Patents by Inventor George Martin Hall

George Martin Hall 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: 20170047663
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for real-time control of radio frequency (RF) reflectivity to enable radar camouflage are disclosed. A spatially diverse collection of elements, consisting of at least two elements, are used to control the direction of reradiated (reflected) energy from an object or person where direction of the reradiated energy is controlled by a circuit and a controller. The controller and circuit changes the reflectivity of each element individually as a function of time. The effect of the spatial distribution and time varying reflectors is a reflected RF signal that can statistically mimic background clutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: George Martin Hall
  • Patent number: 9401741
    Abstract: A received signal that includes a target signal and an interference signal is sampled in space and time and then filtered into a matched-filtered signal and into a mis-matched-filtered signal, which is orthogonal to, or nearly orthogonal to, the matched-filtered signal The interference signal is present in both the matched-filtered signal and the mis-matched-filtered signal, whereas the target signal is present in only the matched-filtered signal. In the mis-matched-filtered signal, the interference signal is different from the matched-filtered signal in the temporal property, but is the same as the matched-filtered signal in the spatial property. After the matched-filtered signal and the mis-match-filtered signals have been obtained for the signals received by each antenna element of an array of antenna elements, they are processed to obtain a result vector, W, that is a representation of the target signal without the interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Propagation Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Jefferson Holder, George Martin Hall
  • Patent number: 9215012
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mitigating natural and man-made interference through the use of one or more orthogonal, or nearly-orthogonal, projections of the received signal, which is assumed to be contaminated with interference, into one or more orthogonal projection spaces based on properties of the signal of interest. Once separated into orthogonal projection space(s), the system and method use information contained in the orthogonal projection space(s) to separate the signal of interest, or target signal, from the interference and to mitigate the interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Propagation Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Jefferson Holder, George Martin Hall
  • Publication number: 20140198885
    Abstract: A received signal that includes a target signal and an interference signal is sampled in space and time and then filtered into a matched-filtered signal and into a mis-matched-filtered signal, which is orthogonal to, or nearly orthogonal to, the matched-filtered signal. The interference signal is present in both the matched-filtered signal and the mis-matched-filtered signal, whereas the target signal is present in only the matched-filtered signal. In the mis-matched-filtered signal, the interference signal is different from the matched-filtered signal in the temporal property, but is the same as the matched-filtered signal in the spatial property. After the matched-filtered signals and the mis-match-filtered signals have been obtained for the signals received by each antenna element of an array of antenna elements, they are processed to obtain a result vector, W, that is a representation of the target signal without the interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Propagation Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Earnest Jefferson Holder, George Martin Hall
  • Publication number: 20140128002
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mitigating natural and man-made interference through the use of one or more orthogonal, or nearly-orthogonal, projections of the received signal, which is assumed to be contaminated with interference, into one or more orthogonal projection spaces based on properties of the signal of interest. Once separated into orthogonal projection space(s), the system and method use information contained in the orthogonal projection space(s) to separate the signal of interest, or target signal, from the interference and to mitigate the interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Propagation Research Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest Jefferson Holder, George Martin Hall