Communications: directive radio wave systems and devices (e.g., radar, radio navigation) inventions 05/08

20080122677 - Methods and systems utilizing doppler prediction to enable fusing: A radar processor for controlling detonation of a munition and operable to receive a detonation altitude from an external source is provided. The radar processor is configured to set a first range gate and a reference range gate based on the received detonation altitude, and cause a radar transmitter to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080122678 - multi purpose radar surveillance system: The invention discloses a radar system (100) for the detection of low RCS-objects (110, 140, 150, 160, 190) such as forest fires, said system comprising a first plurality of stations (120) for transmitting radar energy, said stations having mechanically fixed antennas (220), and a second plurality of receive stations (130)... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080122679 - Frequency modulation radar apparatus for vehicle use background of the invention: A frequency modulation radar apparatus for vehicle use can suppress the influence of noise to avoid incorrect estimation due to noise thereby to provide a beat frequency with high accuracy and at high speed without increasing the frequency resolution of the beat frequency that causes an increase in an observation... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080122680 - Radar apparatus and signal processing method: The radar apparatus of the present invention can obtain distance to a target and speed with higher accuracy even when multiple targets are running within a detecting field of a radar. The radar apparatus can transmit a radio wave by alternately switching a section having a frequency slope and a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080122681 - Direction-of-arrival estimating device and program: An arriving direction estimating device for estimating the arriving direction of an arriving wave with high accuracy and at high speed by using a sensor array. The arriving direction estimating device comprises a receiving section for generating a baseband signal from the arriving signals received by sensors, a matrix creating... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080122682 - In-vehicle radar apparatus and method for manufacturing the same: An in-vehicle radar apparatus includes a beam emitting part that emits a beam, a casing that supports the beam emitting part, and a reference unit that is attached to the casing and is equipped with multiple surfaces usable as a reference plane. A surface of the casing to which the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080122683 - Monopulse antenna tracking and direction finding of multiple sources: System and method for finding a direction of two or more secondary RF sources arrayed about a position of a primary RF source (X1). The system includes an antenna system (500) coupled to a monopulse tracking system (100) for determining a position of a primary RF source relative to a... Agent: Darby & Darby (formerly Sacco & Associates)

20080122684 - Radar apparatus: The portion corresponding to a main bang signal leaking from a transmission/reception switching unit is extracted as a frequency estimation signal from an IF signal from a mixer in a signal extracting unit, a frequency is estimated in a frequency estimating unit, and the frequency of a local oscillation signal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080122686 - Enhancing the usability of carrier phase measurements: An orientation of a mobile first antenna is determined based at least on sensor information. Further, a computational compensation of a difference between the orientation of the first antenna and an orientation of a second antenna is caused, for reducing an influence of this difference on calculations using carrier phase... Agent: Ware, Fressola, Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP Building Five, Bradford Green

20080122687 - System and method for providing authorization to use corrections provided by an rtk base station: The present invention is a method for providing authorization to use corrections provided by a differential GPS base station. The method includes providing an access list to the differential GPS base station. The method further includes broadcasting the access list from the differential GPS base station. The method further includes... Agent: Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20080122690 - Enhanced aiding in gps systems: An Aided Location Communication System (“ALCS”) is described. The ALCS may include a geolocation server including a non-GPS position server, at least one server aiding database, server position-determination module, and a server fusion module. The ALCS may also include an Aided Location Communication Device (“ALCD”) including a communication section in... Agent: The Eclipse Group

20080122688 - Method for using three gps frequencies to resolve whole-cycle carrier-phase ambiguities: A new three-frequency technique for obtaining geometry free, refraction-corrected, ambiguity-resolved, carrier-phase measurements has been described. First, the ambiguities on at least two wide-lane carrier-phase measurement differences are obtained by averaging the corresponding frequency weighted code measurements. These two ambiguity-resolved measurements are then combined into a composite refraction-corrected measurement. The resulting... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080122689 - Position determination system and position determination method: A position determination system includes a mobile terminal configured to receive GPS information from a GPS; a base station device configured to measure a round trip time (RTT) from the mobile terminal; a base-station position table unit configured to store position information on the base station device; a cable-length table... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080122691 - Tracking system and method with multiple time zone selector, dynamic screens and multiple screen presentations: The tracking system monitors many trackable devices each transmitting geographic locus, device id and event data via GPS, GPRS or GSM communications channels. The system is typically an ASP model and the time zone selector is presented on the dynamic display of the tracking device data (data such as, tracked... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20080122685 - Methods and apparatus for actuated position determination in a wireless communication device: Systems, methods, device, apparatus, and machine-readable medium are described that provide for actuation of position determination in a wireless device based on a user input to an input mechanism associated with a group communication, such as a push-to talk and/or half-duplex communication. By marrying actuation of position determination with a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080122692 - Navigation signal differential acquisition method and systems therefor: A method of acquiring signals from satellites in a Global Positioning System (GPS) is disclosed. The method includes receiving navigation signals from the satellites of the GPS, down-converting to complex baseband the received navigation signals to form a first signal, digitizing samples of the first signal, nonlinear processing of the... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080122693 - Active phased array antenna for aircraft surveillance systems: An active antenna is provided that includes an antenna element for transmitting RF transmit signals at a predetermined effective radiated power (ERP). An antenna module is configured to be mounted to an aircraft, with the antenna element being mounted to the antenna module. A connector module is provided at the... Agent: Garmin International, Inc. Attn: Legal - Ip

20080122694 - System and method for generating a very high frequency omnidirectional range signal: A system and method for generating signals for testing a Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) receiver is described. The system includes a waveform generator and a signal generator. The waveform generator generates a waveform representing a waveform generated by a VOR ground station during operation of a VOR system.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080122695 - Systems and methods for geographical positioning using radio spectrum signatures: Methods, radios, components thereof, and other devices for localizing a geographic position of a radio receiver are provided. A current radio signature is obtained. The current radio signature comprises a plurality of measured signal qualities that collectively represent a frequency spectrum. Each measured signal quality in the plurality of measured... Agent: Jones Day

20080122696 - Low cost fire fighter tracking system: A system for tracking persons and other objects in a structure in which a plurality of low power transmitter beacons send identifiers to any receiver within range of the beacons. The beacons are attached to the building at known locations that are used as reference points. The person or object... Agent: Kris T. Fredrick, Esq. Honeywell International Inc.

20080117098 - Vehicle-mounted ultra-wideband radar systems and methods: Vehicle-mounted UWB systems and/or methods for detecting mines and other explosive devices are provided. In certain exemplary embodiments, a system for detecting non-buried mines and/or improvised explosive devices is provided. Distance measuring equipment may be configured to track movement of the system. Substantially forward-looking bistatic antenna transceivers may be capable... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080117099 - Radar system including a heterodyne mixer for the improved detection of short-range signals: In an antenna radar system including a short-range antenna path and a long-range antenna path that is situated separately from the short-range antenna path, a push-pull mixer is situated in the short-range antenna path. Using the push-pull mixer, a heterodyne frequency conversion or mixing of the signals to be processed... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080117093 - Measuring system and method, measuring apparatus and method, and information processing apparatus and method: A measurement system and a measuring method are provided in order to make a response and an accuracy of a Doppler system of a 2 frequency CW system or the like compatible with each other. A 2 frequency CW radar measures a relative speed and a distance between one's own... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080117094 - Mobile electronic device equipped with radar: The present invention is directed towards method and computer program product for obtaining additional information in relation to a target in the vicinity of a mobile electronic device as well as such a mobile electronic device. The device includes a radar unit for operation in a certain frequency range including... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.l.p.

20080117095 - 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

20080117096 - Device for distance measurement with the aid of electromagnetic waves: A device for distance measurement with the aid of electromagnetic waves includes a transmitting device for transmitting, in a measuring mode, electromagnetic waves as a transmitted signal to a measured object, a receiving device for receiving, in the measuring mode, the electromagnetic waves back-scattered by the measured object as a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080117097 - Radar transceivers: A radar transceiver, including at least one oscillator tunable using a control voltage, at least one mixer, and at least one antenna for transmitting and receiving ultra-high-frequency signals, the mixer mixing the receive signal with the signal of the oscillator and outputting a demodulated signal, and in which the at... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080117100 - Navigation signal receiver trajectory determination: The present invention provides methods and systems that enable a mobile navigation receiver to accurately determine its trajectory with non-current ephemeris in stand-alone mode. In an embodiment, the receiver computes the position for the same location using non-current ephemeris and current ephemeris at different time instances. The receiver then determines... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080117101 - Geo-location using distributed composite gps signals: A wireless communication arrangement provides GPS coverage in areas where GPS satellites or macrocells are not directly detectable by a mobile station that is used for placing an emergency call. A detector detects a plurality of GPS satellites and provides a composite GPS signal that is re-radiated through a distributed... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.c./alcatel-lucent

20080117102 - Providing and using messages including time related information: For enhancing the transmission of time related information, a message is received or assembled, which includes a reference time identifier. The received or assembled message is provided for transmission. At a receiving end, the reference time identifier and additional information are extracted from a received message, and the additional information... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080117103 - Background ephemeris download in navigational receivers: The present invention provides methods and systems for keeping the ephemeris in a navigational receiver current to achieve fast TTFF without the need for connecting to an aiding network or remote server. In an embodiment, the receiver keeps the ephemeris current by downloading the ephemeris in the background. In the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080117104 - Satellite tracking method: A satellite tracking method is provided. The satellite tracking method first groups satellites into at least two groups on the basis of their arithmetic relationships, then determines whether any satellite of one selected satellite group is within the vision range of a receiving end with the use of a low... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080117105 - Phased array antenna beam tracking with difference patterns: A system and method for using a phased array antenna to concurrently receive an RF signal transmitted by a remote transmitter, to determine the angular location of the remote transmitter using the transmitted signal, and to use that angular location to direct a transmit antenna to transmit information in the... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080117106 - Emitter geolocation: A method and means for correcting for refraction effects of the earth's atmosphere in an emitter geolocation technique for locating an emitter of electromagnetic waves by means of a plurality of receivers, including detecting the times of arrival of electromagnetic waves at the receivers, computing the relative time differences of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080111728 - Airborne distributed pulse doppler radar missile warning system: A digital missile warning system comprising a distributed pulse doppler radar having a plurality of antennas, each being coupled to a transmit/receive (T/R) module located adjacent to the antenna, and parallel signal processing channels including an A/D converter, FFT processor and a range/velocity track file processor in each channel for... Agent: Pearson & Pearson, LLP

20080111730 - Track quality based multi-target tracker: Various embodiments are described herein for a track quality based multi-target tracker and an associated method. The method includes associating a measurement with a track, generating measurement association statistics for the track, generating and updating a track quality value for a track based on a measurement-to-track association likelihood, and updating... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080111729 - Through the wall ranging with triangulation using multiple spaced apart radars: A plurality of multi-tone CW radars are used to generate a swath of ranges to a moving object or individual behind a wall or building structure in which the overlap of the range swaths from spaced-apart radars determines the location of the moving object or individual. A histogram of the... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20080111731 - Dual beam radar system: Various embodiments are described herein relating to a radar system and associated methods for detecting targets in the presence of certain types of clutter. The radar system generally comprises hardware operatively configured to obtain first and second sets of radar return signals concurrently, first circuitry operatively configured to detect targets... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080111732 - Apparatus and method of determining location of an object: An apparatus and method of determining location of an object hidden from view. The apparatus includes an imaging tool for detecting hidden objects. The imaging tool includes a housing including a first end and a second end, a display supported by the first end of the housing, and a tracking... Agent: Michael, Best & Friedrich LLP

20080111733 - Method and apparatus for discriminating with respect to low elevation target objects: The invention concerns a method and apparatus for estimating a height of a target object using radar signals reflected from the target object wherein a receiver detects a plurality of radar signals reflected from the target object, respectively, at a plurality of different ranges, resolves the amplitudes of the plurality... Agent: Tyco Technology Resources

20080111734 - Multiplicative mismatched filters for optimum range sidelobe suppression in barker code reception: Very efficient sidelobe suppression of Barker codes is achieved through the use of a mismatched filter, which is comprised of a conventional matched filter cascaded with a computationally efficient filter based on multiplicative expansion. Several constant parameters are introduced in the terms of the expansion and are optimized to improve... Agent: Adly T. Fam

20080111735 - Millimeter and sub-millimeter wave portal: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a millimeter or sub-millimeter wave portal system is provided. Generally, the portal system comprises an electrooptic source and one or more millimeter or sub-millimeter wave detectors. The electrooptic source comprises an optical signal generator, optical switching and encoding circuitry, and one... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080111736 - Method and apparatus for navigation data downloads from weak signals: The present invention provides systems and methods that enable a standalone receiver capable of downloading navigation data under weak signal conditions. In an embodiment, a standalone navigation receiver generates predicted satellite orbits based on the tracking history of the satellites stored in the receiver. The tracking history comprises historical navigation... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080111737 - Method and system for hybrid location aiding for multi-mode devices: A method and system for location determination at a mobile communication device 102 is provided. The mobile communication device 102 includes a satellite positioning receiver 410. The mobile communication device 102 acquires a first location aiding parameter and a second location aiding parameter from a first Terrestrial Communication Network (TCN)... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080111738 - Method and apparatus in standalone positioning without broadcast ephemeris: The present invention provides methods and system for enabling a standalone navigation receiver capable of generating receiver specific predicted satellite orbits based on historical navigation data collected by and stored in the receiver. Thus, the navigation receiver is able to use the predicted satellite orbits to obtain better Time-To-First-Fix (TTFF)... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080111739 - Method and apparatus for obtaining satellite trajectory data at a satellite positioning system receiver: Method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile receiver is described. In one embodiment, satellite measurements are obtained at the mobile receiver for a plurality of satellites in a satellite positioning system constellation. Satellite trajectory data is obtained at the mobile receiver from a server. Ephemeris data is obtained... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080111740 - Radio communication system and radio communication apparatus: Disclosed is a radio communication system for performing MIMO transmission including: a first radio communication apparatus including an array antenna in which a plurality of first antennas each having two orthogonally polarized wave characteristics are arranged in an array configuration at predetermined intervals; and a second radio communication apparatus including... Agent: Jackson Chen Nec Corporation Of America

20080111741 - Redundant mobile antenna system and method for operating the same: A communication system 10 includes a satellite 18 that broadcasts communication signals to a first antenna 28A and a second antenna 28B. The antenna forms a first signal and a second signal and is provided to a combiner 102. The combiner 102 is coupled to the antennas 28A and 28B... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080106455 - Mode s radar: Disclosed is a Mode S radar which specifies an aircraft by transmitting interrogations to an aircraft A equipped with a Mode S transponder, and by then receiving and decoding replies corresponding to these interrogations. In the Mode S radar, detection reports on the aircraft A are generated in a manner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080106457 - High-capacity location and identification system for cooperating mobiles with frequency agile and time division transponder device on board: Cooperating mobiles (ground vehicles, aircraft) are located and identified by Multilateration and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) techniques using the frequency band and the format of the Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) signals in high traffic situations. Standard messages, transmitted by the mobile on the downlink channel, i.e. to a set of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080106458 - On-vehicle radar device and on-vehicle radar device control system: Provide an on-vehicle radar device that performs transmission control of a monitoring signal, following fixed rules, so that interference with other radar devices can be avoided with certainty. An on-vehicle radar device comprises a transceiver which transmits/receives a monitoring signal at a specified frequency band and transmits a priority order... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20080106459 - Radar sensor and method for distance and cruise control: A radar sensor and a corresponding method for distance and cruise control of a vehicle are described; using this sensor and method, objects in front of the vehicle in the direction of travel are detected and at least the variables: distance, relative velocity, and azimuth angle of the detected objects... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080106460 - Radar microsensor for detection, tracking, and classification: The subject invention pertains to a frequency modulation continuous wave (FMCW) radar system. Embodiments relate to methods of improving the performance of such a FMCW system and improving the value of the information provided by such a FMCW system. In an embodiment of the subject invention, the IF level can... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080106454 - Method and system for remotely detecting metal items, for example, weapons: The invention relates to the methods and systems for remotely detecting metal items, for example, weapons, concealed in cloths or belongings and may be used in security complexes. The proposed system contains a phased antenna array 1 radiating a continuous frequency-modulated ultra high or super high frequency signal and scanning... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080106456 - Mode s transponder transmission signal decoder and mode s transponder transmission signal decoding method: There are provided a differential processing unit which performs differential processing for a Mode S transponder transmission signal, an auto correlation arithmetic operation unit which performs an arithmetic operation of a degree of auto correlation between an increasing change rate and decreasing change rate of a power level in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080106461 - Device and method for detecting overlap of pulse signals and apparatus for estimating distance using the same: There is provided a device and method for detecting an overlap of pulse signals, capable of easily detecting a point where reference and delayed pulse signals overlap each other, and an apparatus for estimating a distance using the same. The device for detecting an overlap of pulse signals, the device... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080106462 - Object detection system and object detection method: An object detection system includes a radar detection portion that detects first lateral position information relating to the lateral position of an object with respect to a host vehicle, by transmitting a transmission wave and receiving a reflection wave reflected by the object; an image detection portion that detects second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106464 - Apparatus and method for controlling radio frequency in portable communication system: Provided is an apparatus and method for altering a frequency of a radio broadcast. The apparatus includes a communication unit, a memory, a radio frequency management unit, and a controller. The communication unit receives a radio broadcast including information on a channel of the radio broadcast and a transmission intensity... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080106463 - Method and apparatus for background decoding of a satellite navigation message to maintain integrity of long term orbit information in a remote receiver: A method and apparatus for background decoding of a broadcast satellite-navigation message to maintain integrity of long-term-orbit information used in a Global-Navigation-Satellite System or other positioning system is described. The method may include processing the long-term-orbit information associated with at least one satellite to obtain a first position of a... Agent: MoserIPLaw Group

20080106465 - Radio receiving set: The radio receiving set comprises: an antenna selecting section for selecting one of a plurality of antennas which receive analogue television broadcasts; a receiving section for reproducing a composite video signal and a composite synchronizing signal from a reception signal outputted from a selected antenna; a continuity judging unit which... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080106466 - Method, computer program product and system for differentiating physical sources from second order nonlinear signal effects: A system for differentiating between a signal from a physical source and a nonlinear signal effect includes an array, a delay control element and a signal processing element. The array is configured to detect a signal at a particular location using an initial time delay. The delay control element is... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080106467 - Compact, low profile electronically scanned antenna: A compact, low profile electronically scanned antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a multi-layer antenna integrated printed wiring board (AiPWB) that includes a radiator layer on a front surface. The radiator layer includes a plurality of RF radiating elements. The antenna module additionally includes a plurality of radiator... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20080106468 - Highly-accurate radio location of beacons in a warehouse: A system for highly accurate radio location of a passive radio beacon coincident with an object to be tracked is disclosed. The beacon directs radio signals to an antenna array located proximate to the warehouse aisles and is positioned such that it receives signals that reflect off the aisle walls... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080100493 - Radar device: A radar device is mounted on a vehicle, for detecting an object, and includes: a transmitting unit for transmitting an electromagnetic wave as a transmitter signal; a receiving unit for receiving a reflected signal that is reflected from the object as a receiver signal; a signal processing unit for measuring... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080100499 - Radar target detection method and radar apparatus using the same: A radar target detection method in which an azimuth at which a target is located is detected on the basis of reception signals obtained through antenna elements of an array antenna by detecting a change in levels of spectrum peaks in an azimuth spectrum of reception signal intensities, calculating a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080100494 - Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program: Disclosed is radar wave detection and DFS (dynamic frequency selection) with high efficiency while considering, for instance, the power consumption of each communication station within an autonomous distributed network. At least one communication station runs in an interference avoidance operation mode, operates a radar wave detection section, and fulfills the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100498 - 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

20080100495 - System and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio: A System and Method for Person or Object Position Location Utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising a plurality of reference impulse radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning algorithm associated with said plurality of impulse radio reference radios... Agent: Venable LLP

20080100496 - System and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio: A System and Method for Person or Object Position Location Utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising a plurality of reference impulse radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning algorithm associated with said plurality of impulse radio reference radios... Agent: Venable LLP

20080100497 - System and method for position determination by impulse radio: A system and a method for position determination by impulse radio using a first transceiver having a first clock providing a first reference signal and a second transceiver placed spaced from the first transceiver. The system determines the position of the second transceiver. The second transceiver has a second clock... Agent: Venable LLP

20080100500 - Radar, radio frequency sensor, and radar detection method: In a sensor and a radar for measuring the distance and the moving speed of a target by radiating a radio frequency, particularly a millimeter wave, compatibility between cost reduction and high detection performance has been conventionally a significant problem. In the present invention, the frequency of a transmitted signal... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080100501 - Antenna for a radar level gauge: An antenna for a radar-based level gauge useable for determining a filling level of a filling material contained in a container is disclosed. The antenna comprises a reflector, which is symmetric around a symmetry axis; and a feeder for feeding microwave signals to and from the reflector. The feeder is... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080100502 - Positioning apparatus: An apparatus, computer program and a chipset for performing a method, the method, comprising: receiving, at a first position and in a first reference system, a first radio signal from a signal source; determining a direction of arrival, in the first reference system, of the received first radio signal; receiving,... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080100503 - Radar apparatus and radar picture display method: A radar apparatus having an integral ARPA function transmits at least two kinds of pulse signals, each of which has different pulselength, according to a specific transmission pattern and receives echoes of the transmitted pulse signal. The radar apparatus includes an echo data generator for generating display echo data for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080100504 - Video rate millimeter wave imaging system: A passive millimeter wave imaging system that includes at least one millimeter wave frequency scanning antenna and multiple beam formers collecting narrow beams of millimeter wave radiation from a two-dimensional field of view. The collected radiation is amplified and separated into bins corresponding to various vertical and horizontal beam orientations.... Agent: Trex Enterprises Corp.

20080100505 - Method for determing positional data: An aspect of the invention relates to a method for determining positional data of at least one node of a network, said network comprising a number of nodes, whereby the positional data refers to an internal coordinate system. The method comprises the following steps: a) preparation of positional data for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080100506 - Method and system for initiating real-time kinematic network operations: Embodiments of the present invention recite methods and systems for expediting the initiating of Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) network operations. In one embodiment, an RTK base station is disposed at a known location. A broadcast position of the RTK base station is then determined. In embodiments of the present invention, the... Agent: Wagner Murabito & Hao LLP

20080100507 - Providing and using messages comprising location information: For enhancing the transmission of location information, a message is received or assembled, which includes location information and a reference time identifier. The reference time identifier identifies a reference time used in determining the location information based on satellite signals. The received or assembled message is provided for transmission to... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080100508 - Combined global positioning system receiver and radio: A portable GPS/radio unit communicates over a wireless radio network with at least one other unit which is transmitting radio signals over the network indicative of that unit's location. The GPS/radio unit comprises a GPS receiver for receiving satellite signals from a plurality of satellites, a radio receiver for receiving... Agent: Garmin Corporation

20080100509 - Positioning device, electronic instrument, and storage medium storing program: Signals output from two filters included in a filter section 70 and differing in passband are respectively stored in different memories included in a memory section 80, and a positioning process is performed based on the signal stored in the memory. Specifically, the signal strength of a received signal is... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080100510 - Method and apparatus for microwave and millimeter-wave imaging: An antennae system for a detector. The antennae system includes a two-dimensional electro-magnetic transmitter array that has an x number of transmitter elements, and a two-dimensional electro-magnetic receiver array that has a y number of receiver elements. The two-dimensional electro-magnetic transmitter and receiver arrays have a spatial relationship such that... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP