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

20090267825 - Method and apparatus for compressing sar signals: A method compresses synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data by sampling the SAR data into blocks and transforming each block to a corresponding block of transform coefficients. Each block of transform coefficient is quantized according to a quantization parameter to obtain a corresponding block of quantized transform coefficients, which are demultiplexed... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20090267826 - System for measuring turbulence remotely: A system for detecting turbulence along a path that is subject to turbulence. The system may make use of at least one transmitter to transmit electromagnetic (EM) energy along the path and at least one receiver to receive the EM energy. At least one of the transmitter and the receiver... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090267822 - Mobile radar and planar antenna: In a conventional automotive radar, a return occurs in a phase difference characteristic necessary for a super-resolution method, resulting in an increase of a detection error, or an extremely narrowed azimuth detection range. A transmitting array antenna, and receiving array antennas are composed of antenna elements respectively, and aligned in... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090267823 - Position estimating system, position estimating method, position estimating device and its program: A position estimating device (4) which estimates the position of an object by comparing a receiving pattern obtained from ID transmitters (2a, 2b, . . . ) and ID receivers (3a, 3b, . . . ) installed in an environment with a prestored receiving pattern. Position of an object equipped... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090267824 - Antenna array calibration: An antenna array comprises a surface comprising a replicated pattern of conductive tracks, the tracks defining a plurality of ports. A plurality of antennae are located at ports distributed about the surface. A plurality of radiative transceivers are electrically connected to a respective antenna. A plurality of reference transceivers are... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20090267828 - Gps signal receiving apparatus: According to one embodiment, a GPS signal receiving apparatus comprises a receiving module configured to receive a GPS signal from a GPS satellite, an inclination detecting module configured to detect an inclination angle of the GPS signal receiving apparatus, a determining module configured to determine whether or not the receiving... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090267827 - Position measurement results by a surveying device using a tilt sensor: A surveying apparatus includes an antenna to receive a positioning signal. The surveying apparatus further includes a tilt sensor to obtain a tilt measurement that indicates a degree of tilt of the survey apparatus. The surveying apparatus further includes a processor to obtain a positioning measurement from the positioning signal,... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090267829 - Position monitoring system: Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to provide a locating system to obtain location data for a device in order to determine whether that device is within a defined perimeter.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090267830 - Method for determining the distance between positioning devices and ground monitoring system using the method: A method for determining a distance between positioning devices includes following steps. A ground monitoring system receiving positions of a first positioning device and a second positioning device. The ground monitoring system determining a distance between the first positioning device and the second positioning device according to the positions of... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090267833 - Method and apparatus for locating mobile receivers using a wide area reference network for propagating ephemeris: A method and apparatus for distribution and delivery of global positioning system (GPS) satellite telemetry data using a communication link between a central site and a mobile GPS receiver. The central site is coupled to a network of reference satellite receivers that send telemetry data from all satellites to the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090267831 - Method of acquiring initial gps signal in broadcasting system and system using the method: A system and method for acquiring an initial Global Positioning System (GPS) signal in a communication system including a terminal. The system includes an Assisted GPS (AGPS) server for generating Acquisition Assistance (AA) data distinguished according to an area based on a pre-set position of each service area, a transmitting... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090267832 - Systems and methods for dynamically determining position: A system and method of dynamically determining a position. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising a host processor, a sensor configured to send signals indicative of the position of the system to the host processor, an antenna configured to receive signals from GPS satellites, a GPS... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090267834 - Event location determination: A method of determining a location of an event of interest by processing signals from a satellite positioning system. The method comprises receiving recorded blocks of data samples of a satellite broadcast including blocks recorded at the approximate location of the event of interest, each block including one or more... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090267835 - Foldable antenna for reconfigurable radar system: The invention provides for phased array radar system that mechanically reconfigures its antenna array from a single faced aperture into two geometrically opposed arrays.... Agent: HowardIPLaw Group

20090267836 - Radio frequency emitter detection and location method and system: A system and method for detecting and locating a radio frequency emitter. A number, N, of receiving units using the same bandwidth, center frequency, and measurement time duration receive signals from the emitter. Higher Order Statistics (HOS) are used to calculate a correlation function between the received signals using one... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090267837 - Arrival-time locked loop: This patent disclosure presents circuits, systems and methods to produce a stable signal from a reference signal source. These new inventions are far better than the current technologies to provide a stable signal with less phase noises. This new invention also provides a new approach to analyze the feedback control... Agent: Fox Rothschild LLP

20090267838 - Method and apparatus to automatically trigger position location fixes for external devices: A method and apparatus automatically triggers position location fixes for external devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile station generates position location data for a position location function in an external device in response to determining that the mobile station is electrically coupled to the external device,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090262003 - Subsurface soil injection apparatus with improved delivery device: An apparatus is provided for introducing a discrete, predetermined amount of material into soil at a plurality of predetermined points in the soil which includes a container for holding the material to be introduced into the soil, and tubing in fluid communication with the container at a first end thereof.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090262004 - Apparatus for detecting radar signals and the method thereof: A method for detecting radar signals comprises the steps of: receiving signals detected by a master device; receiving signals detected by a slave device; detecting radar pulses from the signals received by the master device; detecting radar pulses from the signals received by the slave device; and determining radar signals... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090262005 - Moving-entity detection: A system and method for enabling transmission of a stepped-frequency radar signal can involve a first antenna and a second antenna. The system can also involve receiving circuitry configured to receive detected reflections from the antennas and to generate data including information associated with frequency and phase shifts. The system... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090262006 - Moving-entity detection: A system and method for detecting entities based on movement can involve transmission circuitry configured to enable transmission of a stepped-frequency radar signal, an antenna, and receiving circuitry configured to generate data including information associated with frequency and phase shifts between the transmitted signal and the reflections of the transmitted... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090262007 - Vehicle speed detection device with wireless communications capability and methods of use: A portable speed detecting device includes wireless communications capabilities. This allows the portable speed detecting device to obtain information from remote sources via a wireless link. It also facilitates the process of issuing and recording tickets. Further, it can provide an operator with the ability to accomplish a financial transaction... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090262008 - High accuracy radar altimeter using automatic calibration: A method of compensating for component errors within a radar altimeter is described. The method includes periodically switching transmit pulses from a transmit antenna to a programmable delay device, calculating an altitude based on a transmit pulse received from the programmable delay device, comparing the calculated altitude to an expected... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090262009 - Parabolic aerial with a conical diffusion disc for fill level radar: Reflections on the aerial system of a fill level radar result in reduced measuring quality at short range. Small echo signals at short range can thus disappear in the noise. According to one embodiment of the present invention a parabolic aerial for a fill level radar is stated, which parabolic... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090262010 - Uwb distance measurement system and method of driving the same: The present invention relates to a UWB distance measurement system and method of driving the system. The system includes a reception antenna for receiving a signal, which is output from a transmission unit, is reflected from a target and is incident on the reception antenna, a UWB amplifier for amplifying... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090262011 - Instantaneous radar polarimetry: A radar system and method that employs polarization-time diversity in transmitting signals and concurrently processing received reflections from both polarization modes provides information about the scattering matrix of a target without loss of information. Illustratively, the transmitted signals from Golay pairs, and the processing method employs a complex-conjugate time reversal... Agent: Henry Brendzel

20090262012 - Radiometer and temperature compensation system: A radiometer for measuring temperature data can include a data reader for reading target data associated with a measurement target and generating temperature data based on the target data. A temperature compensation system can include a radiometer with a data reader and one or more data tags placed proximate corresponding... Agent: Intellectual Property Group, Fluke Patents

20090262013 - Ambiguity estimation of gnss signals for three or more carriers: Methods and apparatus are provided for factorized processing of a set of GNSS signal data derived from signals having at least three carriers. A geometry filter is applied to the set of GNSS signal data using a geometry carrier-phase combination to obtain an array of ambiguity estimates for the geometry... Agent: Bruce D. Riter

20090262014 - Method and system for all-in-view coherent gps signal prn codes acquisition and navigation solution determination: A method and system for enabling more robust detection, positioning and time solution using GPS satellite ranging signals based on a simultaneous, all-in-view coherent PRN code signal processing scheme rather than acquisition of GPS signals one at a time. Additionally, a plurality of signal processing operating modes are provided that... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090262015 - Mobile communication device positioning system and method for enhancing position measurement by self learning algorithm: A method and system for determining a location of a mobile communication device for an improvement of a positioning through a self-learning processing algorithm. In the method and system for determining a location of a mobile communication device, a self-learning processing unit batch processes GPS-based positioning results accumulated in a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090262016 - Supporting the use of a virtual reference station: For supporting the use of virtual reference stations, an apparatus may receive a request to provide virtual measurements on beacon signals that are valid for a virtual reference station, the request including an indication of a desired location of the virtual reference station. The apparatus may further determine an entity... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090262018 - High accuracy satellite receiving controller and associated method: A high accuracy satellite signal receiving controller and associated method is provided. The high accuracy satellite signal receiving controller includes a frequency synthesizer, and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiving module and a control unit. The frequency synthesizer, coupled to an external non-temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (non-TXCO),... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090262020 - 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

20090262021 - Positioning device, positioning control method, positioning control program, and computer-readable recording medium having positioning control program recorded thereon: A positioning device comprising: a peak frequency determination section which determines a peak frequency which is a reception frequency corresponding to a maximum correlation value of a specific positioning base code replica and a positioning base code carried on a radio wave from a specific transmission source; a reference frequency... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090262019 - Pseudorange calculation method, position calculation method, computer-readable recording medium, and position calculation device: A pseudorange calculation method for calculating a pseudorange in a position calculation device includes: passing a received signal received from a satellite for position calculation through a first filter; passing the received signal through a second filter having a different phase characteristic from that of the first filter; calculating a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090262017 - Systems and methods for fast gnss signals acquisition: Systems and methods for acquiring global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals. An incoming signal is multiplied with a time shifted spreading code replica and converted to zero (or very low) nominal frequency. The converted signal is filtered and downsampled by a large scale. A signal power metric and frequency offset... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090256736 - Radar detector with navigational function: A GPS enabled radar detector dynamically handles radar sources based upon previously-stored geographically-referenced information on such sources and data from the GPS receiver. The detector includes technology for determining the location of the detector, and comparing this location to the locations of known stationary sources, to improve the handling of... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090256737 - Radar level gauge system with multi band patch antenna array arrangement: According to the present invention, the reflector will be adapted to receive most of the radiation in the first and second radiation footprints. This results in an optimized antenna arrangement, where the amount of radiation energy emitted without reaching the reflector is reduced, while at the same time the full... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090256738 - System for simultaneously transmitting multiple signals through each element of a radar array: In conventional phased array antennas, multiple signals that perform different functions, such as radar, electronic warfare (EW) and telecommunications, can each be simultaneously transmitted only through a different sub-aperture of the array. For maximum power and efficiency in conventional phased array antennas, the power amplifiers operate on one signal at... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20090256739 - Short range radar small in size and low in power consumption and controlling method thereof: A transmitter section radiates a short range wave to a space. A receiver section has a detector circuit composed of a branch circuit which receives a reflection wave of the short range wave radiated to the space by means of the transmitter section and branches in phase a signal of... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090256740 - Short-range radar and control method thereof: A transmitting unit of a short-range radar includes a first pulse generating unit, a second pulse generating unit, an oscillator and a switch, and while complying with the spectrum mask specified for a UWB short-range radar, emits a predetermined short pulse wave not interfering with the RR prohibited band or... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090256741 - Disaster countermeasure support method: A ground surface as an image acquiring object is acquired by a synthetic aperture radar mounted on an artificial satellite at a usual time before occurrence of a disaster and thereby radar image data are obtained. After the occurrence of the disaster, an image of the ground surface as the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090256743 - Mobile positioning and tracking system: The present invention discloses a mobile positioning and tracking system that includes a master device and a slave device. Within a tracking range of the master device, a satellite is used for receiving a signal from the slave device, and then transmitting the signal to the master device to display... Agent: Yh Chan

20090256742 - Positioning system, position information transmitter, communication terminal, and control method of the positioning system: In a positioning system comprising a position information transmitter that transmits a position information signal containing position information indicative of a position as a signal compatible with a satellite positioning signal transmitted from an artificial satellite and a communication terminal that when receiving the satellite positioning signal, finds a current... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090256744 - circuit for exclusion zone compliance: A circuit for exclusion zone compliance is recited. In one embodiment, the circuit comprises a satellite navigation signal reception component configured for receiving at least one signal from at least one Global Navigation Satellite System satellite and a navigation data deriving component configured for deriving position data and a clock... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20090256745 - System and/or method for obtaining a time reference for a received sps signal: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for obtaining time references for signals received from transmitters in a satellite and/or terrestrial navigation system.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090256746 - intimating system and an intimating method: An intimating system is provided. The intimating system comprises a host and a plurality of portable editors. The host comprises a storing device to store a plurality of target data; a location device to provide a location data; a comparator to compare the location data and the plurality of target... Agent: Chih Feng Yeh Brian M. Mcinnis

20090256747 - Signal receiving system: A variable directivity antenna (2) has directivity direction angularly variable stepwise about itself. A tuner (8) selects a desired one from high frequency signals received at the antenna (2). The tuner (8) detects the level of the received signal and supplies it to a control unit (10). The control unit... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20090256748 - Wireless distribution of data and control: A phased array system having a plurality of array elements, a beam steering computer; at plurality of attenuation and phase control elements for controlling attenuation and phase of energy passing through such attenuation and phase control elements, and a feed network for feeding phase and attenuation data to the plurality... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20090256749 - Side lobe suppression: Embodiments include a method to suppress side lobes of a main antenna by creating cancellation directions using a Side Lobe Canceller (SLC). Various embodiments also provide the Side Lobe Canceller.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090256750 - System and method for positioning in configured environments: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing location determination in a configured environment in which Global Navigation Satellite System Signals are not available. In this regard, local beacon systems generate spread spectrum CDMA signals that are received by spectral compression units that derive physically meaningful observations... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090256751 - Tracking positions of personnel, vehicles, and inanimate objects: A device rotates at least one static magnetic field about an axis, producing a rotating magnetic dipole field, and is movable in relation to the surface of the ground. The field is periodically sensed using a receiver to produce a receiver output responsive to the field. A positional relationship between... Agent: Pritzkau Patent Group, LLC

20090251353 - Method and apparatus for spoofing of infrared, radar and dual-mode guided missiles: The invention proposes to provide distraction spoofing even on modern infrared, radar and dual-mode guided missiles (4) by production of a decoy chain (20). The chain (20) is formed by a plurality of apparent targets which are switched successively, for example by firing of individual chaff submunitions (2.1-2.5). The deployment... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090251354 - Method and system for extending operational electronic range of a vehicle: A method and system for extending the electronic operational range of a slow vehicle, such as a ship, by using a remotely SHIP controlled unmanned faster vehicle, such as an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and by way of example a remotely controlled drone. More particularly, the present invention relates to... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090251355 - Automotive drive assist system with sensor fusion of radar and camera and probability estimation of object existence for varying a threshold in the radar: An ACC system (1) includes: a millimeter radar (10); a stereo camera (11); a preceding vehicle recognition ECU (20) that determines object type information indicating the detection status of these components; and a cruise control ECU (30) that controls a brake actuator (40) and an electronically-controlled throttle valves (41) based... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090251356 - Dual-band antenna array and rf front-end for automotive radars: The automotive radar includes a printed circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a processor mounted on the bottom surface of the printed circuit board. The automotive radar also includes a second liquid crystal polymer layer formed on the top surface of the printed circuit board,... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090251357 - Dual-band antenna array and rf front-end for mm-wave imager and radar: The radar includes a PCB having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a processor mounted on the bottom surface of the PCB. The radar includes a second liquid crystal polymer layer formed on the top surface of the printed circuit board, a second microstrip array printed on the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090251359 - Antenna system for a micro air vehicle: An antenna for a micro air vehicle (MAV) takes the form of a wrap-around antenna (e.g., wrapped around a portion of the MAV) that selectively emits radio signals in different directions depending on a frequency selected by a radio altimeter in the MAV. The radar altimeter may be a pulsed... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090251358 - Radar altimeter with forward looking radar and data transfer capabilities: A navigation system having a radar altimeter is disclosed. The navigation system comprises a signal processing unit and one or more antennas in operative communication with the radar altimeter and the signal processing unit. The system further comprises a forward looking radar communicatively coupled to the radar altimeter. The forward... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090251360 - Distance measuring device and distance measuring method: There are provided a distance measuring device and a distance measuring method characterized by “simple configuration”, “capability of measuring a near distance”, and “a small measurement error” like a distance measuring device using a standing wave. The distance measuring device includes a signal source (1) for outputting a signal having... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090251361 - Coherent frequency modulated continuous wave radar: A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar is described. The radar includes a first discriminator for receiving a portion of the swept frequency signal generated by a frequency sweep generator and for producing a reference difference-frequency signal of frequency equal to the difference between the frequency of the swept frequency... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090251362 - Three dimensional integrated automotive radars and methods of manufacturing the same: The invention is a low-cost, compact radar for adaptively forming beams and independently steering the beams to improve the noise and sensitivity of the radar. The radar includes a printed circuit board, a low-cost multi-layer organic substrate, and a three dimensional (3D) radio frequency (RF) front end that is flood... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20090251364 - Method and system of a mobile subscriber estimating position: A method and apparatus of a mobile subscriber (MS) estimating position are disclosed. One method includes the MS receiving at least one satellite transmitted signal with a first receiver, and estimating a time of arrival of the at least one satellite transmitted signal. The MS additionally receives at least one... Agent: Beceem Communications, Inc.

20090251365 - Sbas navigation data update notifying system and method used in gbas: To maintain the safety by avoiding deterioration in the positioning accuracy through making SBAS satellite navigation data used in a ground system and in an airborne system consistent by employing GBAS. The system includes: a ground system which estimates errors contained in ranging signals received from the navigation satellites, and... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090251366 - Gnss-based mobile communication system and method: A GNSS-based, bidirectional mobile communication system includes a mobile unit, such as a vehicle or a personal mobile system, with GNSS (e.g., GPS) and Internet (worldwide web) access. A base station also has GNSS and Internet access, and provides differential (e.g., DGPS) correctors to the mobile unit via the Internet.... Agent: Law Office Of Mark Brown, LLC

20090251367 - Virtual real-time clock based on time information from multiple communication systems: Method and apparatus to implement a “virtual” real-time clock at a terminal based on time information from multiple communication systems. At least one system (e.g., GPS) provides “absolute” time information for the virtual real-time clock, and at least one other system (e.g., a cellular system) provides “relative” time information. The... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090251363 - System and method for locating items and places: A locator includes a base unit and a handheld unit. The base unit, which is typically stationary, includes an FSK transceiver and printed circuit antennas. The handheld unit, which is typically mobile, also includes an FSK transceiver and printed circuit antennas. The handheld unit computes at least one bearing to... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090251368 - Phased array receivers and methods employing phase shifting downconverters: A phased array receiver includes a plurality of receive paths having a plurality of downconverters, a plurality of digitally controlled local oscillators associated with the plurality of receive paths, and a combiner. In response to a plurality of digital phase control signals, the plurality of digitally controlled local oscillators controls... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (panasonic)

20090251369 - Antenna system having feed subarray offset beam scanning: The following describes an antenna system and electronic scanning method that employs feed subarray electronic offset beam scanning. The system includes a feed element containing an array of electronic transmitting/receiving elements. The system further includes a reflector for reflecting signals received from the feed element to a target region, and... Agent: Lawrence S. Drasner Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090251370 - Apparatus, method, computer program product and computer program distribution medium: The invention is related to an apparatus comprising: at least one generator configured to provide a plurality of signals comprising at least partially correlated noise; and a circuitry configured to convey the signals comprising at least partially correlated noise to a plurality of nonadjacent antenna array elements.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.