Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation) inventions 08/07

20070200747 - Radar apparatus and radar system for a vehicle: A radar apparatus including units for transmitting and receiving an electric wave to detect a target, a unit for detecting wave interference caused by surroundings, a unit for controlling the modulation state of the transmitted wave, a communication unit for acquiring modulation state information being used by the other radar... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070200748 - Semiconductor device for an ultra wideband standard for ultra-high-frequency communication, and method for producing the same: A semiconductor device for an ultra-wideband standard for ultra-high-frequency communication includes an ultra-wideband semiconductor chip and a multilayer circuit substrate with at least one lower metal layer and one upper metal layer, in which an ultra-wideband circuit with passive devices is arranged. The lower metal layer has external contact pads... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070200749 - Reflection free launcher for electromagnetic guide wire: Guided wave radar (GWR) pulses are launched onto an electromagnetic guide wire using a compact launcher that includes an impedance matching element. The impedance matching element produces reflections that cancel launcher reflections. Short range echoes can be accurately detected after impedance matching. GWR operation in small tanks and in tanks... Agent: Thomas Edward Mcewan

20070200750 - Unique space time adaptive system (uss): A method of detecting radar returns and measuring their parameters with or without clutter present and no clutter cancellation employed which includes transmitting at least one pulse; processing the returns surpassing a threshold detected in one range azimuth bin and by processing and separating out the returns based on their... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070200751 - Correlation processor for receiver: A correlation processor for a receiver is capable of carrying out a correlation process with highly suppressed side lobes, improved resolution, and minimized S/N loss. The correlation processor is provided for a receiver that receives a signal having a specific time width and shape, for carrying out a correlation process... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070200752 - Method and apparatus for maintaining integrity of long-term orbits in a remote receiver: A method and apparatus for maintaining integrity of long-term-orbit information used by a Global-Navigation-Satellite-System or other positioning receiver is described. The method comprises obtaining a predicted pseudorange from a first set of long-term-orbit information possessed by a positioning receiver; obtaining, at the positioning receiver from at least one satellite, a... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070200755 - Method and a system for communicating information to a land surveying rover located in an area without cellular coverage: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to methods and systems for communicating information to a roving positioning device. In one embodiment, a cellular communication device, a non-cellular wireless communication device, and a computer networking device for forwarding data packets are coupled with a bus. A request originating from a roving... Agent: Wagnner Murabito & Hao LLP

20070200756 - Position guarantee server, position guarantee system, and position guarantee method: To obtain highly reliable position guarantee that makes it difficult for data to be tampered with and allows a prompt response. A position guarantee server includes: a communication section that receives from a positioning terminal transmission data including encoded data of a positioning code and a carrier wave from a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070200757 - Positioning system for portable electronic devices: A method for providing information to a GPS receiver includes selecting an apparent location and receiving positioning information corresponding to the positions of a plurality of satellites. The positioning information is combined and transmitted as a radio frequency signal that can be received by a GPS receiver. When the GPS... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070200753 - Method and apparatus for locating position of a gps device: A method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device is described. In one example, a method for provisioning a mobile device with a model for determining a position of the mobile device in at least one geographic area is provided. The method includes obtaining an estimate of the... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070200754 - Method and apparatus for locating position of a gps device: A method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device is described. In one example, a multi-function mobile device, which is operable to communicate with a data network using a radio frequency signal and to determine a position based on a positioning signal, includes processing elements, at least one... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070200758 - Signal separation for a cdma communications device and associated methods: A method for operating a CDMA communications device includes receiving at an antenna array M different summations from a mixture of source signals provided by M signal sources, and providing the M different summations to a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly includes a first signal path and a second signal... Agent: Michael W. Taylor

20070200759 - Ranging system and method: A system and method for estimating the range between two devices performs two or more ranging estimates with subsequent estimates performed using a clock that is offset in phase with respect to a prior estimate. The subsequent estimate allows estimate uncertainties due to a finite clock resolution to be reduced... Agent: Ghobad Heidari-bateni

20070200760 - Method and arrangement for determining the spatial frequency of a signal: A method and arrangement for finding the direction to an emitter source by determining the spatial frequency of a signal received from the source in a sensor panel and comparing the spatial frequency with the instantaneous frequency. The panel includes a first matrix of sensors and a second matrix of... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20070200761 - Method and apparatus for improving ads-b security: Security of ADS-B transmissions is improved in a first embodiment to detect position spoofing. The annunciated position source may then be compared with the derived source and a determination is made regarding the difference between the results. Any position difference greater than an amount significantly greater than the combination of... Agent: Robert Platt Bell, Registered Patent Attorney

20070194979 - Navigational aid and carrier sense technique: A navigational aid for use as an AIS apparatus includes a memory for storing information about previous use of individual time slots synchronized with transmission schedules of other stations and a signal detector for judging whether an information signal exists in a time slot specified in accordance with a synchronization... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070194976 - Radar apparatus and processing method for detecting human carried explosive devices: A linear FM pulse radar with Doppler processing of co-polarized and cross-polarized radar return signals isolates the target echo signal content associated with a moving pedestrian to provide high quality target echo data for standoff HCE detection based on polarimetric signature analysis. Baseband co-polarized and cross-polarized radar return signals are... Agent: Mark A. Navarre

20070194977 - Detection device comprising a parabolic mirror and use of said device in an overflight machine: The invention relates to a detection device, comprising a parabolic mirror (1) and several radiation detectors (2-5). The detectors are placed in the focal plane (O, X′-X, Y′-Y) of the mirror with respective spacings in a common fixed direction (Y′-Y). The detection device further comprises a selector system, connected to... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20070194978 - Uwb short-range radar: A transmitting unit emits a short pulse wave which satisfies a predetermined spectrum mask from an antenna into space. A receiving unit receives a reflected wave produced by an object existing in space of the short pulse wave emitted by the transmitting unit. A signal processing unit analyzes the object... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070194980 - System and method for removal of sea-state bias in satellite altimetry data: A method for correcting bias in altimetry data for ascending satellite tracks and descending satellite tracks. For satellites operating in tandem, calculate ascending track bias between the height measurement made by the first and the second satellites for the ascending tracks in a region, calculate an ascending bias correction by... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20070194981 - Redundant level measurement in radar level gauging system: A method and system for determining a product level in a tank, comprising determining a first level measure using emission of electromagnetic waves into the tank, detecting a differential pressure, determining an observed density based on the detected differential pressure and the first level measure, and determining a second level... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070194982 - Antenna signal processing apparatus: An antenna comprises at least one accelerometer capable of monitoring mechanical vibration. Associated signal processing means provides a transfer function which is used to convert signals received from the accelerometer into an error estimate, which can then be subtracted from signals received from the antenna.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070194983 - Radar apparatus: A scan-to-scan integrator for use in radar apparatus comprises means for defining a search window for use in verifying a candidate detection. The window is bounded by the intersection of a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone comprises a rectangular reference frame aligned detection window, and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070194984 - System and method for detecting false navigation signals: A system and method for detecting and excluding false GPS signals are disclosed, which predict a GPS measurement value with a high degree of confidence, compare the predicted value with measured values, and reject a false measurement based on the comparison results. As one example, a tightly coupled GPS/Inertial Navigation... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070194985 - Method for the accelerated acquisition of satellite signals: The present invention proposes to use optimally a location method based on a WIFI type short-range telecommunication system and a satellite location system. The short-range telecommunication system is used to locate the terminal accurately within the building in which it is situated. The method uses a cartographic representation of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070194986 - Wideband active phased array antenna system: A transmission system comprises a plurality of antenna elements; a plurality of power amplifiers, each of power amplifiers being connected to one of the antenna elements; a plurality of waveform/beam synthesizer assemblies, each of the waveform/beam synthesizer assemblies being connected to one of the power amplifiers; a processor for controlling... Agent: Robert P. Lenart Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070194988 - Precise local positioning systems using ground-based transmitters: A precise positioning method and system is disclosed wherein at least one ground transmitter is used for transmitting a ranging signal with code modulation. The at least one ground transmitter is configured to receive a signal from at least one satellite and a second ground transmitter. The at least one... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070194987 - Systems and methods for a high-precision time of arrival ultra-wideband positioning system: Systems and methods for a high-precision time of arrival ultra-wideband positioning system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for generating precision localizer messages for an ultra-wideband time-of-arrival positioning system is provided. The method comprises receiving a signal from an atomically accurate reference, generating a timing signal based on the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070188370 - Imaging apparatus and method: A millimetre wave imaging apparatus and method capable of identifying the presence of relatively thin dielectric materials is disclosed. The method involves taking a plurality of millimetre wave images of a scene at different frequencies and analysing the images at different frequencies to look for frequency dependent effects in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070188371 - Spotlight synthetic aperture radar (sar) system and method for generating a sar map in real-time using a modified polar format algorithm (pfa) approach: Embodiments of spotlight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems and methods generating a SAR map in real time with minimum latency using a modified Polar Format Algorithm are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, FPGA implemented down-range and cross-range resampling filters generate fully interpolated... Agent: Thomas J. Finn, Esq. Raytheon Company, Eo/e04/n119

20070188372 - Non-invasive sensor and method of use: A method of temperature and/or composition measurement of an at least partially aqueous target (6) using a system (1) including; a transmitter and receiver mechanism (2) including one or more transmitting (3) and receiving antenna(e) (4); signal processing means (5), capable of calculating the attenuation of the transmitted signal; said... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070188373 - Search/detection apparatus: The search/detection apparatus modulates a carrier signal by a modulation signal, generates a probe signal for detecting the location of a target, and receives the probe signal reflected by the target as an echo signal. Then, the search/detection apparatus detects the existence of an interference signal other than the echo... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070188374 - Filling level radar with variable transmitting power: A level measuring instrument has a variable transmitting power for measuring a filling level in a tank. The level measuring instrument includes a generator unit selectively generating different transmitting powers. The generator unit is controlled so that the transmitting power is respectively adapted to the corresponding environmental conditions. For this... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070188375 - Proximity detecting apparatus: Arrangements according to the invention embody a radio frequency receiver for use in a proximity detecting system, the radio frequency receiver comprising at least one antenna coil operable to receive radio frequency signals; tunable receiver circuitry arranged in operative association with the antenna coil and being arranged to modify the... Agent: David E. Huang, Esq. Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20070188376 - Radar protection device for wireless networks: A method for radar protection. The method includes recording energy events and calculating differences in recorded energy events to determine pulses. The method further includes sorting intervals between pulses into histogram bins, each bin representing a range of time intervals between two pulses, each pulse indicative of a radar frequency... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20070188377 - Novel waveform ambiguity optimization for bistatic radar operation: A radar transmitter is at a first location on a moving platform and illuminates a target with a sequence of frequency modulated radar pulses. The frequency modulated pulses are linear frequency modulated, i.e. chirped. The target reflects the frequency modulated radar pulses. A receiving antenna has a difference pattern null... Agent: Leonard A. Alkov, Esq. Raytheon Company

20070188378 - Method and apparatus for constructing general wireless antenna systems: An antenna system of any three dimension (3D) geometry and method for constructing said system with an array of basic antenna elements are described. An antenna system beam pattern is specified. The basic antenna element parameters including basic pattern and actual spacing location are measured. The measured parameterized array elements... Agent: Shidong Ll

20070188379 - Higher-order intermodulation reduction using phase and angle smearing: A method for reducing intermodulation beams includes applying a beam-smearing phase distribution in addition to a beam-steering distribution for scanning to an array of antenna elements such that multiple higher-order intermodulation products are simultaneously reduced.... Agent: Henricks Slavin And Holmes LLP Suite 200

20070188380 - Portable device and method employing beam selection to obtain satellite network positioning signals: A portable device, such as a handheld device (10), laptop device or other suitable portable device, employs an antenna beam selection structure that is coupled to a plurality of built-in antennas (12 and 14) of the portable device that have different beam angles with respect to each other. The plurality... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20070188381 - Receiver, transmission device and receiving method: An adaptive array antenna part receiving a plurality of transmitted signals in which sub-carrier signal components of predetermined values is suppressed before transmission in order to distinguish a plurality of transmission antenna, by means of the plurality of transmission antennas; a part calculating weight factors suppressing the sub-carrier signal components... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070188382 - Base station and mobile terminal for location detection, and location detecting method: Disclosed are a base station and a mobile terminal for location detection, and a location detecting method. The base station in which a plurality of antennas having RF modules are installed transmits a signal including location information of each of the antennas to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal carries... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070182618 - System and method for intrusion detection using a time domain radar array: A system and method for highly selective intrusion detection using a sparse array of time modulated ultra wideband (TM-UWB) radars. Two or more TM-UWB radars are arranged in a sparse array around the perimeter of a building. Each TM-UWB radar transmits ultra wideband pulses that illuminate the building and the... Agent: Venable LLP

20070182619 - Monopulse radar apparatus and antenna switch: An antenna system is effectively formed in a limited space, to make a configuration of the antenna system a simple mechanism. In a monopulse radar apparatus, an antenna unit includes an array antenna (a wide-beam array antenna) formed by a part of antenna elements that are constituent elements of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070182620 - Signal transformation apparatus and position recognition system having the same: A signal transformation apparatus capable of performing stable transformation of a signal using a Mechanical switch includes a signal generator which generates a reserve pulse signal in response to an applied sync signal, a signal controller which outputs control signals to change and transform the reserve pulse signal to pulse... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070182621 - Reference pulse generation: The shape or amplitude of reference pulses in a filling level radar typically depend on the component quality of the circulator used, of a transmitting/receiving coupler, or else of the circuit temperature. In case of large echoes at close range, the quality of the measurement may deteriorate. A radar module... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070182622 - Method for locating multiple angle sources using a monopulse radar: A monopulse radar tracking method which analyzes boresight error information provided a monopulse radar to determine a location for two targets. The monopulse radar tracking method analyzes the boresight error information to determine an angle of arrival for a dominant target and a secondary target.... Agent: Navairwd Counsel Group

20070182623 - Method and apparatus for on-vehicle calibration and orientation of object-tracking systems: The invention includes a method and associated apparatus to perform on-line fine alignment of multiple object-locating sensors. Up to three geometrical parameters, two for location, one for bearing alignment, can be computed for each sensor based upon object trajectories. The method includes establishing initial values for alignments of each sensor... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070182624 - Rfcalibration of saw interrogators: Disclosed is an apparatus and methodology for insuring measurement accuracy and performance reliability in the operation of devices employed to interrogate SAW devices. The present subject matter relates to an arrangement and methodology that provides an interrogator paired together with a separate receiver, which may comprise a second interrogator, functioning... Agent: Dority & Manning, PA & Michelin North America, Inc

20070182626 - Combined antenna module with single output: An antenna module on a vehicle having an antenna for receiving satellite radio signals and an antenna for receiving GPS signals. The two antennas may or may not be on a common ceramic substrate. Either of the two antennas may be a ceramic patch antenna or a helical antenna. The... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070182627 - Information processing device, power supply control method, and computer program: An information processing device includes a global positioning system (GPS) device configured to execute position calculation processing based on data received from a satellite; a power supply controller configured to control power supply to the GPS device; and a device controller configured to monitor a state of use of the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070182628 - Satellite-positioning-system tracking device and method for determining a position of the same: A global navigation satellite system-tracking (“GNSS-tracking”) device and method for determining one or more positions of the GNSS-tracking device utilizing a user-plane service is disclosed. The GNSS-tracking device may comprise: charging and tracking modules adapted to be disengagably coupled together, wherein the tracking module comprises (i) tracking circuitry for determining... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070182629 - Apparatus and method for controlling autonomous and assisted gps modes in a wireless mobile terminal: A mobile terminal capable of operating in a plurality of position tracking modes. The mobile terminal comprises: 1) a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit capable of receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites, wherein the GPS unit is further capable of operating in i) a device autonomous fix... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070182630 - Wireless mobile terminal using sensors for controlling autonomous and assisted gps modes: A mobile terminal that operates in a plurality of position tracking modes. The mobile terminal comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit for receiving GPS signals from a plurality of GPS satellites. The GPS unit can operate in i) a device autonomous fix (DAF) mode, ii) a server-computed assisted fix... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070182625 - Gps device: A combination of a GPS device and an adjacent mobile communications device. The mobile communications device comprises: a wireless communications transceiver comprising means for receiving at least one of timing information and location information. The GPS device comprises: a receiver for receiving at least one GPS signal, a positional estimator... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070182631 - Internet based assisted global positioning system: An arrangement (20) for locating at least one device (22) utilizes an assisted global positioning system technique based upon Internet communications. In a disclosed example, a network server (26) detects the presence of a device (22) on the Internet (24). The network server (26) makes an initial estimate of a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070182632 - System a method and an apparatus for performing wireless measurements, positioning and surface mapping by means of a portable coordinate system: The present invention is a new multifunctional low-cost solution for performing measurements and positioning in construction sites and automatically extracting a three-dimensional virtual model, plans, elevations and sections drawings based on these measurements. The preferred embodiment of the present invention consists of a field beacon or a set of field... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070182633 - Monitor units for television signals: Apparatus having corresponding methods comprises a reference clock; a receiver to receive a wireless television signal, wherein the wireless television signal is transmitted by a television transmitter according to a transmitter clock; and a clock offset unit to determine a clock offset between the reference clock and the transmitter clock... Agent: Law Office Of Richard A. Dunning, Jr.

20070176821 - Skeletal topography imaging radar for unique individual identification: A system for identifying an individual, including an imaging radar for receiving radar data pertaining to at least a portion of a skeleton of at least one individual, an imaging module for generating at least one skeletal image of the at least one individual based on the radar data, at... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20070176822 - Target detection apparatus and system: A wide monitor area can be covered by switching the connection between a plurality of sensors and a transmission/reception device using a switch device of a target detection apparatus in a time division manner. When only two target detection apparatuses are used in positioning a target, the position of a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070176823 - Potential separation for filling level radar: Both in potential separation in the microwave path, and in potential separation directly between the two-wire loop and the output circuit, the quality of signal transmission may be negatively affected. A filling level radar device with potential separation within the electronics unit is stated, wherein potential separation does not separate... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070176824 - Phased array systems and methods: A phased array system having antennas, non-variable phase shifters, and switches. The non-variable phase shifters are configured to be coupled selectively to a transmitter or a receiver. A non-variable phase shifter is configured to shift a phase of an electromagnetic energy wave that traverses the non-variable phase shifter by a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070176825 - Undulating transmit patterns to support signal separation at a receiver: A communications system includes a fixed transmitter and a mobile wireless communications device. The fixed transmitter transmits a source signal defined by a character set made up of symbols. At least one of the symbols in the character set is transmitted at a different power level so that the transmitted... Agent: Michael W. Taylor

20070176826 - Ulb location system for rescuing avalanche victims: A method for locating a UWB transmitter, without a previously-set reference, using at least one first set of at least three UWB searching transceivers, including first, second, and third transceivers. The method a) synchronizes the three UWB searching transceivers, arranged at three different points, and estimates the relative position of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.