45th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100283593 | Wireless Seatbelt Monitoring System - A wireless seatbelt monitoring system and method is provided for informing a driver that a seatbelt that should be latched is unlatched. The system includes a wireless seatbelt assembly having a buckle equipped with a piezoelectric element and a transmitter. The transmitter sends a wireless seatbelt status signal when the seatbelt assembly is buckled by harvesting energy during the insertion process. The wireless seatbelt status signal is transmitted to a dedicated repeater module, which retransmits the wireless seatbelt status signal to a receiver. Based upon the wireless seatbelt status signal, the system informs the driver of the status of the seatbelt assemblies audibly, visually, or both. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283594 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a tire pressure monitoring system adapted to an automobile having a first component and a changeable second component, said tire pressure monitoring system comprising: a register for transmitting the registered code of the said automobile via a wireless manner; a relay disposed in the second component for relaying a second tire information transmitted by tire pressure transmitter for each tire in the second component, wherein when the relay receives the registered code, it attaches the registered code to the second tire information and relays the second tire information; and a receiver disposed in the first component for receiving the second tire information relaid by the relay, wherein when the registered code included in the second tire information is consistent with the registered code of said automobile stored in the receiver, the receiver processes the second tire information as the tire information of the second component of said automobile. The present invention can achieve a registration when the trailer of the truck is changed via a simple and reliable manner. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283595 | WEAR INDICATOR HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSOR - In a braking system for a vehicle, having at least one brake pad, with which at least one wear indicator is possibly associated, at least one temperature sensor ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283596 | Child carrier latch warning system - A child restraint warning system configured to be secured to a child seat/carrier having a base, a seat detachably connected to the base, where the child seat/carrier includes a harness configured to be releasably secured with a latch. When the seat is secured on the base a seat position sensor sends a signal to a control unit positioned on the back of the seat. The control unit is switched into an active status for detecting an unlocked condition of the harness latch. A first series of audible warning signals is produced by the control unit if the latch remains unlocked for a pre-determined period of time. If the latch continues to be in an unlocked condition after the first series of warning signals the control unit generates a second series of signals, which can be spoken messages pre-programmed by the user. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283597 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display system of the present invention includes a liquid crystal platform section ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283598 | Operational signal system and signal light arrangement - A visual signal system including a signal display carried prominently on a paving machine, where it can be seen clearly by an operator of a dump truck or shuttle vehicle delivering paving material to the paving machine, as well as by other nearby personnel. Control circuits provide that a paving machine operator may separately control the display of certain signals, while other signals are automatically presented on the signal display in response to operation of paving machine functional controls. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283599 | Power management for wireless devices - A method and apparatus for wireless device power management is provided. The method comprises providing a charge to an intermediate power cell by electrically connecting the intermediate power cell to a power source, disconnecting the intermediate power cell from the power source, and electrically connecting the wireless device to the intermediate power cell. Such electrical connecting enables power cell recharging within the wireless device. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283600 | Low power apparatus for preventing loss of cell phone and other high value items - A system for the prevention of loss of wallets, keys, purses and the like. The system uses a programmable wireless appliance such as a cell phone as a wireless tracker, and utilizes lightweight wireless tag devices attached to the items to protected. A software application executes on the wireless appliance to query the wireless tags and determines when any part of the system is going out of range. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283601 | MEDICATION USAGE MONITORING AND REMINDING DEVICE AND METHOD - The medication usage monitoring and reminding device and method enables a user to easily monitor usage of medications by weighing the medications using a weighing component, a processing component and an I/O component. Additionally, the device is able to remind a user regarding the medications if the medication has not been timely taken. The device is also able to obtain information regarding medications such as possible conflicts, updates and other information. The device is able to be used for food/drink information or dietary information. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283602 | System and method for monitoring relative position of moving object - Disclosed are a system and a method for monitoring a relative position of a moving object. The system essentially includes at least one positioning and transmitting device and a signal receiving and processing device, each equipped with a radio frequency identification (RFID) signal transceiver. The RFID signal transceiver of the signal receiving and processing device receives radio signals transmitted by the RFID signal transceiver of each of the positioning and transmitting devices, thus enabling the signal receiving and processing device to track one or more moving objects each carrying one such positioning and transmitting device and determine the position or positions of the one or more moving objects relative to the signal receiving and processing device. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283603 | PASTURE MANAGEMENT - A plant matter sensor, the sensor includes a pair of parallel spaced apart sensor arms and a control console, a first of the arms having a plurality of emitter means spaced along its length, each emitter configured and arranged to, in use, emit a signal substantially perpendicularly to the arm to be received by a corresponding receiver on the second arm. The console contains controller means to, in use, control the rate, strength and regularity of the signal emitted by each of the said emitters, collectors to, in use, collect data from each receiver as to the existence or absence of receipt of a signal, a processor to process data received from the controllers and the collectors and determine the height of any plant matter traversed by the plant matter sensor and predetermined intervals, and storage to store the plant matter height data generated by the processor for subsequent download or analysis. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283604 | Device And Tamper Detection System - Disclosed is a device including: a control section; a tamper detection section to detect changes of predetermined states of a plurality of pre-defined parts of the device, and to output detection information; a storage section to store the detection information, and request information for requesting the tamper detection section to detect a change of a predetermined state of a specific part of the plurality of parts, wherein when a main power supply section of the device is in an off-state, the electric power is supplied to the control section, the tamper detection section and the storage section from a standby power supply section, and the control section controls the tamper detection section and the storage section so that the tamper detection section detects the change of the predetermined state of the specific part in accordance with the request information, and the storage section stores the detection information. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283605 | INDUCTION LAMP LIGHT FIXTURE - A light fixture for an induction-based light source is described. The light fixture comprises a top cover; a lower cover coupled with the top cover; a lens coupled with the lower cover; a reflector positioned behind the lens; and an induction-based light source positioned between the lens and the reflector, wherein the reflector is configured in relation to the induction-based light source. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283606 | BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM - An energy analysis system provides valuable input into building energy expenditures. The system assists with obtaining a detailed view of how energy consumption occurs in a building, what steps may be taken to lower the energy footprint, and executing detailed energy consumption analyses. The analyses may include, as examples, a balance point pair analysis to determine either or both of a heating balance point and a cooling balance point, an exception rank analysis to identify specific data (e.g., energy consumption data) in specific time intervals for further review, or other analysis. The system may display the analysis results on a user interface. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283607 | GLASS-BREAK SHOCK SENSOR WITH VALIDATION - An intrusion detector and method for detecting both the breaking of a glass in a window or a door and motion within a protected area. The detector comprises a single sensing section for detecting mechanical impact in a form of an acoustic signal on the window or glass and for detecting motion in a form of a motion induced signal within a protected area, a lens for focusing the motion induced signal, a first filter for filtering out a portion of the motion induced signal which is not in a preset frequency band, a second filter for attenuation a portion of the acoustic signal outside a second preset frequency band, a microprocessor for determining if the detected acoustic signal is consistent with that required to break glass and if the detected motion induced signal is indicative of motion with the protected area, and an alarm generating section for generating an alarm based upon the determination of the microprocessor. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283608 | Intrusion Warning and Reporting Network - A system for detection of intrusions and reporting those intrusions, including a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors providing a corresponding plurality of detection outputs to a remote controller, the remote controller operative to receive at least one of the plurality of detection outputs and to provide a high speed output indication of intrusion presence. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283609 | PERSONAL SAFETY SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS - A personal safety system, method, and apparatus provides image, audio, and data capture and transport system (IADCTS) features wherein an electronic device placed on a user can capture data associated with a potential perpetrator of a crime against the user. The electronic device sends the captured data (such as images or audio) to a secure and remote storage location. The capturing and sending of the data cannot be reversed or canceled by the user or potential perpetrator. The potential perpetrator is notified that the potential perpetrator's data has been captured by the electronic device, thereby discouraging the potential perpetrator from further proceeding with the crime. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283610 | Rearming electronic animal trap with infrared sensor and multiple-killing-plate configuration - An electric or electronic animal trap with a CPU-controlled, rearming, multiple killing plate configuration and automatically resetting interruptible beam sensor for triggering a high voltage cycle. A high-voltage output circuit is connected to killing plates which are activated with a high-voltage pulse train when a pest interrupts the beam signal, such as an infrared beam signal generated by an infrared transmitter to an infrared receiver. The trap is preferably configured to automatically rearm if the IR beam signal is no longer interrupted after the killing cycle. If the IR beam signal is still blocked after the killing cycle, however, the trap enters a standby mode indicating trap servicing is required to remove the dead rodent from the trap. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283611 | MOTION DETECTOR FOR DETECTING TAMPERING AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TAMPERING - A motion detector and a method for detecting a tampering of the motion detector. The tampering can include a spraying or brushing of a lens of the motion detector. The motion detector comprises a lens, a single sensing section for detecting infrared signals within a protected area, and detecting vibrations on the lens in the form of acoustic signals, the vibrations and the infrared signal causing a voltage change in the single sensing section, a first and second amplifier for amplifying the voltage change for processing for tampering and motion, respectively, first and second filter for filtering the voltage change for processing for tampering and motion, respectively, a microcontroller for determining if the detected voltage change is consistent with a pattern that is indicative of tampering or motion and alarm generating section for generating a tamper alarm or a motion alarm based upon the determination by the microprocessor. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING ENHANCED SIGNATURE CHECKING SECURITY MEASURES FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS - Disclosed are a method and a system for securing a device. In a single embodiment or in some embodiments, the system comprises a remote module which comprises a switch electrically connected to an electrical input or an electrical output of the device, a serial link comprising a first attribute and configured to connect to at least some of the plurality of portions of the device, and a panel control logic module operatively coupled to the switch, wherein the panel control logic module is configured to issue a first instruction to actuate the switch based at least in part upon a result of checking the first attribute of the serial link. In the single embodiment or in some embodiments, the system comprises a control center comprising a command control logic module and a communication interface configured for wired or wireless communication between the control center and the remote module. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283613 | Information Sharing in a Smart Space - Disclosed is an apparatus including a near field communication unit configured to read usage information pertaining to one or more devices within a certain space; and a processing unit configured to forward at least part of said usage information to one or more devices of another space, such as a personal space comprising devices personally held by a certain user. The certain space may be a smart space. Also related other devices, methods and computer programs are disclosed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283614 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES AND READER SYSTEMS - An RFID device such as an RFID tag ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283615 | Conductive Pattern and Method of Making - A method of forming an electrically-conductive pattern includes selectively electroplating the top portions of a substrate that corresponds to the pattern, and separating the conductive pattern from the substrate. The electroplating may also include electrically connecting the conductive pattern to an electrical component. Conductive ink, such as ink including carbon particles, may be selectively placed on the conductive substrate to facilitate plating of the desired pattern and/or to facilitate separation of the pattern from the substrate. An example of a conductive pattern is an antenna for a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device such as a label or a tag. One example of an electrical component that may be electrically connected to the antenna, is an RFID strap or chip. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283616 | DEVICE TO BE WORN ON THE HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY FOR DETECTING BODY-RELATED DATA AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING OR DEACTIVATING SUCH A DEVICE - A device to be worn on the human or animal body for detecting body-related data using a detection element for detecting a temperature in or on the device and an element for activating and deactivating the device by taking the detected temperature into account. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283617 | DIAPER ALARM SYSTEM - A diaper alarm system, comprising: at least a diaper, and an alarm system. Wherein, in each diaper is provided with a sensor and a transmitter. Said sensor and said transmitter are located inside said diaper, said sensor is printed on a urine-gathering region and an excrement-gathering region inside said diaper, such that the sensor is connected to the transmitter wirelessly, thus said sensor is able to utilize said transmitter to send out detection signals. Said alarm system includes a receiver, which is connected to said transmitter through transmission of telecommunication signals. On receiving a detection signal by said receiver, said alarm system will determine whether to send out an alarm based on said detection signal. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283618 | SNORING TREATMENT - Health-sensing and health-action devices and systems are generally described. The health-sensing device may include one or more of a sensor, a filter, and a transmitter. The sensor may be configured to sense one or more factors relating to an indicator of a health related condition or occurrence such as snoring and may include one or more microphone devices, accelerometers, and/or MEMs devices. The filter may be configured to evaluate a signal from the sensor and determine if the indicator has been detected. The transmitter may be arranged for initiating a transmission based on a signal from the filter. The health-action device may be configured for responding to an indicator of a health related condition or occurrence of a user and may include one or more of a receiver, a processor, and a responder. The health-action device may stimulate the user or may cancel the snoring sound. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283619 | MULTI-STAGE SYSTEM FOR VERIFICATION OF CONTAINER CONTENTS - A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system collects radiation data from one or more nodes. The collected radiation data is dynamically adjusted according to at least one of a plurality of background radiation data based on a determined background environment about the container. The collected and adjusted radiation data is compared to one or more stored spectral images representing one or more isotopes to identify one or more isotopes present. The identified one or more isotopes present are corresponded to possible materials or goods that they represent. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283620 | AIR SAMPLING SYSTEM - A system and method for sampling air in a controlled environment that includes two or more air sampling devices at different locations within the controlled environment. A controller is provided at a location outside of the controlled environment and in separate air flow communication with each of the two or more air sampling devices via separate first vacuum tubes, the controller having a manifold configured to separately control a rate of air flow from the two or more air sampling devices to the controller via each of the separate first vacuum tubes and to selectively direct the air flow from each of the separate first vacuum tubes to one or more second vacuum tubes. A vacuum source is provided at a location outside the controlled environment and in air flow communication with the controller via the one or more second vacuum tubes, the vacuum source providing suction and being controlled by the controller to generate the air flow through each of the first vacuum tubes. And, a flow switch for each of the two or more air sampling devices is provided at a location between a corresponding air sampling device and the vacuum source, each of the flow switches being configured to separately measure and control the rate of air flow through a corresponding first vacuum tube. An alarm is automatically activated at a location inside the controlled environment by one or more of the flow switches when the rate of air flow measured at one or more of the flow switches deviates from a desired value by a predetermined amount. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283621 | COMPARATIVE PRESSURE MONITORING INSTRUMENT - A comparative pressure monitoring instrument ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283622 | KEYBOARD MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A keyboard module adapted for connecting with a security unit is provided. The keyboard module includes a bottom plate, a plurality of buttons and a flexible circuit board. The buttons are disposed on the bottom plate, and the flexible circuit board is disposed between the bottom plate and the buttons. The flexible circuit board has a wire mesh circuit. The wire mesh circuit is adapted for electrically connecting with the security unit, so that the security unit generates a trigger signal while the wire mesh circuit is broken. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283623 | Low-Voltage Connection with Safety Circuit and Method for Determining Proper Connection Polarity - A safety circuit used in low-voltage connecting systems leaves the two low-voltage systems disconnected until it determines that it is safe to make a connection. When the safety circuit determines that no unsafe conditions exist and that it is safe to connect the two low-voltage systems, the safety circuit may connect the two systems by way of a “soft start” that provides a connection between the two systems over a period of time that reduces or prevents inductive voltage spikes on one or more of the low-voltage systems. When one of the low-voltage systems has a completely-discharged battery incorporated into it, a method is used for detection of proper polarity of the connections between the low-voltage systems. The polarity of the discharged battery is determined by passing one or more test currents through it and determining whether a corresponding voltage rise is observed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283624 | REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL LEARNING AND PROCESSING BY A HOST DEVICE AND ACCESSORY - Techniques that facilitate the learning and processing of remote control signals by a host device and an accessory. In one set of embodiments, the host device and the accessory can operate in a first mode in which the host device can learn signals from (and thus be remotely operated by) a variety of different remote controls. For example, in some embodiments the host device can learn signals from a remote control that was not specifically designed to interoperate with the host device or the accessory. In another set of embodiments, the host device and the accessory can operate in a second mode in which the host device and the accessory can process learned remote control signals while minimizing the amount of data transferred between the host device and the accessory. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283625 | REMOTE OPERATION APPARATUS OF WORKING MACHINE - In a remote operation apparatus of a working machine including a working machine side transmission/reception unit ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283626 | Coastal Monitoring Techniques - Method and system for monitoring coastlines includes arranging sensors proximate the coastline, obtaining data about the coastline via the sensors, analyzing the data to determine the presence of a reportable condition relating to passage of an object proximate the coastline, and transmitting the data or a signal indicative of the analysis, optionally with an identification or location of the sensors, to a monitoring facility. The sensors may be spaced apart from one another along the coastline and programmed to wake-up upon detection of a predetermined condition in order to obtain data. If the location of each sensor is not programmed into the sensor or otherwise known by the monitoring facility, each sensor may be arranged to determine its location so that each sensor provides its location when transmitting data or the signal to the monitoring facility. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283627 | CEILING-MOUNTED HOOKING RECEPTACLE - The ceiling-mounted hooking receptacle ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283628 | Underwater detection device - An underwater detection device for detecting underwater by transmission and reception of an ultrasonic signal is provided. The device includes a transmission module for transmitting the ultrasonic signal underwater, a reception module for receiving an echo signal of the transmitted ultrasonic signal, a bottom detection module for detecting a bottom based on the echo signal from the bottom, a bottom-sediment determination module for calculating probabilities of the bottom sediment on how much the bottom sediment contains each of predetermined bottom sediment types based on the echo signal and a bottom-sediment display module for displaying a texture representing each of the bottom sediment types below the bottom being displayed based on the probabilities. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283629 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREMENTALLY OBTAINING AN INTERPOLATION OF SENSOR READINGS - A computerized method includes broadcasting, from a node, a request to a plurality of neighboring nodes, the request triggering the plurality of neighboring nodes to contend for access to a medium to transmit information; receiving, in the node, a priority value from each of the plurality of neighboring nodes; determining if the node is a winning node from among the neighboring nodes based on the received priority values and a priority value of the node; granting access to the medium to the node if it is the winning node; and performing an action in the physical world in response to data transmitted from the node if it is the winning node. The node and each of the plurality of neighboring nodes includes at least one sensor. The priority values of the node and of the plurality of neighboring nodes are assigned based on readings of the at least one sensors. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283630 | SPORTS TELEMETRY SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING PERFORMANCE METRICS AND DATA - Systems and methods for collecting sports data are disclosed, which include measuring, at one or more sensor modules mounted, affixed, or embedded on at least one sports participant, data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the at least one sports participant; broadcasting, from one or more telemetry modules mounted, affixed, or embedded on the at least one sports participant, signals carrying the data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the at least one sports participant; measuring, at one or more sensor modules mounted, affixed, or embedded in a sports object, data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the sports object; and broadcasting, from one or more telemetry modules mounted, affixed, or embedded on the sports object, signals carrying the data corresponding to identification, movement, position, or condition of the sports object. The systems and methods also include receiving the signals from the telemetry modules mounted, affixed, or embedded on the at least one sports participant and the telemetry modules mounted, affixed, or embedded on the sports object; and processing the received signals to calculate position information or movement information of a sports object or a sports participant in relation to a playing surface of a sports event. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283631 | Smart Stop Sign System - A stop sign system that promotes safer, more orderly and more efficient vehicular and pedestrian traffic at intersections, which are barely or not eligible for traffic signal lights, by integrating a simple and easy-to-understand new lighting system into the familiar stop sign with automatic and manual controls. This system also promotes safer school crossings, as well as intersections with emergency situations and construction activity. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283632 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS AND METHOD - A parking assisting apparatus and method that can precisely estimate the orientation of a parking space. A parking assisting apparatus for assisting parking a vehicle includes an obstacle detecting mechanism that detects an obstacle near the vehicle and an orientation information acquiring mechanism that acquires information as to an orientation of the vehicle. The apparatus estimates an orientation of the parking space that may exist near the vehicle based on the detection result of the obstacle detecting mechanism and the orientation information. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283633 | CAMERA SYSTEM FOR USE IN VEHICLE PARKING - A method for assisting in parallel parking includes providing a vehicle with a forward-looking camera and/or a backward-looking camera. The camera is used to capture an image of a parking area including at least one unoccupied parking space and a plurality of parking spaces occupied by other vehicles. A homography of the captured image is created. The homography is used to estimate an image of the parking area from an overhead viewpoint. A portion of the overhead image including the unoccupied parking space is displayed on a display screen within a passenger compartment of the vehicle. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283634 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE OF A PARKING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING - A control device for a display device of a parking device has: an interface to a first detection device for detecting a parking space when laterally passing the parking space; an interface to a second detection device for detecting a front and/or rear boundary of a parking space when driving into the parking space; an interface to the display device for representing the dimensions of the parking space on the display device, a display of a front and/or a rear boundary of the parking space that was detected only by the first detection device differing from a representation of a front and/or a rear boundary of the parking space that was detected by the second detection device. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283635 | AVIONICS DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING FLIGHT INFORMATION PERTAINING TO NEIGHBORING AIRCRAFT - Embodiments of a process are provided suitable for implementation by an avionics display system deployed on a host aircraft and including a monitor. In one embodiment, the process includes the step of receiving air traffic data indicative of a first flight characteristic pertaining to a neighboring aircraft. The first flight characteristic is selected from the group consisting of: (i) the wake turbulence created by the neighboring aircraft, (ii) the current flight plan of the neighboring aircraft, and (iii) the airspace in which the neighboring aircraft's current detection position should reside to ensure that the neighboring aircraft's actual position resides within the an airspace currently assigned to the neighboring aircraft. A visual representation of the first flight characteristic is generated on the monitor. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283636 | MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCHES FOR A DISPLAY - Momentary multi-state/mode information switches, (e.g., all, some, or no information), and control switches (e.g., on, auto, off), are disclosed in accordance with an embodiment. In one implementation, ‘some’ information display involves intermediate ‘filtered’ or otherwise processed levels of information, that may dynamically change as a function of time, position, circumstance, or other logic. In addition, state or mode information may be selected manual or could be selected utilizing more sophisticated automatic state/mode changes. In a corresponding/similar implementation, ‘auto’ control involves the use/processing of ownship and traffic information that may dynamically change as a function of time, position, circumstance, or other logic. The benefits of such switches are increased functionality within the same switch space as a conventional on-off momentary pushbutton switch. The switches also support new types of situational awareness displays and aircraft system control in addition to allowing for the manual control of such displays and systems. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283637 | Cloud Image Replacement for Terrain Display - A method and apparatus for displaying an image of terrain obtained from a position above the terrain. An image of an object is detected in the image of the terrain for an object that is positioned between the terrain and the position above the terrain. The detected image of the object is replaced in the image of the terrain with replacement image data. For example, the replacement image data may be image data for the terrain below the object. The image of the terrain with the replacement image data may be displayed. The method and apparatus may be used to replace images of clouds in images of the surface of the earth below an aircraft with image data for the surface of the earth below the clouds. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283638 | WORLD'S FASTEST MULTI-TAP PHONE AND CONTROL MEANS - This invention relates to a multi-tap and combinational alphanumeric data entry on a 12 key device. The [ | 2010-11-11 |
20100283639 | TRANSFORM-BASED CODING/DECODING, WITH ADAPTIVE WINDOWS - The present invention provides coding/decoding a digital signal, in particular using a transform with overlap employing weighting windows. In the invention, two consecutive and equal-size blocks of samples of the signal may be weighted by respective different successive windows. These two windows may be chosen independently of each other according to a criterion specific to the characteristics of the signal (entropy, data rate/distortion, etc.) that are determined for each of the two blocks. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283640 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAST DATA ENCODING AND DECODING - An improved method for encoding and decoding data, such as in a base64 system, uses multiple look-up tables to perform the encoding function. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283641 | ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - An analog to digital converter is provided. The converter comprises a dither gain generator, a first stage, an adder, a second stage, and a digital error correction logic. The dither gain generator generates a dither gain. The first stage receives a first voltage to generate a first digital code and a second voltage. The adder is coupled to the first stage and adds the dither voltage to the second voltage to generate a third voltage. The second stage receives the third voltage to generate a second digital code. The digital error correction logic receives and corrects the first digital code and the second digital code to generate a digital code corresponding to the first voltage. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283642 | Digital-to-Analog Converter - A system for converting a digital signal to an analog signal is provided. The present invention provides a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that can convert a large bit value digital signal to a corresponding analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter includes a bias regeneration circuit, and three sub-DACs. The bias regeneration circuit provides biasing to the three sub-DACs allowing the DAC to be implemented with smaller circuit area. In addition, the three sub-DACs may be digitally calibrated during the conversion process to increase the linearity of the DAC. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283643 | SIMULTANEOUS SAMPLING ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - The invention is a novel scheme of performing an analog to digital conversion of simultaneous sampled analog inputs using multiple sample and hold circuits and a single successive approximation analog to digital converter (“SAR ADC”). Each of the analog inputs are stored on capacitors in the sample and hold circuits, and the sample and holds are sequentially connected to the capacitor DAC. After the digital conversion of the of the input signals stored on a sample and hold, the connected sample and hold is disconnected and the charge on the DAC is reset before the next sample and hold circuit is connected. The process is repeated until all analog inputs have been converted. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283644 | A/D conversion circute and test method - An A/D conversion circuit includes a plurality of transmission paths that transmit signal voltages and reference voltages, and an A/D conversion unit that A/D converts voltages output from the transmission paths. Each of the plurality of transmission paths includes a first switch that selectively outputs one of the signal voltage and the reference voltage, an S/H circuit that holds output voltage from the first switch, and a second switch that selectively outputs one of the output voltage from the first switch and output voltage from the S/H circuit. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283645 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND A/D CONVERSION METHOD - An A/D conversion circuit includes: a sample-and-hold circuit adapted to sample and hold an input signal to output a sampled signal; a control circuit adapted to output successive approximation data; a first D/A conversion circuit adapted to perform D/A conversion on the successive approximation data to output a first D/A output signal; a second D/A conversion circuit adapted to perform D/A conversion on time-varying code data to output a second D/A output signal; and a comparison circuit adapted to perform a process of comparing the first D/A output signal, and an addition signal of the sampled signal and the second D/A output signal, and to output a comparison result signal, wherein the control circuit has a successive approximation register to which register values are set in accordance with the comparison result signal, outputs successive approximation result data after all of the register values of the successive approximation register have been determined, and subtracts the code data from the successive approximation result data to output the result as A/D conversion data of the input signal. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283646 | ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - An analog to digital converter is provided. The converter comprises a dither gain generator, a first stage, a multiplier, a second stage and a digital error correction logic. The dither gain generator generates a dither gain. The first stage receives a first voltage to generate a first digital code and a second voltage. The multiplier is coupled to the first stage and multiplies the second voltage with the dither gain to generate a third voltage. The second stage receives the third voltage to generate a second digital code. The digital error correction logic receives and corrects the first digital code and the second digital code to generate a digital code corresponding to the first voltage. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283647 | PROGRAMMABLE DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER - A multi-mode digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to operate in a plurality of modes. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283648 | DeltaSigma Modulator - Disclosed herein is a ΔΣ modulator including: at least one integrator; a quantizer for quantizing a signal output by the integrator and outputting the quantized signal as a digital signal; and a compensation section configured to compensate the ΔΣ modulator for a non-ideal characteristic caused by an internal loop delay, wherein the compensation section is a feedback path formed to start at the output node of the quantizer and end at the input node of the integrator immediately preceding the quantizer, and the feedback path formed to start at the output node of the quantizer and end at the input node of the integrator realizes a frequency-independent part in combination with the integrator and an internal DA converter which adopts the NRZ technique to suppress the signal amplitude at the quantizer input. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283649 | Sigma-delta-based analog-to-digital converter - An analog to digital converting device is proposed for generating a digital output signal of an RF analog input signal. The device comprises a first analog to digital converter stage, a mixer, a second analog to digital converter stage and a digital filter. The first analog to digital converter stage generates a first and a second output signal. The first output signal is inputted in the filtering means. The second output signal is being down-converted to a signal with an intermediate frequency or DC. Thereafter, this down-converted signal is being fed to the second analog to digital converter stage. The digital output signal of this second stage is further processed together with the first digital output signal in the digital filter to a digital signal representative of the analog input signal. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283650 | MULTI-BIT SIGMA-DELTA MODULATOR WITH REDUCED NUMBER OF BITS IN FEEDBACK PATH - A sigma-delta modulator ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283651 | CYCLIC DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER - Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having an amplifier, a capacitor network coupled to the amplifier, and switching circuitry coupled to the amplifier and the capacitor network. The switching circuit is configured to successively apply a selected reference voltage selected from among a first reference voltage, a second reference voltage, and a third reference voltage to the capacitor network in response to a digital input code to generate an output voltage. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283652 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT THEREFOR - A differential amplifier circuit comprising a differential amplifier capacitor and a mismatch error cancellation circuitry, a first pair of capacitors, a second pair of capacitors consisting of switching network. The switching network is arranged to operate in a first configuration wherein the first pair of capacitors is operably coupled to differential inputs of the differential amplifier circuit. The switching network is further arranged to operate in second configuration wherein each capacitor of the first pair of capacitors is operably coupled within a feedback loop between an output and an input of the differential amplifier such that the differential amplifier outputs signals representative of the sampled input voltage signals, and the second pair of capacitors are operably coupled in parallel between the outputs of the differential amplifier such that the second pair of capacitors sample the voltage difference between the outputs. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283653 | VERNIER RING TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS WITH COMPARATOR MATRIX - A time to digital converter (TDC) is able to be utilized for measuring a time interval between two signals with a very fine time resolution, which is defined as the difference in propagation delay per stage between two rings or chains of delay stages. The Vernier ring TDC, Vernier TDC with comparator matrix or Vernier ring TDCs with comparator matrix comprise two rings or chains of delay stages with slightly different propagation delays per stage and a plurality of comparators for comparing two signals propagation along two rings or chains and determining when the lag signal passes the lead signal. The lead and lag signal are initiated by two events and are each fed into a separate one the first stages of one of the specified rings or chains. The comparators are able to be organized in a comparator matrix in order to occupy less space and permit reuse. As a result, the input time interval (the time between the two initiating events) is able to be measured through the product of the time resolution and the number of stages through which the two signals propagated. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283654 | DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP WITH DITHERING - An embodiment of the present invention provides a phase locked loop that operates on clock signals derived from an RF clock signal generated by the phase locked loop. A frequency reference input provides a reference clock. A controllable oscillator generates the RF clock signal. A phase detection circuit operates on the reference clock to provide digital phase error samples indicative of a phase difference between the reference clock and the RF clock. A dithering circuit is coupled to the reference signal and injects a short sequence dither signal into the reference signal in order to overcome quantization noise and thereby improve RMS phase-error detection for integer channels. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283655 | ACTIVE CHAFF - An active chaff may be released by an aircraft to assist the aircraft in evading at least one of radar detection and a missile. The active chaff may include a signal generator, a signal spreading device, a microprocessor, a power source, and a substantially high-drag aerodynamic envelope. The signal generator may emit a signal to assist the aircraft in evading radar detection and/or a missile. The signal spreading device may spread the generated signal. The microprocessor may control the signal generator and the signal spreading device. The power source may power the signal generator and the microprocessor. Each of the signal generator, signal spreading device, microprocessor, and power source may be located on or within the substantially high-drag aerodynamic envelope. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283656 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR JAMMING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH COMMUNICATION USING OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA - Double-sideband suppressed carrier (DSSC) modulation is used in concert with local oscillator (LO) rejection to create a steep notch for a communication signal within a jamming signal. The double-sideband suppressed carrier modulation may use upper and lower sidebands which are symmetrical or asymmetrical. An equivalent very high Q band-pass notch is synthesized within the jamming sideband signals. The jammer signal can be split into four signals in quadrature phases and fed to a four-square vertical dipole antenna design that results in a null along the axis of the array's center on which a communication antenna is aligned. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIVERTING A GUIDED MISSILE - The disclosed system, device, and method for diverting a guided missile generally includes a ground-based sensor array generating tracking data of a guided missile tracking a target. A control node in communication with the ground-based sensor array generates targeting data from the tracking data. A phased array directed-energy unit in communication with the control node radiates the guided missile with variable beam width microwave radiation based on the targeting data received from the control node, where the microwave radiation disrupts an electronic component of the guided missile such that the guided missile discontinues tracking the target. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283658 | ANTI JAMMING SYSTEM - Anti jamming system comprising a tunable negative jamming signal feedback loop for feedback suppression of a received jamming signal, including a receiver receiving an jamming signal followed by a jamming signal replica generator for generating an replica jamming signal. The receiver comprising a zero IF PLL jamming signal receiver having a synchronous demodulator and a phase detector, signal inputs thereof being coupled to said input means and carrier inputs coupled to in-phase and phase quadrature oscillator outputs, respectively, of a local voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), said VCO receiving a tuning control signal for tuning the zero IF PLL jamming signal receiver at the carrier frequency of the jamming signal. The VCO is included in a phase locked loop (PLL) comprising subsequent to the VCO, said phase detector and a loop filter. The replica jamming signal generator includes a tracking modulator with a baseband signal input coupled to an output of said synchronous demodulator and a carrier input coupled to the in-phase oscillator output of the VCO, an output of said modulator being negatively feedback to the input of the receiver. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283659 | Monobit Based Low Cost High Performance Radar Warning Receiver - A radar warning receiver is implemented in low cost integrated circuit form utilizing only one analog component, namely a limiting amplifier. By taking the output of the limiting amplifier and utilizing monobit sampling of the output it has been found that one can provide an integrated circuit single chip radar warning receiver using delay correlation to extract frequency, amplitude and modulation type from signals at or below the noise level. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283660 | ANTI-MASK MOTION SENSOR - A motion sensing method and apparatus includes a housing enclosing a microwave motion sensor including an antenna, and a security system. The antenna may be a patch antenna which includes microwave radiating elements for transmitting and receiving a microwave signal for sensing motion. A reflector is attached to the housing and positioned above the antenna for downward shaping of the microwave signal. The microwave radiating elements together with the reflector provide a radiation pattern where a main beam is transmitted in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the antenna and a sided lobe is transmitted downward in amplitude below the microwave motion sensor. An alarm circuit indicates when the microwave sensor detects motion in armed mode, and a masking circuit indicates when the microwave sensor detects motion in a mask zone when the security system is unarmed. A second sensor may be positioned beneath the microwave motion sensor. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283661 | Observability of unmanned aircraft and aircraft without electrical systems - The present invention relates to a lightweight beacon system, affixable, for example, to UAS, aircraft without electrical systems, airport surface vehicles, skydivers, gliders, and/or balloons. The lightweight beacon system uses a small, low-powered, portable radio beacon to broadcast the location of the aircraft, vehicle, or person to which the beacon system is attached. The lightweight beacon system is compatible with the FAA's Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) service, thereby providing a means for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), aircraft without electrical systems, airport surface vehicles, or persons to be observable to other general aviation aircraft operating in their proximity. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283662 | Method for surveillance to detect a land target - A land-based Smart-Sensor System and several system architectures for detection, tracking, and classification of people and vehicles automatically and in real time for border, property, and facility security surveillance is described. The preferred embodiment of the proposed Smart-Sensor System is comprised of (1) a low-cost, non-coherent radar, whose function is to detect and track people, singly or in groups, and various means of transportation, which may include vehicles, animals, or aircraft, singly or in groups, and cue (2) an optical sensor such as a long-wave infrared (LWIR) sensor, whose function is to classify the identified targets and produce movie clips for operator validation and use, and (3) an IBM CELL supercomputer to process the collected data in real-time. The Smart Sensor System can be implemented in a tower-based or a mobile-based, or combination system architecture. The radar can also be operated as a stand-alone system. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283663 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An object detection device for a vehicle includes a transmitting-receiving unit, a reflection point computation unit, an object width computation unit, a representative point setting unit, a lateral relative velocity computation unit, a memory unit, and a lateral relative velocity correction unit. The transmitting-receiving unit transmits an electromagnetic wave. The object width computation unit computes a width of the object. The lateral relative velocity computation unit computes a lateral relative velocity. The memory unit records the object as a width-widening static object when the object is a static object and an amount of increase in the width of the object is greater than a predetermined value, based on a detection history of the object detected at each of the predetermined cycle. The lateral relative velocity correction unit corrects the lateral relative velocity, when the object recorded as the width-widening static object is detected at a left end part or a right end part of a detection region. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283664 | SELECTIVE-SAMPLING RECEIVER - A receiver that selectively samples a received signal in order to suppress an interference component of the signal while recovering a desired component. The selective sampling may be accomplished by low cost, low complex analog or digital circuitry. The receiver includes a first input that receives a first signal, including a desired signal component and an interference signal component and a second input that receives a second signal including the interference component only. The first and second signals are then provided to the sampling circuitry. First, the phase of the interference component of the both the first and second signals is aligned. Next, the points in a wave cycle that the second signal is at a power minimum are detected. Finally, first signal is sampled close to the point when the second signal is at the power minimum to recover the desired signal component and suppress the interference component. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283665 | Mitigation of RF Oscillator Pulling through Adjustable Phase Shifting - A digitally controlled mechanism for the minimization of the self-interference caused by an amplitude modulated signal generated within a polar transmitter to the oscillator circuit, where the carrier of that transmitter is created. A digitally controlled delay between the circuit where the signal is generated and the circuit where it is amplitude-modulated allows adjustment of the delay or phase-shift between the aggressing and victim signals. The optimal delay that is to be introduced in the path is determined, and a corresponding control word is generated to arrive at the selected delay/phase-shift. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283666 | RADAR SIGNALS CLUSTERING METHOD USING FREQUENCY MODULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND COMBINATION CHARACTERISTICS OF SIGNALS, AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING AND PROCESSING RADAR SIGNALS USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a radar signal clustering method using frequency modulation characteristics and combination characteristics of signals including: a first step of assigning pulses of received radar signals to cells consisting of parameters including radio frequency (RF) and angle of arrival (AOA) of the pulses; a second step of calculating a pulse density distribution of each cell using a kernel density estimator; a third step of extracting a corresponding cell as a frequency fixed cluster if the calculated pulse density distribution is greater than a threshold of the frequency fixed cluster; a fourth step of making cell groups by merging remaining cells that are not extracted as the frequency fixed clusters; a fifth step of calculating a pulse density distribution of each cell group by using the kernel density estimator for each cell group; and a sixth step of comparing the calculated pulse density distribution for each cell group with each threshold according to a signal combination type of frequency agile clusters, thus to classify and extract each cell group according to the signal combination type. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283667 | Radar imaging system and method using second moment spatial variance - A detection system and method. The inventive system includes an arrangement for receiving a frame of image data; an arrangement for performing a variance calculation with respect to at least one pixel in the frame of image data; and an arrangement for comparing the calculated variance with a predetermined threshold to provide output data. In the illustrative embodiment, the frame of image data includes a range/Doppler matrix of N down range samples and M cross range samples. In this embodiment, the arrangement for performing a variance calculation includes an arrangement for calculating a variance over an N×M window within the range/Doppler matrix. The arrangement for performing a variance calculation includes an arrangement for identifying a change in a standard deviation of a small, localized sampling of cells. In accordance with the invention, the arrangement for performing a variance calculation outputs a variance pixel map. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283668 | Radar imaging system and method using gradient magnitude second moment spatial variance detection - A detection system and method. The inventive system includes an arrangement for receiving a frame of image data; an arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation with respect to at least one pixel in said frame of image data; and an arrangement for comparing said calculated rate of change of variance with a predetermined threshold to provide output data. In the illustrative embodiment, the frame of image data includes a range/Doppler matrix of N down range samples and M cross range samples. In this embodiment, the arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation includes an arrangement for calculating a rate of change of variance over an N×M window within the range/Doppler matrix. The arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation includes an arrangement for identifying a change in a standard deviation of a small, localized sampling of cells. In accordance with the invention, the arrangement for performing a rate of change of variance calculation outputs a rate of change of variance pixel map. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283669 | Multi-mode ground surveillance airborne radar - Ground surveillance airborne radar device, characterized in that it reproduces a mapping of STRIPMAP type of an area of interest divided into bands ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283670 | GPS COMPOUND NAVIGATION DEVICE - To provide a GPS compound device having a configuration including a GPS receiver, that accurately determines abnormality in an output from the GPS receiver based on a difference between a GPS pseudorange measurement and a Doppler frequency measurement, when detecting the abnormality in the outputs from the GPS receiver, while avoiding continuation of the abnormality at the time of the abnormality determination resulting from estimation errors of the GPS pseudorange measurement and the Doppler frequency measurement. When the abnormality of the outputs from the GPS receiver are detected, an abnormal period is counted. When the count value is below a predetermined threshold, the outputs from the GPS receiver are treated as abnormal, and after it exceeded the threshold, the outputs from the GPS receiver are treated as normal. Thus, the abnormality of the outputs from the GPS receiver can be determined accurately. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283671 | Receiver with means for ensuring bona fide of received signals - A receiver that receives a plurality of signals that are modulated with a common carrier, where each signal of said signals originates at a different source and experiences a transit delay and Doppler frequency shift before reaching the receiver, and where the transit delay and Doppler frequency shift are related to position and movement of each of the respective sources. The receiver includes means, such as a directional antenna, to ensure that the received signals are bona fide, or at least not subject to the same bogus signal or signals to which a second receiver may be subjected. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283672 | Signal processing techniques for improving the sensitivity of GPS receivers - A system for measuring the pseudo range from a first GPS sensor to a designated navigational satellite, for use in a satellite positioning system (SPS) is comprised of first and second GPS sensors for receiving and recording first and second portions of the signal transmitted by the designated navigational satellite, the recordings referred to as the first and second datagrams; and means for transmitting the first and second datagrams to a datagram processing facility wherein the pseudo range from the first GPS sensor to the designated navigational satellite is extracted. The datagram processing facility for extracting the pseudo range is further comprised of a pseudo range engine for extracting a pseudo range from a datagram originating with said first GPS sensor, the location of which is to be determined, the extraction accomplished with the aid of a perfect reference; and a perfect reference engine for generating a perfect reference from a datagram originating with a second GPS sensor designated for the express purpose of perfect reference generation. The perfect reference reduces the minimum number of satellites required to fix a position from four to three, and further enables the pseudo range engine to recombine multi-path GPS signals. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283673 | Signal processing techniques for improving the sensitivity of GPS receivers - A system for measuring the pseudo range from a target GPS sensor to a designated navigational satellite, for use in a satellite positioning system (SPS) is comprised of multiple GPS sensors for receiving and recording portions of the signals transmitted by designated navigational satellites, the recordings referred to as datagrams; and means for transmitting the datagrams to a datagram processing facility wherein the pseudo range from the target GPS sensor to the designated navigational satellite is derived. The datagram processing facility for deriving the pseudo range is further comprised of a pseudo range engine for deriving a pseudo range from a datagram originating with said target GPS sensor, the location of which is to be determined, the derivation accomplished with the aid of a perfect reference; a perfect reference engine for generating a perfect reference from one or more satellite-specific datagrams: and a strong signal suppression engine for synthesizing satellite-specific datagrams from I/F signals recorded by reference GPS sensors designated for the express purpose of perfect reference generation. The perfect reference reduces the minimum signal strength required to acquire and accurately track GPS satellites at or near the horizon. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283674 | TILT COMPENSATION FOR GNSS ANTENNA - A method and system of improving Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) results by compensating for antenna tilt in determining the location of the GNSS receiver is disclosed. In general, the angle of tilt of the antenna is determined. The actual elevation of a satellite is determined. The effective elevation of the satellite relative to the antenna is then calculated. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283675 | REAL TIME METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SPATIAL POSE OF ELECTRIC MINING SHOVELS - Knowing the global pose of mining excavators provides a range of benefits for managing and automating mining operations. A method for globally locating the pose of an electric mining shovel is described. The system takes measurements from an arbitrary number of RTK-GPS antennas mounted on the machine house and a resolver fitted to the machines' swing axis. A Kalman filter is used to produce estimates of the global locations pose. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283676 | OPTIMIZING SELECTION OF METHOD OF DETERMINING LOCATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM USING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - A method of selecting an optimal mode of determining location in a social networking system which uses mobile communications devices such as cellular telephones. The system may select GPS, aGPS if the communications device is so enabled, or cellular telephone triangulation, depending upon equipment and operability. A hybrid employing both GPS and also aGPS may be utilized. Once determined, location may be displayed graphically using a map. Those functions of the social networking dependent upon member location may then be implemented. The internet may be employed as a communications link. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283677 | Method, system, user equipment, network element and software product for generic broadcasted positioning assistance data - A method, system, user equipment and network element are for creating positioning assistance data messages in a generic format that assist mobile stations to determine their positions based upon signals from various types of global navigation satellite system. Scheduling information is broadcasted from a terrestrial base station, describing which of the positioning assistance data messages contain positioning assistance data for which of the types of global navigation satellite system. That positioning assistance data is broadcasted in messages from a terrestrial base station, according to the scheduling information. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283678 | METHOD FOR SIGNAL SOURCE MONITORING AND POSITIONING IN A RADIO NETWORK - The present invention discloses a method for positioning signal sources in a wireless network, e.g. in a WLAN or WiMAX network. The located signal source might be a end user, an interfering source or a base station. At least one monitoring station is placed in the network, which use directional antennas. By combining e.g. the direction of the used antenna beam, the received relative signal levels, propagation delay measurements and several different measurement locations for one or several monitoring stations, the location of the signal source can be determined accurately. The method can also track whether the end user is connected to the most optimal base station by transmitting test signals through base stations. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283679 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LOCATE A WIRELESS DEVICE - Methods and apparatus to locate a wireless device are described. A disclosed example method includes transmitting a request location message from a first wireless station to a second wireless station to determine a geographic location of a third wireless station, receiving a response location message at the first wireless station from the second wireless station identifying the geographic location of the third wireless station, wherein the second wireless station stores the geographic location of the third wireless station, determining a path from the first wireless station to a range of the third wireless station based on the received geographic location of the third wireless station, moving along a portion of the path with the first wireless station to the range of the third wireless station, and transmitting an association message from the first wireless station to the third wireless station to communicably couple the first wireless station to the third wireless station. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283680 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC VOLTAGE SCALING IN A GPS RECEIVER - Systems and methods are disclosed herein to dynamically vary supply voltages and clock frequencies, also known as dynamic voltage scaling (DVS), in GPS receivers to minimize receiver power consumption while meeting performance requirements. For the baseband circuitry performing satellite acquisition and tracking, supply voltages and clock frequencies to the baseband circuitry are dynamically adjusted as a function of signal processing requirements and operating conditions for reducing baseband power consumption. Similarly, the supply voltage and clock frequency to the processor running navigation software and event processing are dynamically adjusted as a function of navigation performance requirements and event occurrences to reduce processor power consumption. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283681 | Autonomous projection of global navigation satellite orbits - In a method of autonomous orbit projection performed within a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, distinct broadcast orbits are received over time from a GNSS satellite during operation of the GNSS receiver. A plurality of the distinct broadcast orbits are stored within the GNSS receiver. Within the GNSS receiver, a plurality of the stored broadcast orbits are converted into a time series of range data for the GNSS satellite. A projected orbit for the GNSS satellite is determined by utilizing the time series of range data as an input to an orbit projector of the GNSS receiver. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283682 | CLOCK PHASE RANGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - A system and method for estimating the range between two devices performs two or more ranging estimates with subsequent estimates performed using a clock that is offset in phase with respect to a prior estimate. The subsequent estimate allows estimate uncertainties due to a finite clock resolution to be reduced and can yield a range estimate with a higher degree of confidence. In one embodiment, these additional ranging estimates are performed at n/N (for n=1, . . . N−1, with N>1 and a positive integer) clock-period offset introduced in the device. The clock-period offset can be implemented using a number of approaches, and the effect of clock drift in the devices due to relative clock-frequency offset can also be determined. To eliminate the bias due to clock-frequency offset, a system and method to estimate the clock-frequency offset is also presented. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283683 | POSITION INFORMATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND POSITION INFORMATION DETECTION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to achieve a position information detection system with high precision when an obstruction and a reflective object exist. A position information detection system includes a reader/writer whose position is known, a first RF chip whose position is known, and a second RF chip attached to an object to be detected; and calculates a distance between the reader/writer and the second RF chip from a first calculated distance between the reader/writer and the first RF chip, which is calculated from a signal intensity of a communication signal transmitted from the reader/writer, detected by the first RF chip, a second calculated distance between the second RF chip and the reader/writer, which is calculated from a signal intensity of a communication signal transmitted from the reader/writer, detected by the second RF chip, and a distance between the reader/writer and the first RF chip. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283684 | GPS, GSM, AND WIRELESS LAN ANTENNA FOR VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - A Global Positioning System (GPS), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), wireless local area network (WLAN) antenna, including a dielectric board including a ground plane; a first antenna trace line disposed on a first portion of the dielectric board and in electrical contact with the dielectric board, the first antenna trace line including at least one first meandered trace for transmitting and receive a WLAN radio frequency signal; a second antenna trace line disposed on a second portion of the dielectric board and in electrical contact with the dielectric board, the second antenna trace line including at least one second meandered trace for transmitting and receiving a GSM radio frequency signal; a GPS antenna for receiving radio frequency signals from at least one global positioning satellite; and a vehicle mountable housing for enclosing the dielectric board, the first antenna trace line, the second antenna trace line, and the GPS antenna. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283685 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna has a grounding plate with a first end and a second end defined at a longer side thereof. The longer side has an upward first connecting portion adjacent to the first end and a vertical second connecting portion. A feeding portion extends downwards from a lower edge of the second connecting portion. A first antenna radiator extends towards a same direction with respect to the second connecting portion along the grounding plate from an upper side of the second connecting portion. A second antenna radiator includes a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion and a third radiating portion. A third antenna radiator extends parallel to the first radiating portion from a side of the feeding portion. A coupling component includes a first section, a second section and a third section extending opposite to the first section from an end of the second section. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283686 | Multi-Curvature Antenna and Method For Fabricating the Same - A multi-curvature antenna comprises a radiation conductor and a support element. The outer rim of the radiation conductor is fabricated into an outer ring having an arc-shape surface, and the arc-shape surface has a notch. The central portion of the radiation conductor is patterned to form a conduction path. The support element carries the radiation conductor. A method for fabricating a multi-curvature antenna comprises providing a plane metallic sheet; pressing or stamping the metallic sheet to form a radiation conductor having an outer ring with an arc-shape surface; pattering the central portion of the radiation conductor into a predetermined conduction path and punching the outer ring to form a connection member; and cutting off the connection member to complete a multi-curvature antenna. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283687 | PANEL ANTENNA AND METHOD OF FORMING A PANEL ANTENNA - A method of forming an antenna by providing a first panel including a first conductive sheet secured to a sheet of dielectric material and forming one or more radiating elements and/or a feed network in the conductive sheet by forming grooves in the conductive sheet. The first panel may be a construction grade building panel or a similar suitable panel. The method enables panel antennas to be manufactured using inexpensive materials using inexpensive manufacturing processes | 2010-11-11 |
20100283688 | MULTIBAND FOLDED DIPOLE TRANSMISSION LINE ANTENNA - A multiband folded dipole transmission line antenna ( | 2010-11-11 |
20100283689 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL WIDEBAND ANTENNA - An antenna may comprise a first loop, a second loop, and a third loop, which are arranged to have a common intersection point on an axis that is common to the first, second, and the third loop. The first, second, and the third loop are mutually separated by an angle of separation to form a triple crossed loop antenna. The triple crossed loop antenna may provide omni-directional radiation pattern over wide band of frequency. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283690 | SECURED DOCUMENT WITH A CONTACTLESS CHIP WITH PROTECTION OF DATA AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS - The invention relates to a secured document in the form of a booklet of at least one sheet which may be folded about a folding axis, the document having a transponder with an electronic chip provided with a memory for storing data and a transponder antenna. The document also includes a foldable amplifier antenna, distinct from the transponder antenna and arranged on the document such that, when the same is open, the amplifier antenna amplifies the electromagnetic flux received by the transponder antenna to permit communication of the document with a remote reader and, in the closed position of the document, the amplifier antenna reduces the electromagnetic flux received by the transponder antenna beneath a minimum threshold permitting communication of the electronic chip with a remote reader. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283691 | SPATIAL FILTER FOR NEAR FIELD MODIFICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A spatial filter is developed for specific absorption rate (SAR) reduction in a wireless device. A conductive element is designed to modify the near field distribution of an antenna operating in a wireless device. This reduces SAR while minimizing degradation of antenna efficiency at one or several frequency bands that the antenna is designed to operate over. Lumped reactance can be designed into the conductive element to generate low pass, band pass, and/or high pass frequency characteristics. Distributed reactance can be designed into the conductive element to replace or to work in conjunction with the lumped reactance. Active components can be designed into the conductive element to provide dynamic tuning of the frequency response of the conductive element. | 2010-11-11 |
20100283692 | ANTENNAS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS BASED ON METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES - Techniques, apparatus and systems that use one or more composite left and right handed (CRLH) metamaterial structures in processing and handling electromagnetic wave signals. Antenna, antenna arrays and other RF devices can be formed based on CRLH metamaterial structures. The described CRLH metamaterial structures can be used in wireless communication RF front-end and antenna sub-systems. | 2010-11-11 |