Patents by Inventor Graham C. Dooley

Graham C. Dooley 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for assignment and maintenance of unique aircraft addresses for TIS-B services
    Patent number: 7755532
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for assigning a pseudo address to an aircraft not equipped with an ADS-B transponder and maintaining the assigned pseudo address over a number of regions each supported by different TIS-B systems. In an exemplary embodiment, each TIS-B system is assigned a range of addresses particular to the region in which the TIS-B system is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Graham C. Dooley
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF UNIQUE AIRCRAFT ADDRESSES FOR TIS-B SERVICES
    Publication number: 20090322589
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for assigning a pseudo address to an aircraft not equipped with an ADS-B transponder and maintaining the assigned pseudo address over a number of regions each supported by different TIS-B systems. In an exemplary embodiment, each TIS-B system is assigned a range of addresses particular to the region in which the TIS-B system is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Graham C. Dooley
  • Radio systems and apparatus
    Patent number: 4303211
    Abstract: A radome aberration correction system in which data relating to the aberration over a range of angles of incident radar signals is stored in a digital data store. The apparent direction of a radar source is corrected by the addition of an aberration value stored in respect of the particular apparent source direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1981
    Assignee: The Marconi Company Limited
    Inventors: Graham C. Dooley, Alistair J. Dunlop