Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation) inventions 03/08

20080068250 - Distributed and cable reduced tcas: A direction finding antenna system for determining the relative bearing of a second aircraft from a first aircraft in conjunction with a Traffic Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). The system includes a first antenna and a second antenna located on a top surface of the first aircraft, spaced apart along... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080068249 - Radar apparatus: A housing has an electric opening in a position corresponding to the radar. A shielding plate is provided between the radar and the electric opening and has an opening including a plurality of unit openings in a position corresponding to the radar. The unit openings satisfy a relation (half-wave length... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080068251 - Measuring device for a motor vehicle: A measuring device , e.g., a measuring device for a motor vehicle, is for measuring a distance between the measuring device and at least one object and/or measuring a difference in speed between the measuring device and the at least one object. The measuring device includes an emitting apparatus for... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080068252 - Simulcasting content information on wifi: A system and method is disclosed for decoupling and simulcasting metadata from digitized audio and/or video content to facilitate an on-line purchase of a copy of the content. One or more digitized audio/video content streams containing metadata are intercepted prior to being played. Metadata associated with the audio/video content within... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080068253 - Simulcasting content information on wifi to extend a value chain: A system and method is disclosed for enabling an extended value chain that facilitates the on-line purchase of a copy of digitized audio and/or video content by decoupling and simulcasting metadata from the content as it is played. One or more digitized audio/video content streams containing metadata are intercepted prior... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080068254 - Method for measuring distance and position using spread spectrum signal, and an equipment using the method: By using the delay profile created by delay profile creating section 102 and the first threshold value 330 received from the first threshold value calculation 105, the first threshold value timing detection section 103 selects only the earliest receive timing exceeding the first threshold value, from all the timing that... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080068255 - Apparatus and method for estimating distance using time of arrival: A ranging apparatus includes a reference pulse generator generating a reference pulse having a first frequency at a first point in time of transmitting a ranging signal from a first device; a delay pulse generator generating a delay pulse signal having a second frequency at a second point in time... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080068256 - Stepped frequency radar: A multi-port junction is fed with a frequency-stepped source and has one of its ports connected to an antenna that can serve either as a transmit-and-receive antenna or as a receive antenna only, with the outputs of the multi-port junction being used to estimate a complex reflection coefficient for each... Agent: Bae Systems

20080068257 - Positioning device, method of controlling positioning device, and recording medium: A positioning device, which locates a position based on satellite signals which are signals from positioning satellites, includes a position holding section which holds a reference position P, a stationary condition determination section which determines whether or not the reference position P satisfies stationary conditions B, an average position calculation... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080068258 - Method of acquiring error correction value of reference frequency, terminal device, and recording medium: A terminal device receives satellite signals from a plurality of satellite positioning system (SPS) satellites and locates a position. The terminal device periodically calculates a first drift df1 of a local oscillator using a reference frequency Hr, calculates a search range of the satellite signal using the first drift df1,... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080068261 - Exchanging condition information between a gps receiver and a display unit device: Apparatus and methods that enhance the usability of GPS (global positioning system) receivers. In one aspect, methods indicate a battery low condition of a GPS receiver to a connected accessory device. In another aspect, methods adjust light intensity of, e.g., LED's of a GPS receiver connected to an accessory device... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080068260 - Global navigation satellite system repeater disruption monitoring: A method and systems for processing Global Positioning System (GPS) signals is provided. The method includes determining if two signals or more signals with the same pseudorandom number bit sequence (PRN) are detected by a GPS receiver... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080068259 - Methods and systems for distinguishing arinc 743 from arinc 743a protocols: An apparatus and method for automatically adjusting for data protocol discrepancies. The apparatus includes a unit that receives a signal from GPS receiver. The signal was formatted according to a transmission protocol. The unit includes a first component that estimates User Equivalent Range Error (UERE) based on the received signal... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080068262 - Remote node providing gps signal samples for gps positioning over a communication network: A GPS positioning system having a remote node and a network-aided GPS node locator. The remote node samples a GPS signal and transmits the GPS signal samples through a communication network having an intermediate node. The GPS node locator receives the GPS signal samples through the communication network, geolocates the... Agent: David R. Gildea Menlo Patent Agency LLC

20080068263 - Method and system for attitude determination of a platform using global navigation satellite system and a steered antenna: A system and method for determining the attitude of a platform is provided. The method includes: (a) Searching and scanning for one or more GPS satellite(s) to determine initial platform position; wherein a single directionally steered antenna scans for the GPS/GNSS satellite; (b) pointing and scanning the antenna to GPS/GNSS... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080068264 - Reconfigurable search engine: A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a GPS receiver. A device in accordance with the present invention comprises a Radio Frequency (RF) section, the RF section adaptable to receive at least one GPS signal from at least one GPS satellite; and a baseband section, coupled to the RF section, the... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20080068265 - Performance and power management in direction of arrival determination by utilizing sensor information: A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors installed within the WCD. The sensor information may initially be... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080068266 - Beamforming for spatial sidelobe cancellation and amr direction finding: An apparatus comprising an array of antenna elements, a beamformer for adjusting signals to and from the elements to form a first beam pattern and a second beam pattern, and wherein the first beam pattern is a sum pattern and the second beam pattern is a null pattern. A method... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP

20080068267 - Cost effective communication infrastructure for location sensing: A system for tracking persons in a structure, using a mobile unit for transmitting a distinctive beacon signal to a wireless array network of RF transceivers when the signal is within a predetermined distance of one or more RF transceivers, and transmitting the received RF beacon signal and a signal... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Esq. Patent Services

20080062036 - Logging device with down-hole transceiver for operation in extreme temperatures: A logging radar system and method for measuring propped fractures and down-hole formation conditions in a subterranean formation including: a radar source; an optical source; an optical modulator for modulating an optical signal from the optical source according to a signal from the radar source; a photodiode for converting the... Agent: Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.

20080062037 - Device and a method for accurate radar level gauging: The invention relates to a system, device, and method for using radar signals to measure the distance (h) to a surface from said device, the device comprising a transmitter and a transmitting antenna for transmitting radar signals, and a receiver and a receiving antenna for receiving a radar signal. The... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080062038 - Radar device: In a radar device, in order to make it simple to attach a connector to a housing and connect a control circuit board to an antenna module, to make it possible to automate assembly, and to achieve downsizing and weight reduction, the radar device comprises a resin housing having upper... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080062039 - Methods and apparatus for a navigation system with reduced susceptibility to interference and jamming: A navigation system provides a significant level of protection against all forms of interference or jamming to GPS in a cost-effective way. The system employs a network of ground reference stations and Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) satellites in conjunction with GPS. A common-view ranging geometry to a GPS satellite is... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (boeing)

20080062040 - Terminal device, method of controlling terminal device, and recording medium: A terminal device searches for a satellite signal by performing a correlation process over a predetermined first accumulation time within a predetermined frequency range in units of search frequencies at specific intervals. When the terminal device has failed in searching for the satellite signal, the terminal device searches for the... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080062041 - Methods and systems for mobile navigational applications using global navigation satellite systems: The present invention relates to providing navigation guidance for mobile users, using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) for applications where the user position needs to be determined in real time while meeting the navigation requirements, especially integrity requirement, for the given application. The present invention assists in providing guidance with... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080062042 - Pseudo random code modulated signal combiner: A circuit and associated method for determining the heading of a vehicle or device with a satellite ranging system receiver is provided. The circuit requires only a single front end RF stage. A single RF stage can be used because the incoming signal received at the first antenna is delayed... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080062043 - Radio ranging using sequential time-difference-of-arrival estimation: A method determines a position of a target object. A window function is applied repeatedly to a first signal and a second signal of a pair of radio signals received at a pair of passive sensors from a target object while time shifting the window function during a correlation interval... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080055150 - Method and system for detecting and decoding air traffic control reply signals: A method and system are provided for detecting an edge of a received signal associated with air traffic control communications. The system includes an A/D converter to convert a received signal to a series of digital data samples and an edge detector module to determine a change rate between the... Agent: Garmin International, Inc. Attn: Legal - Ip

20080055149 - Ground-based collision alerting and avoidance system: A collision alerting and avoidance system is presented herein. The system comprises at least one antenna array disposed on a structure on the ground and at least one transmitter/receiver probe coupled to the antenna array. The transmitter/receiver probe operates in a transmit mode to transmit electromagnetic waves and in a... Agent: Tobin, Carberry, O'malley, Riley, Selinger, P.C.

20080055151 - Network-access satellite communication system: According to one embodiment, a method for use in managing satellite communication signal strength includes: receiving a beacon signal from an earth-based beacon, the received beacon signal having an amplitude; monitoring the amplitude of the beacon signal; and, in response to monitoring the beacon signal, causing a transmitter to adjust... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080055152 - Network-access satellite communication system: According to one embodiment, a method for use in managing satellite communications includes: receiving, at a first earth-based gateway antenna system, one or more microwave communication signals from a substantially geostationary satellite; monitoring for a performance change in at least one signal from the satellite; and, in response to detecting... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080055153 - Network-access satellite communication system: According to one embodiment, a system for monitoring the performance of satellite communications includes first and second receivers, first and second splitters, a first transmitter, and one or more switches. The first receiver is configured to receive microwave communications signals from a first gateway antenna system. The first splitter is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080055155 - Object identity and location tracking system: A system and method for tracking the identity and position of an object. The system includes at least one locator unit that is attached to the object to be tracked. The system also includes at least one display unit carried by or with a user. The locator unit obtains its... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20080055156 - Apparatus, system and method adapted to use location information to determine frequency channels and modes of reception of television signals: An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a geolocation receiver and a television receiver, wherein the television receiver is adapted to use location information provided by the geolocation receiver to determine frequency channels and modes of reception of television signals. An embodiment of the present invention may... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080055154 - Portable position determining device: A position determining device is disclosed comprising a satellite navigation receiver for automatically providing computed position information, when the device has changed its position relative to a predetermined location, to a paging transmitter for transmission to a paging receiver for readout of the computed position information. The readout may be... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080055157 - Cooperative passive radar system: A method and system detects a target in a cooperative passive radar system. In each of multiple passive sensors, signals are detected that emanate from a target. Information is extracted from the signals and broadcast to other passive sensors. The sensors update parameters according to the information to improve a... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080055158 - Wireless position location and tracking system: Techniques for accurate position location and tracking suitable for a wide range of facilities in variable environments are disclosed. In one aspect, a system for position location comprises a plurality of sensors (e.g. a network monitor, an environment sensor) for generating measurements of a plurality of sources, a plurality of... Agent: Clause Eight Intellectual Property Services