Patents by Inventor Donald McMillan

Donald McMillan 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).

  • Publication number: 20060097910
    Abstract: The invention is process for tracking a moving targeted vehicle from a remote sensor platform comprising the steps of 1) tracking the targeted vehicle and periodically recording its radar signature until its identity becomes ambiguous, 2) tracking the target after it has left its ambiguous state and periodically recording its radar signature; and 3) comparing the recorded radar signatures prior to the targeted vehicle becoming ambiguous to the recorded radar signature taken after the targeted vehicle has left its ambiguous state and determining that the targeted vehicle now tracked is the same as the targeted vehicle being tracked prior to becoming ambiguous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Noel Collins, Rick Bottone, Donald McMillan
  • Publication number: 20060092074
    Abstract: The subject process accepts the data from a kinematic tracker and maps them to fuzzy set conditions. Then using a multitude of defined membership functions and fuzzy logic gates, generates sensor mode control rules. It does this for every track and each sensor. The Rule with the best score becomes a sensor cue, which is used to place the sensor into one of three operating modes. If there are ambiguities do to one or more vehicles coming in to close proximity to each other process compares radar profiles of vehicle to those stored in an “on the fly” data base to eliminate the ambiguities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventors: Noel Collins, Kirk Moore, Donald McMillan