Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
342351000 | Including a radiometer | 12 |
20090243919 | RECEIVER AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A receiver includes a detector configured to detect a signal and output an output signal, a state section configured to control the signal inputting into the detector according to a level of a control signal, an edge section configured to discard the output signal of the detector while detecting an edge of the control signal, and leave the output signal of the detector while not detecting the edge of the control signal, a high/low level section configured to multiply the output signal which is left by the edge section by a first coefficient while the level of the control signal is high, and multiply the output signal which is left by the edge section by a second coefficient while the level of the control signal is low, and an adding section configured to output a first signal multiplied by the first coefficient and second signal multiplied by the second coefficient. | 10-01-2009 |
20090262012 | RADIOMETER AND TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION SYSTEM - A radiometer for measuring temperature data can include a data reader for reading target data associated with a measurement target and generating temperature data based on the target data. A temperature compensation system can include a radiometer with a data reader and one or more data tags placed proximate corresponding measurement targets. The data tags can contain target data including a target identifier and/or compensation data, among other data. The compensation data can include, for example, a target emissivity. In some embodiments the data reader can include an optical scanning device and/or an RFID reader. | 10-22-2009 |
20110279308 | RADIOMETRIC IMAGING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The present invention relates to a radiometric imaging device and a corresponding method for scanning a scene. The proposed device comprises a radiometer configured to detect radiation in a predetermined spectral range emitted from said scene and to generate a radiation signal from said detected radiation, and a processor configured to process said generated radiation signal by de-convoluting said generated radiation signal by use of a distance-dependent de-blur kernel, which is determined depending on the distance between said scene and the radiometer. This effect is dominant in the non-reactive near-field of the antenna. Due to the distance-dependent de-convolution a significantly improved image quality can be achieved. | 11-17-2011 |
20130342389 | SELF MAPPING PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY SYSTEM - A photovoltaic (PV) panel is described that can be used in a PV installation, in cooperation with a central control unit to provide a map of locations of individual PV panels. The map can be determined by the central control unit based on measurements of a characteristic made at the plurality of PV panels. The characteristic provides an indication of adjacent PV panels, allowing the map of locations of individual PV panels to be constructed. | 12-26-2013 |
20140184440 | CIRCUIT, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANTENNA MODE STEERING - An Antenna Mode Steering (AMS) method in a signal receiving apparatus using at least one antenna is provided. The method includes measuring a received signal quality of a signal received through the at least one antenna for each of antenna modes available in the signal receiving apparatus, and selecting a specific antenna mode from among the antenna modes as an antenna mode to be used in the signal receiving apparatus based on the measured received signal quality. | 07-03-2014 |
20140197986 | SATELLITE RECEPTION ASSEMBLY WITH PHASED HORN ARRAY - A direct-to-home satellite outdoor unit may comprise a reflector, a support structure, circuitry, and an array of antenna elements mounted to the support structure such that energy of a plurality of satellite beams is reflected by the reflector onto the array where the energy is converted to a plurality of first signals. The circuitry may be operable to process the first signals to concurrently generate a plurality of second signals, each of the second signals corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of satellite beams. The circuitry may be operable to process one or more of the second signals for outputting content carried in the one or more of the second signals onto a link to an indoor unit. | 07-17-2014 |
20140320337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF USER EQUIPMENT, AND AN ANTENNA SET THEREFOR - There is provided a method for positioning of user equipment. The method for positioning of user equipment, includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a signal from an external antenna, the signal being radiated in a cyclic pattern; measuring, by the user equipment, strength of the received signal, characterizing, by the user equipment, the measured strength to form a signal pattern over a time period; and determining a position of the user equipment based on the signal pattern. | 10-30-2014 |
20140327571 | Systems And Methods For Direct Emitter Geolocation - Systems and methods are disclosed for locating signal wave (SW) emitter/s using at least one moving signal collection platform. The disclosed systems and methods may be employed in one embodiment to estimate the signal energy transmitted from a grid of locations (such as a map) using collected IQ data (or other raw data representation such as IQ data covariance matrix), and without requiring computation of any intermediate geolocation-observable measurements (such as angle-of-arrival, direction-of-arrival, etc.). In a further embodiment, the disclosed systems and methods may be implemented in a blind manner (i.e., transmitted emitter signal/s are unknown and processed blindly) to geolocate SW emitters using a single SW signal collection platform (e.g., at relatively large standoff distances in some implementations) without relying on a known signal modulation or operation of multiple simultaneous SW signal collection platforms. | 11-06-2014 |
20150015435 | RECEIVER SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR METER FOR AUTOMATIC ANTENNA ALIGNMENT IN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR MOUNT APPLICATIONS - An antenna RSSI meter includes a microcontroller unit for digitizing an antenna receiver voltage signal, converting the digitized antenna receiver voltage signal into a receiver signal level in accordance with a predefined antenna specification, and converting the receiver signal level into the antenna tuning signal in accordance with the predefined antenna specification. The antenna RSSI meter includes an input communication port for receiving the antenna receiver voltage signal from an antenna and providing the antenna receiver voltage signal to the microcontroller unit, The antenna RSSI meter also includes an output communication port for receiving the antenna tuning signal from the microcontroller unit and providing the antenna tuning signal to an antenna auto-aligning mechanism for adjusting position and orientation of the antenna. | 01-15-2015 |
20150116144 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING OBJECTS USING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFIERS - System and method for locating objects using radio frequency identifiers. Each object to be located by the user ( | 04-30-2015 |
20150138013 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING WLAN TERMINAL - A WLAN terminal positioning apparatus includes a directional antenna module including a directional antenna, a first motor, and a second motor wherein the second motor is combined with a shaft of the first motor and the directional antenna is combined with a shaft of the second motor such that the directional antenna has a hemispherical search range, where an angle of the maximum signal strength of the signal received by the directional antenna from the WLAN terminal is measured while the first motor or the second motor is rotated, and an estimated physical position of the WLAN terminal is calculated using a directional direction of the directional antenna. | 05-21-2015 |
20160069980 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ESTIMATION METHOD - A wireless communication device includes: a plurality of antennas configured to receive a radio wave; a processor configured to execute a program; and a memory configured to store the program, wherein the processor preforms operations to: measure reception strength of a radio wave of an estimation target at each of the plurality of antennas; executes first calculation processing of calculating first correlation coefficients of antenna pairs among the plurality of antennas and calculating a second correlation coefficient of the plurality of antennas by using the first correlation coefficients for each of a plurality of direction-of-arrival candidates of the radio wave; and estimates a first direction of arrival of the radio wave of the estimation target based on the second correlation coefficient for each of the direction-of-arrival candidates. | 03-10-2016 |