methods are provided for determining position location information in a wireless network. In one embodiment, timing offset information is communicated between multiple transmitters and one or more receivers. Such information enables accurate position or location determinations to be made that account for timing differences throughout the network. In... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070069953 - Position location using transmitters with timing offset and phase adjustment: Systems and methods are provided for determining position location information in a wireless network. In one embodiment, timing offset information is communicated between multiple transmitters and one or more receivers. Such information enables accurate position or location determinations to be made that account for timing differences throughout the network. In... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070063886 - System and method for suppressing radio frequency transmissions: A system and method for suppressing radio frequency (“RF”) transmissions includes a transmitter for transmitting electronic signals that suppresses (e.g., prevents, disrupts, jams, interferes with or otherwise disables) RF transmissions. Some embodiments of the invention include a transmitter that suppresses one or more signals transmitted from a target transmitter in... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070063887 - Method of determining the velocity field of an air mass by high resolution doppler analysis: The invention relates to the general field of high resolution doppler analysis of a radiofrequency signal. It deals more particularly with the analysis of the movement of air masses by means of a meteorological radar. The subject of the invention is a high resolution spectral analysis method for a remotely... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070063888 - Single side band radar: A pulsed radar that uses a single sideband pulsed signal for determining a distance to a target. The radar has twice the target resolution of a conventional pulsed radar using the same bandwidth signal. The single sideband pulsed signal may be produced by mixing a base-band pulsed signal with a... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20070063889 - Phased array radar: A phased array radar comprises a first array (2) of detectors (6) in a first dimension; and a second array (1) of detectors (6) in a second, orthogonal, direction. The first array of detectors both transmits (8) and receives (9) and the second array of detectors only receives (7). The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070063890 - Gps receiver having a prescribed time-of-entry into an operation mode: A GPS receiver having a fast method for determining GPS clock time. The GPS receiver includes a signal processor for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites and detecting current GPS data bits carried by the respective GPS signals, a chapter memory for storing a block of expected GPS data bits... Agent: David R. Gildea Menlo Patent Agency LLC

20070063891 - Terminal apparatus, control method for terminal apparatus, control program for terminal apparatus, and computer readable storage medium having stored therein control program for terminal apparatus: A terminal apparatus including: communication means; positioning means; and reference signal supplying means for supplying a reference signal to the communication means and the positioning means, wherein the communication means includes: synchronizing purpose signal generating means for generating a synchronizing purpose signal to achieve synchronization with a communication signal, by... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070063892 - Navigation device: A navigation device (1) with a housing (2), an antenna (3), forming a part of the device (1), for position signals, an internal conversion unit (11) for evaluating and converting the received position signals into digital position information, a central processing unit (4) with a navigation interface (12) for receiving... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070063893 - Spot locator: A system and method is provided for enhancing the coverage and capabilities of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) using signal emitters. The signal emitters generate and emit GNSS Radio Frequency (RF) signals that may possess varying sets of information. In some situations, the information may include relative pseudo-random code phases... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070063894 - Gps receiver using stored navigation data bits for a fast determination of gps clock time: A GPS receiver having a fast method for determining GPS clock time. The GPS receiver includes a signal processor for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites and detecting current GPS data bits carried by the respective GPS signals, a chapter memory for storing a block of expected GPS data bits... Agent: David R. Gildea Menlo Patent Agency LLC

20070063895 - Low frequency tag and system: An active two way radio tag (e.g. used for tracking assets, people or livestock) operates below 1 MHz and includes an integrated circuit operable to generate and transmit data signals at a frequency below 1 megahertz, a timing circuit (e.g. a crystal), for controlling the frequency, and a battery or... Agent: Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC - Vai

20070063896 - Troposphere corrections for ground based positioning systems: Troposphere corrections are provided in a land based transmitter-positioning system. Troposphere delays correct ranges based on X- or ISM-band carrier ranging signals with a modulation rate of the code of at least about 30 MHz. Ground based transmitters transmit non-GPS type ranging signals, and the receivers correct for troposphere delays.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070063897 - Terminal location specification method and system of the same: The invention is to provide a technique for specifying the location of a terminal with a high degree of accuracy even in an environment in which the grand total of the number of base stations and GPS satellites that can be measured is only two stations. A hyperbola 11 is... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070057837 - Detection system, method for detecting objects and computer program therefor: A detection system (1) having an optical sensor (3), a radar device (2) and a signal processor (4) communicatively connected with the optical sensor and the radar device. The signal processor comprises: a first detector (41, 410-413) for detecting a first object on the basis of a first signal coming... Agent: Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett Bridgewater Place

20070057838 - Transmit-receive fm-cw radar apparatus: A transmit-receive FM-CW radar apparatus according to one mode of the invention comprises: a mixer for downconverting an IF signal; a switch provided on the input side of the mixer; and a switch controller for controlling the switch on and off in different modes and selecting the IF signal in... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070057839 - Carrier phase gps positioning device and method: A carrier phase GPS positioning device is disclosed, which acquires a carrier phase accumulation value of satellite signals at one time on the mobile station side, associates plural carrier phase accumulation values on the reference station side at plural times prior to the one time with the carrier phase accumulation... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070057840 - Methods and systems using relative sensing to locate targets: A method for determining a position of a target is described that includes establishing a reference target position and a measuring location position and measuring a range to the target, an azimuth angle to the target, and an elevation angle to the target. The reference target position, the measuring location... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070057841 - Extended range high sensitivity sps positioning receiver: A satellite positioning system comprises a plurality of mobile clients that can move in and out of a wireless service area. Such area is more or less fixed and supported by a base station, e.g., a mobile telephone cell. The service area and/or the base station is associated with an... Agent: Thomas E. Schatzel A Professional Corporation

20070057842 - Method and system for automatic pointing stabilization and aiming control device: A platform residing viewing sensor and a pointing system/weapon. An operator system is remotely monitoring the scene on a display as viewed by the viewing sensor such that an operator system can gaze, acquire and track targets by scanning the scene with eyes and locking the eyesight onto a selected... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070057843 - System and method for controlling antenna pattern: A communication system and method for controlling an antenna pattern is disclosed. The communication system may be situated on a mobile station, a base station, or a combination thereof. The communication system comprises a smart antenna module, a speed sensor, and a beam steering module. The smart antenna module may... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070057844 - Collapsible guide for non-automated area inspections: A system for scanning an aircraft structure includes a collapsible support frame including a mounting member configured to be releasably mountable to the aircraft structure and a moveable member configured to be moveably mounted to the mounting member and to receive a scanning device. The support frame is configured to... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070052575 - Near-field electromagnetic wave absorber: An object of the present invention is to provide a near field electromagnetic absorber that is capable of expressing an effective electromagnetic wave absorption characteristic in a broad range of frequency bands by using conductive material that conductively acts on the electrical field component of an electromagnetic wave. The present... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20070052576 - Object detection method and apparatus: Method and apparatus for detecting objects. In one embodiment, a person entering a secured zone is illuminated with low-power polarized radio waves. Differently polarized waves which are reflected back from the person are collected. Concealed weapons are detected by measuring various parameters of the reflected signals and then calculating various... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.c.

20070052577 - Sliding window range integrator: An improved radar system and method for detecting targets is described. The system employs a sliding window range indicator which non-coherently integrates multiple contiguous range cells to reconstruct target cross sections. The invention has particular applicability to large targets.... Agent: Thomas A. O'rourke Bodner & O'rourke

20070052578 - Method and system for identifying moving objects using doppler radar: A method identifies a moving object by first transmitting a signal at a predetermined frequency. An unknown object reflects the signal, and the reflected signal is detected. Frequencies of the reflected signal are modulated according to motion of the unknown object. General features are extracted from the reflected signal, and... Agent: Patent Department Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070052579 - Radar system: Disclosed is a radar system which comprises an AD conversion unit for converting an analog signal obtained from an antenna into a digital signal, a frequency analysis unit for performing a frequency analysis of the digital signal converted by the AD conversion unit, a time-frequency analysis unit for performing a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070052580 - Method and apparatus for improved determination of range and angle of arrival utilizing a two tone cw radar: An improved system is provided for aiming a shotgun-based or other countermeasure system so as to be able to countermeasure incoming rockets or projectiles. In one embodiment a shotgun aimed and controlled by the subject system projects a pattern of pellets to intercept a rocket-propelled grenade or incoming projectile. The... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20070052581 - Radar apparatus: In an radar apparatus according to the present invention, any change detected in the characteristic of a receiver circuit is corrected during normal operation or at the time of an initial adjustment before shipment from factory and, furthermore, any change occurring in the characteristic due to aging or temperature variations... Agent: Fogg And Associates, Llc

20070052582 - Missile time-space-position-information unit test software: Computer software for testing the performance a Joint Advanced Missile Instrumentation Time-Space-Position Information Unit (JTU). The computer software is utilized for Functional, Acceptance and Qualification test of the JTU. The software has the capability of bench test the JTU and field testing the JTU to verify and document functionality of... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20070052584 - Monitor and control of radio frequency power levels in a gnss signal distribution system: A system and method is provided for monitoring and possibly controlling radio frequency power levels within GNSS signal distribution networks. With respect to GNSS signal distribution networks that re-radiate the GNSS signal, limiting GNSS signals to an intended area is described.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070052583 - Position determination using carrier phase measurements of satellite signals: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining the relative position of a mobile unit that moves from an initial location to a plurality of successive positions. The mobile unit receives signals from a plurality of navigation satellites and tracks the carrier phases of the signals during movement. For each... Agent: Law Office Of Jeffrey M. Weinick, Llc

20070052585 - Device, system and method for controlling and storing sensitive information on a gps device: A system and method for controlling and storing sensitive information on a global positioning system (GPS) device are provided. The system includes a locational information module for determining location information of the device; an encryption module for encrypting the location information; a processing module for storing the encrypted location information... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070052586 - Notification systems and methods enabling a response to change particulars of delivery or pickup: Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data in connection with a mobile thing (MT) that is destined to pickup or deliver an item or service at a stop location; causing initiation of a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070046524 - Parachuted radar decoy: A radar decoy having radar reflectors disposed in the interior of the inflated canopy of a descending parachute as a first set of four corner reflectors, and a second set of corner reflectors disposed on the exterior of the canopy integral with the first set of corner reflectors, to form... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070046525 - Electromagnetic scanning imager: In one aspect, the present invention provides an imager, preferably portable, that includes a source of electromagnetic radiation capable of generating radiation with one or more frequencies in a range of about 1 GHz to about 2000 GHz. An optical system that is optically coupled to the source focuses radiation... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070046526 - Method for using pulse compression in weather radar: A system and method for processing data related to weather phenomena in a meteorological radar system. The method includes receiving an echo signal generated by transmitting a long pulse and employing a mismatched windowed filter on the echo signal such that the echo signal is compressed in time to achieve... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070046527 - Speed detection method in communication system, receiver, network element and processor: The embodiment of the invention is related to a processor comprising, for example, means for determining a predetermined number of frequency estimates, means for determining an average of the frequency estimates for obtaining an averaged frequency offset, means for unbiasing received samples and/or impulse response values using the averaged frequency... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070046528 - Processing of tank signal in radar level gauge system: A method and a system for processing a reflected microwave signal generated by a radar level a gauge system arranged to transmit microwaves towards the material in the tank, and receive a reflection of said microwave signal as a tank signal. The tank signal is processes by a plurality of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070046529 - Signal adder circuit capable of removing effects due to phase error or amplitude error of i and q signals: A signal adder circuit includes: an adding unit that includes at least a pair of amplification elements in which a constant current flows between ground terminals and a ground, input signals having different phases are input to input terminals, and output terminals to which a power supply voltage is applied... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070046530 - Methods and systems for satellite navigation: Systems and methods for satellite navigation are provided. In one embodiment, a mobile unit for a satellite navigation system is disclosed. The mobile unit comprises means for transmitting a request radio signal to satellite vehicles; means for receiving a response radio signal, wherein the response radio signal includes orbital coordinates... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070046533 - Method of searching for constellation in portable terminal and portable terminal implementing the same: A method and portable terminal for searching for a constellation using the portable terminal are provided, in which position information, direction information, and time information of the portable terminal are extracted, a constellation corresponding to the extracted position information, direction information, and time information of the portable terminal is searched,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070046532 - Satellite positioning system aiding using a secondary satellite receiver: A method (400) and system (300) for determining an approximate location of a device (201) within the footprint of a SPS satellite (116) and a secondary satellite (114) can include a SPS receiver (104) for receiving positional assistance information from the SPS satellite, a secondary satellite receiver (102) for receiving... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070046531 - Bluetooth satellite receiver device powered by a cigarette lighter socket: The present invention discloses a Bluetooth satellite receiver device powered by a cigarette lighter socket, which comprises: a cigarette lighter plug module, inserted into a cigarette lighter socket to obtain power from a vehicle; a power supply module, electrically coupled to the cigarette lighter plug module, and supplying power to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070046536 - Fast fourier transform with down sampling based navigational satellite signal tracking: A method and device to track navigational satellite signals, are claimed. In this invention, a combination of down-sampling and frequency domain transformation are used to track the navigational satellite signals under dynamic environment. A Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) with long coherent integration has been employed to determine the varying frequency... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20070046534 - System and method for acquiring weak signals in a global positioning satellite system: A method of acquiring a weak signal includes selecting a first predetection integration time (PIT) interval for processing a digital intermediate frequency (IF) signal, selecting a number of data bit edges within the PIT, computing a plurality of coherent integrations for each data bit edge, selecting a coherent integration, which... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20070046535 - System and method for dynamically estimating output variances for carrier-smoothing filters: An improved system and method is disclosed for dynamically estimating the output variances of carrier-smoothing filters used, for example, in GPS receivers. By accurately estimating the output variances of the carrier-smoothing filters as they transition from initialization to steady-state operation, it is possible to calculate any required protection levels without... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070046537 - Spot beam antenna boresight calibration using gps receivers: A method and apparatus for calibrating such a spot beam antenna by use of scanned spot beam signal characteristics measured by a plurality of ground based navigation receivers is disclosed.... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20070046538 - Wireless network apparatus and adaptive digital beamforming method thereof: A wireless network apparatus, comprising a weighting device. The weighting device, includes a weight generator, and an algorithmic unit, and is for receiving and multiplying digital input signals from an antenna by a weight vector to output a digital weighted signal. The invention searches for the location of the client... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070046539 - Average eirp control of multiple antenna transmission signals: A method of controlling multiple antenna signal transmission is disclosed. The method includes adjusting signal parameters so that transmission signals from a plurality of antennas combine to form a directional beam. A time duration in which the transmission signals are directed is controlled so that an average EIRP does not... Agent: Brian Short Tzero Patent Dept.

20070046540 - Beam former using phase difference enhancement: Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and... Agent: Thelen Reid & Priest, LLP