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

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

20080094273 - Systems and methods for detecting variations in composite structures: A system and method to detect changes in composite structures using RF signal pattern data interpretation. An RF signal is transmitted from a composite material manufactured structure and a plurality of sensors are employed to measure the RF signal. The measured RF signal is compared to a stored baseline RF... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080094274 - Radar: A radar for detecting a target wherein a standard deviation of the amplitude of a beat signal from a transmission signal and a reception signal is determined for a predetermined period. A threshold is determined by adding a predetermined value to the standard deviation or by multiplying the standard deviation... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080094275 - Rf system for tracking objects: A system for tracking an object in space for position, comprises a transponder device connectable to the object. The transponder device has one or several transponder aerial(s) and a transponder circuit connected to the transponder aerial for receiving an RF signal through the transponder aerial. The transponder device adds a... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080094276 - Method for optimising at least one property of a satellite system, optimisation device for a satellite system, satellite receiver and satellite system: A method for optimising at least one property of a satellite system. The satellite system comprises a satellite provided with a transmitter for transmitting an satellite signal which represents data. The satellite is further provided with a satellite receiver for receiving said satellite signal. The method comprises receiving at said... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20080094277 - Excess delay estimation using total received power: To determine the position of a mobile device located within a coverage area of a base station, the time of arrival (TOA) of the CDMA signal received by the mobile device from the base station is reduced in proportion to the received power of the CDMA signal. The mobile device... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080094278 - Method and system for distance estimation: A method of estimating distance with reference to a target location and radius is disclosed. The method includes transforming the target location and radius into a degree offset threshold for avoiding unnecessary distance calculation, receiving a set of global positioning coordinates that define a location of a portable global positioning... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rsw

20080094279 - Gps receiver and related method and apparatus: A GPS receiver (10) is disclosed comprising a GPS antenna and a GPS RF front-end including an analogue to digital converter for sampling received GPS signals and a processor for outputting a stream of the GPS signal samples and inserting repeated instances of timing data indicating the timing of the... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080094280 - Altboc receiver: An AltBoc receiver accumulates power measurements over code chip ranges that are associated with time slots that span the code chips. The receiver combines a received signal with code and carrier phase offsets that correspond to the time slots to produce the power measurements, with the code phase offsets determined... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080094281 - Advanced codebook for multi-antenna transmission systems: Various example embodiments are disclosed including methods, a system, a transmitter apparatus, a receiver apparatus, and computer program products which may provide advanced feedback signaling in a multi-antenna transmission system. In an example embodiment, a codebook may include an indexed set of beamforming elements, and may further include a first... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20080088498 - Target detecting apparatus using electronically agile radar: A target detecting apparatus mounted on a vehicle has an electronically agile radar detecting a beat signal indicating a difference in frequency between transmission and reception signals and producing a time series of N reception data from the beat signal, a determining unit determining search areas placed at different ranges... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088496 - System and method for protecting means of transport from ir-guided missiles: A system for protecting a vehicle against IR-guided missiles, includes at least one missile warning device, and a device for jamming IR-guided missiles. A laser array is coupled to the at least one missile warning devices for jamming the IR-guided missiles.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080088497 - Radar apparatus: A radar apparatus wherein transmission beams are set such that reception intensities corresponding to the transmission beams are gradually reduced from a center direction toward an edge direction of a scanning-angle range. For example, when a vehicle serving as a target is located in the center direction of a transmission... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080088499 - Methods and apparatus for hyperview automotive radar: Methods and apparatus are presented that reduce the overall system cost for automotive radar sensing applications. In accordance with aspects of the present invention, one way sensor count reduction can be achieved is through the coverage of multiple vehicle sides through a single sensor. One embodiment combines all high-frequency signal... Agent: Barcelo & Harrison, LLP

20080088500 - Radar apparatus: In a radar apparatus, IF beat signals are detected in a first section and a second section serving as two adjacent frequency up-modulation sections of a transmitted wave. Frequency conversions such as FFTs are performed on the IF beat signals so that the frequency spectra are obtained. Subsequently, peak frequencies... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080088501 - Electronic target position control at millimeter wave for hardware-in-the-loop applications: An apparatus for use in controlling a simulated target position in a millimeter wave, hardware-in-the-loop system includes a pair of horns and a conditioning circuit. The conditioning circuit is capable of generating a pair of output millimeter wave signals, each to be broadcast from a respective one of the horns,... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080088502 - Radar or sensor system with hierarchical architecture and reconfigurable functionality: A method of organizing a radar system or a sensor system with multiple levels of hierarchical constructs for all level of the system. These architectural levels incorporate self-similar organizational structure and represent design strategies that implement data transfer and communication interfaces with both intranet and internet communication network connections.... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20080088503 - Frequency modulated continuous wave (fmcw) radar having improved frequency linearity: A frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar is described that comprises a frequency sweep generator (42) for producing a swept frequency signal. A discriminator (52) receives a portion of the swept frequency signal and produces a reference difference-frequency signal. The discriminator 52 comprises an optical delay means, which may comprises... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080088504 - Carrier phase interger ambiguity resolution with multiple reference receivers: A method to determine a relative position between antennae comprising generating phase carrier measurements for a carrier frequency and at least three antennae including a master antenna and other antennae, generating phase integer sets based on the phase carrier measurements, and calculating a relative position between the master antenna and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080088505 - Method and system for reconstructing time of transmit from assisted or weak signal gps observations: This invention provides methods for a GPS device to resolve timing errors as applicable to a AGPS navigation solution, and, in particular, to solutions involving GNSS positioning and timing with limited assistance such as indoors or in a heavily obscured location, where the time of transmit of satellite signals is... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080088506 - Global navigation satellite system: Each of a first and a second navigation satellite system (NSS) are adapted to operate according to a first and a second specification, respectively, and each includes a first and a second plurality of space vehicles (SV), respectively. Each of the first and the second plurality of SVs are adapted... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080088507 - Robust low-frequency spread-spectrum navigation system: Methods and apparatus are described for a navigation system. A process includes providing a plurality of transmitters distributed throughout a desired coverage area; locking the plurality of transmitters to a common timing reference; transmitting a signal from each of the plurality of transmitters. An apparatus includes a plurality of transmitters... Agent: John Bruckner PC

20080088508 - Enhanced passive coherent location techniques to track and identify uavs, ucavs, mavs, and other objects: A system and technique is described which has the capability to track and identify, in real time, various aircraft and objects including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs), and Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs). The system uses a combination of techniques including conventional automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B),... Agent: Robert Platt Bell Registered Patent Attorney