| 25th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
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| 20120154148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING PEOPLE - The system and method for tracking people provides for the tracking of individuals in large crowds, such as the tracking of individual pilgrims during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. A polling request is initially transmitted from a tracking station to a mobile device associated with a particular person of interest. Upon receipt of the polling request, a location signal is transmitted back to the tracking station. The location signal includes positional and time data representative of the location of the mobile device at the time of transmission. Additionally, a supplemental location signal is also transmitted to the tracking station, the supplemental location signal being representative of the location of the mobile device when the mobile device is detected within proximity of a fixed sensor. A visual display image of the path of the person of interest is then displayed at the tracking station overlaid on a geographic map. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154149 | AUTOMATED FAULT ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE SYSTEM - A process for determining a root cause problem for an out-of-tolerance component manufactured by a plurality of operations performed on the component. The process can include providing manufacturing data from at least a subset of plurality of operations performed on a plurality of components and discovering an out-of-tolerance measurement on at least a subset of the plurality of manufactured components downstream from the plurality of operations. An auto-regression analysis between the out-of-tolerance measurement and the plurality of upstream operations can also be performed using the manufacturing data. A correlation between at least one of the upstream operations and the out-of-tolerance measurement can be found and the correlation can result in the identification of at least one upstream operation that is the root cause of the out-of-tolerance measurement. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154150 | SECURITY SYSTEM - A security system comprises a plurality of alarm points distributed at a plurality of positions in a building; signal processing module for receiving alarm signals from at least an alarm point when alarm occurs at the at least an alarm point, transmitting the alarm signals to a server; a database for storing several sets of user information, map data, several sets of alarm point information; the server for receiving user requests from a plurality of clients, responding to the user requests according to the user information, the data map and the alarm point information, and then reverting responses to clients; the clients for sending the user request to the server and receiving and output responses. The present security system is of the advantage that it could be fully computerized and could satisfy the requirements of usage at the same time at several different sites by a plurality of different users. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154151 | DESICCANT CANISTER AND EAS RF TAG - An electronic article surveillance system is disclosed. The system of the present invention has a moisture-sensitive article placed within a canister having a non-static desiccant material and an activated electronic article surveillance radio frequency (EAS RF) device. The EAS RF device is placed between a Generally Regarded as Safe qualified label and a release liner which is applied to the canister. The system also has an EAS RF detector which monitors an associated interrogation zone for a signal from the activated EAS RF device thereby activating an alarm. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154152 | ALARM CONTROL METHOD, PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING APPARATUS - A method for controlling alarms in a physiological monitoring apparatus, a physiological monitoring apparatus, and a computer program product for a physiological monitoring apparatus are disclosed. In order to decrease the number of nuisance alarms, the level of a physiological signal obtained from a subject is observed and signal morphology is determined for the physiological signal in response to detecting a change of the level of the physiological signal to a predetermined value range representing low signal values, thereby to obtain reference morphology for the physiological signal. Signal morphology is monitored if the physiological signal remains in the predetermined value range and alarms are suppressed as long as the signal morphology fulfills predefined criteria with respect to the reference morphology and the level of the physiological signal remains in the predetermined value range. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154153 | VIBRATORY FEEDBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Vibratory feedback systems and methods are disclosed. A vibratory feedback system includes a shoe adapted to be secured to a user's foot, a plurality of force sensors and vibration actuators mounted on the shoe, and a microprocessor affixed to the shoe. The force sensors are configured to sense forces exerted by the user's foot. The vibration actuators are configured to provide vibrations to the user's foot. The microprocessor is coupled to receive data from the plurality of force sensors, and is programmed to actuate the plurality of vibration actuators to provide a first characteristic vibration to the user's foot based on the sensed forces. A method of improving the gait of a user includes enabling the user to ambulate with the vibratory feedback system secured to the user's foot, and providing a first characteristic vibration to the user's foot based on the sensed forces using the vibratory feedback system. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154154 | POSITION AND PROXIMITY DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Position and proximity detection systems and methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a computing device may include a processor configured to determine a position coordinate of a first movable device. Further, the processor is configured to determine whether the position coordinate of the first movable device is a predetermined distance from a second movable device. The processor is also configured to signal the second movable device in response to determining that the position coordinate of the first movable device is a predetermined distance from a second movable device. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154155 | PERSONAL MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for monitoring an individual includes a sensor configured to detect the presence or absence of the individual at a location. A programmable logic controller is coupled to the sensor and configured to receive a signal from the sensor indicating the presence or absence of the individual. The programmable logic controller is configured to send an alarm signal to an alarm generating device if the individual is absent from the location at a first preset time, if the individual is present in the location at a second preset time, or if the individual is absent from the location for more than a selected interval of time between the first preset time and the second preset time. A user may place the system in a standby mode to prevent an alarm signal from being sent. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154156 | METHOD FOR WAKENING UP A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - Disclosed is a method and system to avoid traffic accident by waking up, without false alarm, a sleeping or completely inactive motor vehicle driver. The method and the system utilizes simultaneously at least four different specified detections with so arranged thresholds for wake-up alarm, that the driver after waking up without false alarm has the possibility to avoid an impending traffic accident by evasive maneuver and other vehicle control. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154157 | SENSOR TO DETECT AN EMERGENCY EVENT - A device including a sensor to detect information around the device, an audio component to output an audible alert if an emergency event is detected, a display device to render emergency data from the device, and a controller to use the information to identify an emergency event of a user and select the emergency data from the device based on the emergency event, wherein the emergency data is associated with the user. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154158 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND ALARM METHOD OF THE COMPUTING DEVICE - In an alarm method of a computing device, real-time parameters are obtained from sensors installed in the computing device. If any of the real-time parameters is not within a preset range, an alarm message is generated and tried to send to the remote device via the network interface card. The alarm message is stored in a storage system of the computing device. If the computing device is turned off or powered up during alarm message sending attempts, the alarm message is retrieved from the storage system and retried to send to the remote device via the network interface card. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154159 | METHOD OF TESTING AND COMPENSATING GAS SUPPLY OF GAS APPLIANCE FOR SAFETY - The present invention provides a method of testing gas supply of a gas appliance, which includes the steps of: monitoring a flow rate of a gas flow through a gas regulator of a pipeline to have a detected gas flow rate; comparing the detected gas flow rate with the ideal range of gas flow rate; and providing an alarm when the detected gas flow rate exceeds the ideal range of gas flow rate. The present invention further provides a compensating method when an abnormal condition is detected. The compensating method will change the gas flow rate or the air flow rate to get a proper air fuel ratio of the mixed gas. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING FIRE ALARM DEVICE GROUPINGS AT THE FIRE ALARM DEVICE - A notification appliance that communicates with a fire alarm control panel is provided. The notification appliance includes a grouping input device that is configured to receive operator input grouping information (such as a manual input from the operator). The operator input grouping information may be indicative of at least one grouping for the notification appliance in the fire alarm system, such as a type of grouping (e.g., “mass notification” or “fire alarm notification”) or a number indicative of a grouping (e.g., in a system with groupings from | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154161 | CHAMBER CONDITION - A particle detector including a chamber, a first aspirator, a sensor(s), a controller and clean air supply. The controller, when in a detecting mode, receives an indicative signal from the sensor and applies logic to the indicative signal to generate a further signal, and when in the purge mode controls substantial purging of the chamber of sample fluid with clean fluid from the clean fluid supply. The controller receives the indicative signal when the chamber is so purged and if necessary adjusts the logic in response thereto. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154162 | USE OF MANUFACTURING INFORMATION DURING THE OPERATION OF A CONCENTRATED PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM - Storing manufacturing data in a relational database associated with a central backend management system. A plurality of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) arrays are located at a remote solar site. Each of the CPV arrays and the components making up that CPV array is associated with its set of manufacturing data. The manufacturing data of the CPV arrays and the components making up that CPV array includes serial number information of the components of the CPV arrays and measured manufacturing data for those components, which allows a calculation of at least projected performance information of the CPV array during an actual operation of that CPV array at the remote solar site. Comparing the projected performance information of the CPV array to the actual performance information during the actual operation of that CPV array at the solar site. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154163 | SECURITY SYSTEM - A security system comprising apparatus for connecting a plurality of electrical devices ( | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154164 | ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION TRANSPONDER ORIENTATION DEVICE AND METHOD - An electronic toll collection transponder containing an orientation sensor for measuring the orientation of the transponder is described. The transponder measures its orientation and stores orientation data in memory. The transponder may report the stored orientation data as part of a response signal sent to the ETC system in reply to a trigger or polling signal. The transponder may assess whether it is correctly oriented based on a comparison of the orientation data to ranges or thresholds and may output an indicator of incorrect orientation or may disable communications with the ETC system during incorrect orientation. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154165 | ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE FOR RESTORING A PREDETERMINED CABLING CONFIGURATION - In one embodiment, a computer system has a plurality of chassis interconnected by cables. Each cable initially connects a unique port pair consisting of a port of one chassis and a port of another chassis. The disconnection of cables is monitored, including electronically recording a disconnection sequence in which the port pairs are disconnected by removing each cable from at least one port of the respective port pair. Visual guidance is provided for re-cabling the computer system by sequentially identifying the port pairs in a reversal of the disconnection sequence, wherein identifying each port pair includes illuminating visual indicators associated with the ports of each port pair with a matching illumination pattern. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154166 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION - A method for easily identifying a flash memory card and the flash memory card are disclosed. The flash memory card includes a storage cell, a controlling unit and an indicator. As the flash memory card is connected to a computer, the computer produces a color signal to the flash memory card. The computer shows an icon of the flash memory card with a color corresponding to the signal. The controlling unit of the flash memory card receives the signal and drives the indicator to emit light with the same color as that of the icon of the flash memory card. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154167 | SURGE PROTECTION DEVICES THAT FAIL AS AN OPEN CIRCUIT - A surge protection apparatus or method for opening a surge path upon failure of a surge protection element as a short. The surge protection device may include a switch controlled by a solenoid or other switch controlling component that changes a position of the switch if the surge protection element fails as a conductive element. A first position of the switch is configured to allow transmittal of a signal from a signal connection, through the surge protection element, and to a ground connection. A second position of the switch is configured to prevent transmittal of a signal from the signal connection, through the surge protection element, and to the ground connection. A delay may be added between the changing of the switch position after the surge protection element fails as a conductor. Visual or other notifiers may indicate when the switch is in the second position. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154168 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE DOWNHOLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A downhole component includes a body portion and a photonic crystal waveguide coupled to the body portion that is configured to receive a signal from a device. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154169 | TOILET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES - Toilet management systems, methods, and techniques are disclosed to provide information about toilet units to visitors and maintainers of toilets. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154170 | Dosimetry System, Methods, and Components - Dosimeters with wireless communications capability, upon actuation, communicate with a cell phone or other data capture and relay device (DCRD) with an application that allows communication with the dosimeters. The cell phone or other DCRD is a single device or part of an ad hoc network. The cell phone or other DCRD, once it receives raw data from a dosimeter, relays the data to a central station using mobile telephone or Wi-Fi or other communications networks. The data is processed at the central station, and available over the Internet or cell phone. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154171 | Smartgrid Energy-Usage-Data Storage and Presentation Systems, Devices, Protocol, and Processes Including an Announcement Protocol - This disclosure relates to systems, devices, protocols, and processes for retrieving, accessing, and presenting information of energy usage using a distributed storage process and distributed logical services to provide a user with real-time energy usage information and visualization. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154172 | REMOTE OPERATION AND MONITORING OF MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND REMOTE MEASUREMENT DATA PROCESSING - The present application is directed to systems and methods for operating a measurement system. Various embodiments may comprise a measurement device and a receiving device remote from the measurement device. The measurement device may acquire data corresponding to one or more measurements, convert any analog portion of the data into a digital transmission signal, and transmit the signal. The receiving device may receive the signal, convert the signal into digital data, and display the digital data. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154173 | Wireless Signal Transceiver and Blind Spot Detection System - A wireless signal transceiver for a blind spot detection system includes a first substrate, a radio-frequency processing unit formed on the first substrate for transmitting a wireless signal and receiving a reflecting signal of the transmitted wireless signal, and a complex programmable logic device controlled by a digital signal processor for controlling operations of the radio-frequency processing unit according to at least a control command of the digital signal processor, so as to detect whether an object exists within a specific range. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154174 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION OBJECT TRACKING - A computer-implemented method includes detecting, through an RF transceiver in communication with a vehicle computing system, the proximate presence of one or more RFID tags. The method also includes determining, via the vehicle computing system, a type of potential hazard to which the detected tag corresponds. The method further includes notifying, via the vehicle computing system, a driver of the presence of the determined type of potential hazard. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154175 | DRIVING SCENE TRANSITION PREDICTION DEVICE AND RECOMMENDED DRIVING OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A symbolizing execution section symbolizes information regarding driving scenes, and describes an entire driving scene around the location of an own motor vehicle. This makes it possible to only increase the information to be symbolized when the number of traffic participants is increased. This can adopt the increase of the traffic participants. A symbol transition prediction section predicts a transition of the symbolized driving scene by using influence which affects the operation of the traffic participants caused by the operation of the own motor vehicle. This makes it possible to increase prediction accuracy while decreasing a large amount of calculation on predicting the transition of driving scene. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154176 | LED TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMPENSATION AND PROTECTION METHODS - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, systems and methods for monitoring one or more operating parameters of a traffic lamp and adjusting light output of one or more light sources thereof to correct for one or more degradation factors are provided. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, systems and methods for monitoring one or more operating parameters of a traffic lamp and generating an indication if end of life is detected with the traffic lamp, where end of life is determined based on the one or more operating parameters. According to another aspect of the present disclosure, systems and methods for monitoring one or more operating parameters of a traffic lamp and entering the traffic lamp into a self-protected mode if a fault is detected with the one or more operating parameters. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154177 | METHOD OF MONITORING AIRCRAFT BRAKE PERFORMANCE AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SUCH A METHOD - A brake performance monitoring system operates by an energy differential calculated from brake demand energy and energy absorbed during a braking operation. A significant differential would be reported as a possible problem with the braking system. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154178 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING SPATIAL ATTITUDE AND HEADING INFORMATION OF A VEHICLE - A method of presenting attitude and heading information of a vehicle on a display to a viewer inside the given vehicle, comprising the steps of: using a 2D display, using data provided by an inertial reference system, using a computer and graphical software for treating the data and defining graphical elements, depicting the graphical elements in 3D on the 2D display, and presenting the attitude and heading information on the 2D display by associating them to at least one graphical element. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154179 | IDENTIFYING A POTENTIAL VEHICLE INCIDENT WITHIN A COMMUNICATION BLACK SPOT - A method for identifying a potential vehicle incident within a communication black spot. It is identified when a vehicle has entered a communication black spot. It is further identified when the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within a determined time period. It is then determined whether it is likely that the vehicle has failed to exit the communication black spot within the determined time period due to being involved in an incident (or whether there is another reasonable explanation for a vehicle's failure to exit). If it is determined that it is likely that the vehicle has been involved in an incident within the communication black spot, a third party can be alerted (by a service provider) to the potential that an incident has occurred within the communication black spot. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154180 | Light guide structure, keypad structure including the same, and method of fabricating the same - A light guide structure includes a light guide layer, a light condensing structure, and a microstructure region. The light condensing structure is disposed on the light guide layer to gather light from a light source to the light guide layer for allowing the light guide layer to transmit the light. The microstructure region is disposed on the light guide layer to reflect or bend the light transmitted by the light guide layer for allowing the light to be emitted. The light condensing structure and the microstructure region are formed through a co-mold process with the light guide layer together. A keypad structure including the light guide structure and a method of fabricating the light guide structure are also disclosed. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154181 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING KEY - A key input method and apparatus allow efficient typing on a keypad. A pressing of a first key followed by a pressing of a second key is detected. One of input values corresponding to one of the first and second keys is selected according to the other key of the first and second keys. The selected input value is entered as a key input. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154182 | KEYS WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH THE KEYS - A key for electronic apparatus, e.g., a mobile phone, and electronic apparatus including such keys, the key combines touch detection function with mechanical key pressing function. The key includes a dome, contact points member, e.g., a gold key finger, on a circuit board of the electronic apparatus and below the dome; a plurality of SMT pads on the circuit board about the contact points member, the dome connected to at least two of the SMT pads, and the contact points member connected to one of the SMT pads, and wherein the dome is connected to a capacitive touch detection scan circuit and the capacitive touch detection scan circuit is configured to detect a capacitance change caused by a finger's touch on the key, so as to form a signal indicating touch position and/or movement of the finger by combining a position of the key. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154183 | MULTI-VARIABLE MULTI-WIRE INTERCONNECT - A method is described for encoding N variables onto less than 2N channels by forming a respective signal for each of the channels by combining inverted and/or non inverted forms of the variables, such that, each of the N variables is balanced across the channels, and, combination on any particular channel is not the polar opposite of a combination on any other channel. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154184 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH SECONDARY SYNCHRONIZATION CODE BASED ON VALUES IN PRIMARY SYNCHRONIZATION CODE - A wireless communication system. The system comprises transmitter circuitry (BST | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154185 | Providing A Feedback Loop In A Low Latency Serial Interconnect Architecture - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a de-serializer to receive serial data at a first rate and to output a parallel data frame corresponding to the serial data aligned to a frame alignment boundary in response to a phase control signal received from a feedback loop coupled between the de-serializer and a receiver logic coupled to an output of the de-serializer. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154186 | LOW POWER SERIAL TO PARALLEL CONVERTER - A serial-to-parallel converter includes a sampling unit that may, in response to a serial clock signal, sample a serial data stream and provide an even serial data stream, and an odd serial data stream. The serial-to-parallel converter also includes a strobe generator and a number of latches. The strobe generator generates a plurality of enable signals based upon the serial clock signal. The frequency of a given enable signal corresponds to a fractional multiple of a frequency of the serial clock signal. In response to a particular respective enable signal, each of a first portion of the latches may latch and output a particular respective even data bit. Each of a second portion of the latches may latch and output a particular respective odd data bit. The serial-to-parallel converter further includes a number of output flip-flops to output the data bits in parallel in response to an output clock signal. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154187 | Error Correction in Thermometer Codes - A thermometer coded line is configured to convert a time interval to a digital code for subsequent processing in order to output a value representative of said time interval. A digital peak detector is coupled to receive output from the thermometer coded line, the detector operating for correction of an undesired code of said digital code in order to ensure a valid output of said value. A majority logic circuit is coupled between the thermometer coded line and the digital peak detector, the logic circuit operating for correction of undesired code of said digital code in order to ensure the valid output of said value. The detector functions to correct any undesired code not corrected by, or introduced by, the logic circuit. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154188 | SENSE-AMPLIFIER MONOTIZER - A sense-amplifier monotizer includes an amplifier circuit and a keeper circuit. The amplifier circuit outputs a predetermined logic state while a clock signal is in a first phase, and samples a data signal and outputs at least one of the data signal and a complementary logic state of the data signal while the clock signal is in a second phase. A subsequent change of the data signal does not affect an output of the amplifier circuit once the data signal is sampled while the clock signal is in the second phase. The keeper circuit keeps a logic state of the sampled data signal once the data signal is sampled while the clock signal is in the second phase. The amplifier circuit may receive multiple data signals, and output a data signal selected by the select signal and/or a complementary value while the clock signal is in the second phase. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154189 | CURRENT SWITCH DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER - Provided are a current switch driving circuit generating a signal for driving a current switch, and a digital-to-analog converter using the same. The current switch driving circuit includes a first PMOS transistor in which a source terminal is connected to a power supply terminal, a gate terminal receives an input signal, and a drain terminal outputs a driving signal, an NMOS transistor in which a drain terminal is connected to the drain terminal of the first PMOS transistor, and a gate terminal receives the input signal, a second PMOS transistor in which a source terminal is connected to a source terminal of the NMOS transistor, a gate terminal is connected to a bias voltage terminal, and a drain terminal is connected to a ground terminal, and a control current source allowing the second PMOS transistor to be maintained constantly in an ON state. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154190 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, MASS SPECTROMETER, AND PHOTOMETER - A signal processing device includes amplifiers that are capable of amplifying detected signals using amplification factors that are different from each other; A/D converters that sample plural signals amplified by the amplifiers using the different amplification factors and output from the amplifiers; calculators that perform, on the basis of the amplification factors of the plural amplifiers, calculation on plural data pieces converted by the A/D converters; and a selector that selects one or more of output data pieces from among plural data pieces output from the calculators. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154191 | Method for Processing a Measured-Value Signal Representing a Value Determined in Analog Form for the Output Current of a Converter and Device for Carrying the Method - A method for processing a measured-value signal representing a value, determined in analog form, for the output current of a converter, and device for carrying out the method, the measured-value signals acquired by a sensor, especially including a shunt resistor, being supplied to a respective processing channel that has at least one delta-sigma modulator. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154192 | VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO) BASED ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A signal receiver contains a VCO-based Analog-to-Digital Converter. As a result, some building blocks can be migrated into the digital domain. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154193 | SUBRANGE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD THEREOF - The configurations and adjusting method of a subrange analog-to-digital converter (ADC) are provided. The provided subrange ADC includes a X.5-bit flash ADC, a Y-bit SAR ADC and a (X+Y)-bit segmented capacitive digital-to-analog converter (DAC). | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154194 | SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER HAVING AUXILIARY PREDICTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - The configurations and adjusting method of a successive approximation analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) are provided. The provided SAR ADC includes at least one capacitor with a first and a second terminals, and a plurality of bits, each of which is connected to the at least one capacitor, wherein the first terminal receives an input signal, and the second terminal selectively receives one of a first and a second reference voltages, and a first comparator receiving an adjustable third reference voltage and a first voltage value generated by the input signal, wherein a connection of the second terminal of each the capacitor of the capacitor array is switched when the first voltage value is larger than the third reference voltage. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED DEVICE SELECTION - A system and method are provided for selecting a remote controlled device to be controlled from among a plurality of remote controllable devices. The system includes an electronic device having a registration interface configured to register device data corresponding to the plurality of remote controllable devices, a position locator configured to determine position data corresponding to a position of the electronic device, and an orientation interface configured to receive orientation data corresponding to an orientation of a user. A controller is configured to select the remote controlled device based on the device data, the position data, and the orientation data. The plurality of remote controllable devices each may include a respective data source configured to provide the device data, and a headset may be configured to generate the orientation data. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154196 | ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS ADAPTIVE CAMOUFLAGE, CONCEALMENT, AND DECEPTION - Systems and assemblies for simultaneous adaptive camouflage, concealment and deception are provided. The assemblies that can be used in the systems include a vinyl substrate layer and a miniaturized thermoelectric device array secured to the vinyl substrate layer. The miniaturized thermoelectric device array is configured to provide an adaptive thermal signature to a side of the miniaturized thermoelectric device array that faces outward from the vinyl substrate layer. A flexible image display matrix can be secured on the vinyl substrate layer. The flexible image display matrix can be configured to display visual images. A laminate layer can be secured over the vinyl substrate layer covering the flexible image display matrix and the miniaturized thermoelectric device array to provide protection and strengthen the assemblies. One or more nanomaterials can be disposed on the vinyl substrate layer or the laminate layer to provide thermal or radar suppression. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154197 | GENETIC ALGORITHM ENHANCEMENT OF RADAR SYSTEM SURVIVABILITY - A process for enhancing radar system survivability against a threat includes the construction of multiple computational radar function chromosomes with each of the chromosomes having values for geometric configuration and operational parameters for at least one radar station emitter and at least one decoy. A genetic algorithm analysis is performed on a computer including a crossover operator and a mutation operator to determine a fitness value for multiple chromosomes against the threat. By configuring and operating the radar system based on a survivability value for the fitness value of the genetic algorithm analysis, radar system survivability against a threat is enhanced. A radar system employing genetic algorithm analysis is also provided. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154198 | Method for Operating a Jamming Laser in a DIRCM System in a Manner That is Safe for Eyes - A method for operating a jamming laser in a DIRCM system on board an aircraft in a manner that is safe for eyes. The energy radiated by the jamming laser since the start of combat is determined, depending on the aircraft's flight condition, a limit is determined for the permitted energy radiation, where the limit corresponds to a laser protection distance to be observed for this flight condition, and when the limit is reached, radiation is suppressed. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154199 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA AT A SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR - In one aspect, a method includes sending an interrogation request using an omni-directional antenna at a secondary surveillance radar, receiving, from responding aircraft, interrogation responses comprising identity and altitude, determining a distance to each of the responding aircraft based on a time the interrogation request was sent and a time an interrogation response was received, receiving, from a primary radar, positions of tracks, correlating the distances of each responding aircraft with the positions of the tracks to form a set of candidates by position; and sending identity, altitude and position of a track if there is one candidate from the set of candidates. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154200 | CONTROL APPARATUS, RADAR DETECTION SYSTEM, AND RADAR DETECTION METHOD - In a control apparatus, an acquisition unit acquires the coordinates of a detection starting position and detection ending position detected by a radar, for each of a plurality of moving vehicles moving along a road. A calculation unit calculates an average value of the coordinates of the detection starting positions and an average value of the coordinates of the detection ending positions, and stores information of radar detection including the calculated average values in a radar detection storage unit. A comparison unit compares the average values of the coordinates of the detection starting positions and detection ending positions with respective determined reference values. An abnormality determination unit determines based on the comparison results whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the radar, and outputs, if determining that an abnormality has occurred, information indicative of the occurrence of the abnormality. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF ATTITUDE FOR PROJECTILE - Disclosed is a system for determination of attitude for a projectile in flight. The system includes at least one antenna mounted on the projectile. Each antenna is configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) signals. Further, the system includes a signal receiving unit communicably coupled to the each antenna to receive the GPS signals and to ascertain the earth referenced velocity vector. The system also includes a plurality of magnetometers for ascertaining a projectile referenced earth's magnetic field vector. Moreover, the system includes a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to utilize a known projectile referenced velocity vector and a stored prediction of the earth referenced earth's magnetic field vector along with the measured earth referenced velocity vector and the measured projectile referenced earth's magnetic field vector to determine the attitude of the projectile. Further disclosed is a method for determination of attitude for a projectile in flight. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154202 | Sensor Assembly And Method Of Measuring The Proximity Of A Machine Component To An Emitter - A microwave sensor assembly includes at least one probe including an emitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field from at least one microwave signal. The emitter is also configured to generate at least one loading signal representative of a loading induced within the emitter by an object positioned within the electromagnetic field. The microwave sensor assembly also includes a signal processing device coupled to the at least one probe. The signal processing device includes a linearizer configured to generate a substantially linear output signal based on the at least one loading signal. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154203 | LOW POWER, SPACE COMBINED, PHASED ARRAY RADAR - A plurality of mini radars that make the radar system conformable to a structure that it is attached or built into. A radar system includes a clock, a plurality of frequency modulated/continuous wave (FM/CW) radar units in signal communication with the clock and a processor in signal communication with the plurality of FM/CW radar units. Each of the plurality of FM/CW radar units includes a row of antenna elements. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154204 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SEA STATE MEASUREMENT VIA RADAR SEA CLUTTER ECCENTRICITY - Methods and apparatus to fit the range extent of radar sea clutter to an ellipse to determine sea state. From one or more ellipse parameters, a sea state, which can include direction, can be identified. In one embodiment, the system autonomously determines the sea state and automatically selects non-isotropic STC filtering based on the ellipse that measures the sea state. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154205 | METHOD OF DETERMINING ADEQUACY AND ADEQUACY DETERMINING DEVICE - A method of determining adequacy of acquisition includes: attempting to acquire a satellite signal from a satellite and decoding first satellite orbit data; and determining the adequacy of acquisition of the satellite signal by using the first satellite orbit data and second satellite orbit data that has been acquired from the satellite. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154206 | CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE FOR PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS - A method for calibrating a phased-array antenna that involves transmitting a signal from a transmitting element, and sequentially receiving the transmitted signal at two receiving elements each spaced a first distance from the transmitting element. This step is then repeated one or more times, but transmitting from a different transmitting element in each repetition of the step, until each element being calibrated has received at least one transmission. Then, the first distance is changed to a second distance, and the steps are repeated one or more times to gather additional measurements. These measurements allow the determination from the received signals of two separate element mutual coupling ratios, one ratio for one subset of the elements being calibrated and the other for a second subset comprising the remaining elements being calibrated. Next, at least four additional transmissions and receptions are made via two transmissions each from two transmitting elements comprising one element of each subset, and the reception of transmissions from each of these two transmitting elements by each of two receiving elements, the two receiving elements being different elements than the two transmitting elements. From these last measurements a complex calibration ratio for all of the elements being calibrated with respect to a single element is determined. For calibration in the transmit mode, this same procedure is followed, but the transmissions become receptions and the receptions become transmissions. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154207 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCANNING IMAGE IN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed is an image scanning apparatus in an image processing system, including: a frequency signal generator configured to synthesize at least two single frequency signals; a frequency up converter configured to up-convert and transmit the synthesized single frequency signals; a frequency down converter configured to down-convert and receive frequency signals reflected from an object by the up-converted frequency signals; a frequency sorter configured to sort the down-converted frequency signals so as to correspond to the at least two single frequency signals; a multiple frequency processor configured to generate a transfer function by performing parallel processing on each of the sorted frequency signals; and an image processing unit configured to generate an image of the object by using the transfer function. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154208 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC STC FROM SEA STATE MEASUREMENT VIA RADAR SEA CLUTTER ECCENTRICITY - Methods and apparatus to receive radar return information from signals transmitted by a radar, process the radar return information to identify sea clutter, process the sea clutter to fit an ellipse to arrange horizon of the sea clutter as a function of azimuth to determine a sea state, and select sensitivity time control (STC) attenuation of the sea clutter based upon the sea state. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING LOCATIONS OF WEATHER RELATIVE TO AN AIRCRAFT - Systems and methods for predicting when a weather anomaly (e.g., convective cell) will intersect with an aircraft. Direction of movement and velocity information for at least one weather anomaly are received at a processor from a radar system. An intercept point for the at least one weather anomaly is determined based on the received location, direction of movement and velocity information and location and current speed information for the aircraft. Then, a first indicator based on the intercept point is displayed on a display device. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154210 | GNSS Signal Processing to Estimate Orbits - Methods and apparatus are described for processing a set of GNSS signal data derived from signals of GNSS satellites observed at reference station receivers, the data representing code observations and carrier observations on each of at least two carriers over multiple epochs, comprising: obtaining an orbit start vector comprising: a time sequence of predicted positions and predicted velocities for each satellite over a first interval, and the partial derivatives of the predicted positions and predicted velocities with respect to initial positions, initial velocities, force model parameters and Earth orientation parameters, obtaining ionospheric-free linear combinations of the code observations and the carrier observations for each satellite at multiple reference stations, and iteratively correcting the orbit start vector using at each epoch the ionospheric-free linear combinations and predicted Earth orientation parameters, as soon as the ionspheric-free linear combinations of the epoch are available, to obtain updated orbit start vector values comprising a time sequence of predicted positions and predicted velocities for each satellite over a subsequent interval of epochs and an estimate of Earth orientation parameters. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154211 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRACKING AND MONITORING OF TOPOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT - An electronic device having a system for tracking and monitoring to recover and/or service topography equipment. The electronic device is hidden within the topography equipment by a certified technician and is registered in an operating center. When desired by the operating center, a SIM card connects through a cell phone carrier to enable monitoring and geographic localization of the topography equipment by the operating center, whereby a GPS antenna receives the signal from a satellite via a modem. Therefore, the owner, authorized personnel and/or police officer(s) can then track the signal and locate the topography equipment for recovery and/or service maintenance. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154212 | Receive Diversity in GNSS Receivers - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to receiving one or more SPS signals at two or more physically separated antennae. In an aspect, signals from the physically separated antennae may be downconverted into complex digital signals that may undergo further processing to improve one or more performance metrics related to position estimation operations, for example. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154213 | Interference Detection, Characterization and Location in a Wireless Communications or Broadcast System - A Wide Area Sensor Network (WASN) is disclosed that utilizes wideband software defined radios (SDRs) to monitor RF energy over a wide frequency range, detect when critical frequencies are being jammed or otherwise interfered with, and locate the source of the interference so that the interference can be eliminated. The WASN may use one or more geolocation techniques In addition, the WASN may detect and locate unauthorized transmitters as well as estimate the transmitted power of authorized transmitters to assure they are not transmitting more power than authorized. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154214 | GNSS Signal Processing with Rover Ambiguity Fixing - Methods and apparatus are described for processing a set of GNSS signal data derived from signals of a set of satellites having carriers observed at a rover antenna, wherein the data includes a carrier observation and a code observation of each carrier of each satellite, comprising: obtaining for each satellite clock corrections comprising at least two of: (i) a code-leveled satellite clock, (ii) a phase-leveled satellite clock, and (iii) a satellite clock bias representing a difference between a code-leveled satellite clock and a phase-leveled satellite clock, running a first filter which uses at least the GNSS signal data and the satellite clock corrections to estimate values for parameters comprising at least one carrier ambiguity for each satellite, and a covariance matrix of the carrier ambiguities, determining from each carrier ambiguity an integer-nature carrier ambiguity comprising one of: an integer value, and a combination of integer candidates, inserting the integer-nature carrier ambiguities as pseudo-observations into a second filter, and applying the second filter to the GNSS signal data and the satellite clock corrections to obtain estimated values for parameters comprising at least the position of the receiver. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154215 | GNSS Signal Processing with Synthesized Base Station Data - Methods and apparatus are described for determining position of a rover antenna, comprising: obtaining rover GNSS data derived from code observations and carrier phase observations of GNSS signals of multiple satellites over multiple epochs, obtaining precise satellite data for the satellites, determining a virtual base station location, generating epochs of synthesized base station data using at least the precise satellite data and the virtual base station location, and applying a differential process to at least the rover GNSS data and the synthesized base station data to determine at least rover antenna positions. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154216 | METHOD OF DETERMINING APPROPRIATENESS OF SATELLITE ORBIT MODELING, METHOD OF PROVIDING LONG-TERM PREDICTED ORBIT DATA, AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING APPROPRIATENESS OF SATELLITE ORBIT MODELING - A method of determining the appropriateness of satellite orbit modeling is provided. The method includes calculating values of parameters, that the predetermined model has, on the basis of predicted position data including a first predicted position at a first point of time and a second predicted position at a second point of time of a positioning satellite in time series, calculating a first and a second calculated positions of the positioning satellite derived from the predetermined model by using the values of the parameters; and determining the appropriateness of the predetermined model using the values of the parameters, on the basis of first difference between the first predicted position and the first calculated position, and seconded difference between the second predicted position and the second calculated position. The predetermined model is used when approximating a satellite orbit of the poisoning satellite. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154217 | METHOD AND PROGRAM OF ACQUIRING NAVIGATION MESSAGE, GNSS RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A navigation message acquiring unit acquires bit data per word from a received bit data row. Here, if continuous words constituting one subframe is failed to be acquired in one frame, only a word that is accurately decoded is stored. Here, final two bits in a word immediately prior to the accurately decoded word is also stored along with the accurately decoded word. If all of the words constituting the one subframe are successfully acquired in a plurality of frames, a phase match between the words is performed by using the final two bits in the word stored along with each of the words and immediately prior to the accurately decoded word, a supplemented subframe is formed by joining each of the phased matched words, and the navigation message acquiring unit outputs the supplemented subframe with time-of-week information. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154218 | Position Estimation Through Iterative Inclusion of Measurement Data - In a wireless location system configured to use a baseline correlation method, an iterative approach to increasing location accuracy is disclosed. The quality of received signals is ordered from highest to lowest and used to calculate an initial location. The initial location is modified using the lower quality signals as constrained by the time and frequency deviation from the initial location and velocity estimate. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154219 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A TARGET USING A TRANSCEIVER ARRAY - The invention relates to a system and a method for locating at least one target (X) using au array of transceivers or sensors (S), in which at least a portion has a known geographic location, each comprising data processing means (S | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154220 | System and Method for Determining the Location of a Mobile Device - A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device. A first set of signals from a plurality of radio frequency (“RF”) sources may be received at a mobile device and then downconverted into a second set of signals. The mobile device may then time stamp the second set of signals and transmit the time stamped signals to a location determining system. The location of the mobile device may be determined at the location determining system as a function of the time stamped signals. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154221 | ELECTRICALLY SMALL OCTAVE BANDWIDTH NON-DISPERSIVE UNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA - An electrically small antenna is disclosed that is directional, has over an octave bandwidth, is non-dispersive, is inexpensive to mass produce, and allows transmitter and receiver electronic components to be integrated into the antenna. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154222 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA WITH GROUNDED ELEMENT - Various embodiments of an antenna structure for mobile devices are described. In one or more embodiments a multi-band antenna includes a grounded parasitic element. In some embodiments, a high band arm is provided, and is fed off-center, so that the resonating arms are not symmetrical in length. In some embodiments, a coupled ground resonator is included to add a differential resonating mode. A ground leg may be included to offer facilitate impedance and inductance matching. The combination of these structures creates four distinct resonance modes for the high band, which creases a wide effective bandwidth for the disclosed antenna. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154223 | SIGNAL GENERATION THROUGH USING A GROUNDING ARM AND EXCITATION STRUCTURE - Disclosed is an apparatus and method to create multiple signals by utilizing the ground plane as part of the antenna. The apparatus comprises an excitation structure that includes a first segment and a second segment joined to form an angle, the first segment to generate a first signal and the second segment to generate a second signal. The apparatus also includes a ground plane that includes a slot with a perimeter, the excitation structure residing within the perimeter of the slot. Further, the apparatus also includes at least one ground arm coupled to the ground plane and formed from at least a portion of the perimeter of the slot, the at least one ground arm to generate a third signal from at least one of the first signal or the second signal. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154224 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND PLANAR ANTENNA THEREOF - A handheld device and a planar antenna thereof are provided. The planar antenna comprises a radiator having a feeding point, a first short point and a second short point. The feeding point is coupled to a circuit board of the handheld device so that the handheld device transmits and receives a RF (radio frequency) signal through the radiator. The first short point is coupled to a ground of the circuit board so as to be grounded. A control element is disposed on the handheld device or the planar antenna in order to control the second short point to be selectively electrically coupled to the ground so that the planar antenna can operate at two different central frequencies. Furthermore, the planar antenna can operate at multiple central frequencies by changing a position of the second short point contacted to the radiator. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154225 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device includes: a first case having an antenna; and a second case connected to the first case, and having a first conductor at a position that is opposite to the antenna when the first case and the second case overlay each other, a second conductor at a position different from the position at which the first conductor is disposed, and a switch that switches an electrical connection state of the first conductor and the second conductor, wherein the switch switches the electrical connection state to disconnect state when the switch detects that the first case and the second case overlay each other. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154226 | SINGLE UNIT ANTENNA FOR VARIOUS FUNCTIONS AND PORTABLE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A portable device having a single unit antenna for various functions is provided. The device includes a main body configured to house a battery, a battery cover unit that is configured to be coupled with the main body and cover the battery, and a single unit antenna for various functions having a specified length, the antenna extending at least across a portion of the battery cover unit, and configured to support a plurality of functions. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154227 | Embedded Optical Waveguide Feed Structure For Radio Frequency Antenna Arrays - A feed structure for a radio frequency antenna, comprising: a plurality of radio frequency antenna elements; and a plurality of detectors, each one of the detectors being coupled to a corresponding one of the radio frequency antenna elements. Each one of the detectors is responsive to optical frequency energy to produce input radio frequency power for the corresponding one of the antenna elements coupled to said one of the detectors. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154228 | METHODS FOR SIMULATING INTERNAL ANTENNAS IN TELEMETRY DEVICES - Systems and methods are described for simulating an internal antenna within a telemetry device. The simulator device includes a housing having at least one opening, wherein the housing is configured to accommodate close proximity placement of the telemetry device. The simulator device also includes a simulator or test antenna within the housing that corresponds to an internal antenna within a housing of the telemetry device. The simulator device further includes a radio frequency (RF) connector coupled to the simulator housing, for connection to a communication device. The simulator device also includes a fastening mechanism to secure the simulator device over the telemetry device so that the simulator antenna is adjacent to the internal antenna. The proximity of the simulator antenna to the internal antenna provides simulator device RF characteristics that simulate internal antenna RF characteristics. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154229 | WINDOWPANE FOR VEHICLE AND ANTENNA - A vehicle window glass has a glass plate, a conductive film laminated on the glass plate and an antenna structured with a feeding structure placed on the conductive film, and is characterized in that the feeding structure has a dielectric and a pair of electrodes, that the conductive film has a slot one end of which makes an upper edge of the conductive film an open end, and is disposed between the glass plate and the dielectric, and that the pair of electrodes are disposed on the opposite side of the side of the conductive film with the dielectric in between so that the slot is sandwiched between the pair of electrodes when the pair of electrodes are projected onto the conductive film, and are capacitively coupled to the conductive film. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154230 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna includes a feed-in section, a loop conductor, a first conductor arm, a second conductor arm, and a third conductor arm. The feed-in section includes a feed-in point for feeding of signals. The loop conductor extends from the feed-in section and has a grounding point disposed adjacent to the feed-in point. The first conductor arm is configured to resonate in a first frequency band and extends from the feed-in section. The second conductor arm is configured to resonate in a second frequency band and extends from the feed-in section. The third conductor arm is configured to resonate in a third frequency band and extends from the feed-in section. At least one of the loop conductor, the first conductor arm, the second conductor arm, and the third conductor arm is bent so as to be disposed in different planes. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154231 | LOADED ANTENNA - A novel loaded antenna is defined in the present invention. The radiating element of the loaded antenna consists of two different parts: a conducting surface and a loading structure. By means of this configuration, the antenna provides a small and multiband performance, and hence it features a similar behavior through different frequency bands. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154232 | RESISTIVE FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING COUPLING AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE IN RADAR ANTENNA ARRAYS - An antenna system for reducing unwanted coupling and electromagnetic interference, the antenna system including a transmit module configured to send a signal, a receive module configured to receive the signal, a radome, and a resistive frequency selective surface circuit configured to reduce a coupled portion of the signal, the resistive frequency selective surface circuit disposed in a path of the coupled portion of the signal. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154233 | SMOOTH-WALLED FEEDHORN - A device for at least one of receiving and transmitting electromagnetic radiation includes a feedhorn having a substantially smooth, electrically conducting inner surface extending from an open end to a feed end, the inner surface being substantially rotationally symmetrical about a longitudinal axis, wherein an orthogonal distance from a point on the longitudinal axis to the substantially smooth, electrically conducting inner surface increases monotonically as the point on the longitudinal axis is selected at successively greater distances from the feed end of the feedhorn towards the open end of the feedhorn such that a profile of the substantially smooth, electrically conducting inner surface of the feedhorn is monotonically increasing. The feedhorn has an operating bandwidth and the feedhorn provides a maximum of −30 dB cross polarization response over at least 15% of the operating bandwidth. A method of producing a feedhorn for receiving or transmitting electromagnetic radiation includes determining a profile of an inner surface of the feedhorn based on constraints required to achieve a plurality of operating parameters, providing a pre-machined feedhorn having an initial inner surface, and machining the initial inner surface of the pre-machined feedhorn to substantially match the profile determined to achieve the plurality of operating parameters for the feedhorn. The determining the profile includes a constraint for the profile to be a monotonically increasing profile relative to a rotational symmetry axis of the inner surface of the feedhorn going from a narrow end to a wide end of the feedhorn. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154234 | ANTENNA MODULE HAVING REDUCED SIZE, HIGH GAIN, AND INCREASED POWER EFFICIENCY - A broadband integrated circulator antenna (BICA) module for receiving and transmitting signals with high efficiency and high gain. The BICA can have a bandwidth of over 70% of a radar band and can operate in frequencies from UHF to S-band and above. The BICA has a stack configuration that includes a low profile antenna, a reflecting layer or a metamaterial substrate layer, and a circulator. The circulator is placed proximal to antenna, which greatly reduces the size of the BICA. The circulator can be a stripline Y-junction ferrite circulator and the antenna can be a coaxial center fed bow-tie antenna. The reflecting layer or metamaterial substrate layer can comprise electronic bandgap metamaterial and a high permeability ferrite substrate. The high permeability ferrite substrate can be cobalt substituted Z-type barium hexaferrite. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154235 | CIRCULARLY POLARISED ANTENNA - A circularly polarised patch antenna includes: an antenna electrode; a ground section; a substrate, which is sandwiched between the antenna electrode and the ground section and which has insulating properties, a predetermined dielectric constant and single-axis magnetic anisotropy for a plurality of different magnetization directions; and a power feed pin which is electrically connected to the antenna electrode. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154236 | Multiband whip antenna - A multi-band whip antenna having a 30 MHz to 2 GHz bandwidth and an L-band dipole has its coverage extended up to 6 GHz by eliminating nulls and reducing VSWR problems that are cured through the utilization of a sleeve over the feedpoint of the L-band antenna. Chokes in the form of sleeves are provided at either end of the L-band dipole to shorten the L-band antenna for preventing reverse polarity currents at the L-band antenna feedpoint, with the antenna further including the use of double shielded meanderlines to provide improved performance between 410-512 MHz and in which a capacitance sleeve is added at the bottom of the L-band antenna to effectively elongate the antenna below the L-band to permit operation below 700 MHz. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154237 | COMPACT ANTENNA FOR MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS INCLUDING ISOLATED ANTENNA ELEMENTS - An antenna for MIMO communications includes a ground plane having a planar surface, a first feeding patch spaced apart from and parallel to the ground plane, and a first parasitic patch spaced apart from and parallel to the first feeding patch. The antenna further includes a second feeding patch spaced apart from and parallel to the ground plane and disposed adjacent the first feeding patch, and a second parasitic patch spaced apart from and parallel to the second feeding patch. The first parasitic patch may be capacitively coupled to the first feeding patch, and the second parasitic patch may be capacitively coupled to the second feeding patch. The ground plane may include an isolation notch therein arranged between the first and second feeding patches. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154238 | INTEGRATED MILLIMETER WAVE TRANSCEIVER - A millimeter wave transceiver including a plate forming an interposer having its upper surface supporting an interconnection network and having its lower surface intended to be assembled on a printed circuit board by bumps; an integrated circuit chip assembled on the upper surface of the interposer; antennas made of tracks formed on the upper surface of the interposer; and reflectors on the upper surface of the printed circuit board in front of each of the antennas, the effective distance between each antenna and the reflector plate being on the order of one quarter of the wavelength, taking into account the dielectric constants of the interposed materials. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154239 | MILLIMETER WAVE RADIO ASSEMBLY WITH A COMPACT ANTENNA - An integrated compact antenna device and method of aiming an electromagnetic signal using the integrated compact antenna device are described. The integrated compact antenna device be a vertically mounted cylinder enclosing an antenna, some electronic circuitry and most of the directional alignment mechanism. During alignment, the cylinder of the ICA rotates to provide azimuth. The cylinder is attached to a fixed base that remains stationary relative to the mounting structure. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154240 | Antenna and wireless device having same - An antenna includes an antenna element to transmit or receive electromagnetic signals, and a ground conductor to be grounded. The antenna element includes two conductors arranged substantially parallel to each other, a power feed portion provided between one conductor of the two conductors and the ground conductor, and connected to a feed system, a shorting portion for electrically connecting an other conductor of the two conductors and the ground conductor, and a conductor connecting portion for electrically connecting the two conductors together. The distance between the two conductors is not more than 1/100 a wavelength equivalent to a minimum frequency of operating frequencies of the antenna. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154241 | Flat Semi-Transparent Ground Plane for Reducing Multipath - Multipath reception by an antenna is reduced by mounting the antenna on a semi-transparent ground plane that has a controlled distribution of layer impedance over a central region and a peripheral region. The central region includes a continuous conductive segment on which the ground element of the antenna is disposed. The distribution of the layer impedance over the peripheral region is configured by multiple conductive segments electromagnetically coupled by lumped circuit elements. A semi-transparent ground plane can be fabricated by depositing a metal film on a dielectric substrate and etching grooves into the metal film to form a desired pattern of conductive segments. Lumped circuit elements can be fabricated as discrete devices, surface mount devices, and integrated circuit devices. Various semi-transparent ground planes can be configured for linearly-polarized and circularly-polarized radiation. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154242 | TIRE-STATE DETECTION DEVICE - A tire-state detection device including a sensor, an antenna having a predetermined frequency, a detection circuit, a case, and a planar conductor. The sensor detects a predetermined physical state of a tire. The detection circuit transmits information regarding a result of a detection made by the sensor from the antenna as radio waves. The case houses the sensor, the antenna and the detection circuit, and allows radio waves to pass. The case fits on a rim in the tire when the tire-state detection device is to be used. The planar conductor is electrically insulated from the antenna at a position set a predetermined distance away from the antenna so as to form an interface between the antenna and the rim when the case is fitted to the rim, and the planar conductor is set to a potential that is equivalent to a reference potential of the detection circuit. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154243 | WIDEBAND SINGLE RESONANCE ANTENNA - Wideband single resonance antenna. An antenna may include a first conductor unit and a second conductor unit. The first conductor unit may be configured to have one end electrically coupled to a power. The second conductor unit may be configured to have one end electrically coupled to a ground, to surround at least one side of the first conductor unit, and to be electrically separated from the first conductor unit. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154244 | MULTILEVEL ANTENNAE - An apparatus including a wireless communications device has an internal antenna system located within the wireless communications device. The internal antenna system includes a passive antenna set comprising at least one antenna element having at least one multilevel structure, a feeding point to the at least one antenna element and a ground plane. The feeding point and a point on the ground plane define an input/output port for said passive antenna set. The passive antenna set provides a similar impedance level and radiation pattern at two or more frequency bands such that the passive antenna set is capable of both transmitting and receiving wireless signals on selected channels. The selected channels are selectable from a plurality of channels throughout an entire frequency range within each of said two or more frequency bands. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154245 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - This disclosure provides an antenna apparatus in which stable antenna characteristics are maintained by detecting surrounding conditions that affect the antenna characteristics and appropriately compensating the antenna characteristics. More specifically, when surrounding condition such as a human body (e.g., a palm or fingers) approaches and enters an electric field of a pseudo dipole formed by an antenna element electrode, a stray capacitance is sensed and stable antenna characteristics are maintained by appropriately controlling an antenna matching circuit to compensate for a change in the antenna characteristics due to the approach of the surrounding condition. | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154246 | RFID READER AND RFID SYSTEM - The invention relates to an RFID reader having a transmitting antenna ( | 2012-06-21 |
| 20120154247 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA DEVICE AND PORTABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device for a portable radio communication device comprises a first electrically conductive radiating element including a basic resonance defining section having a first end, a length varying section connected between a feed point of the radiating element and the first end of the basic resonance defining section. The length varying section includes a set of parallel conductive paths and a first switching element selectively supplying radio signals between the feed point and the basic resonance defining section via one of the paths in the set. Each path influences the resonance of the radiating element in a separate way and at least one path includes a reactive element for adjusting the resonance of the first radiating element. | 2012-06-21 |
