Patents by Inventor Barry C. Miller

Barry C. Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6628232
    Abstract: A vehicle tracking system that includes a plurality of trackers, each adapted to be attached to a respective movable vehicle, and a remotely located controller for individually polling by radio each of the trackers to determine the position of the polled tracker. Each tracker includes a positioning receiver which receives satellite signals from a Global Positioning System and transmits a first positioning signal containing the position of the tracker to a micro controller unit. The micro controller unit receives the signal and transmits a second positioning signal containing the position of the tracker to a communicator. The communicator radios the second positioning signal to the remotely located controller to communicate the position of the tracker in response to a radioed polling signal from the remotely located controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Mark W. Hynes, Barry C. Miller, Mark S. Barrett
  • Patent number: 5886626
    Abstract: A system is tested for jamming resistance by supplying a simulated jamming ignal. The simulated jamming signal is produced by calculating a propagation path loss in the terrain between the system under test and a location where the jammer would be, predicting a jamming level in accordance with the propagation path loss, and generating a simulated jamming signal. The simulated jamming signal is supplied to the antenna port of the system under test. The testing does not require the use of either a real jammer or a pilot signal generator at the location where the jammer would be.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Mark W. Hynes, James L. Cole, Barry C. Miller, Scott A. Morris, Robert E. Reiner