Patents by Inventor John P. Hittel

John P. Hittel 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: 20170074751
    Abstract: A system for detecting a location of optical energy leakage from optical fibers, including a portable imaging device for generating a visible image of one or more optical fibers within a field of view of the portable imaging device, an optical energy detector assembly associated with the portable imaging device and configured to detect a location of optical energy leakage from an optical fiber within the field of view of the portable imaging device, and a processor associated with the imaging device and the optical energy detector assembly for overlaying a computer generated representation of the detected location of optical energy leakage from an optical fiber within the field of view of the portable imaging device over a visible image of the plurality of optical fibers generated by the portable imaging device to create a composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: FLUKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: J. D. Schell, John P. Hittel, Jackson Salling, Wonoh Kim
  • Patent number: 9547939
    Abstract: There is provided techniques for improved visualization of wireless devices in a communication network. The techniques include receiving, via an identification device, real-time display data, determining, via the identification device, a location of a network device and displaying, via a display of the identification device, the real-time display data and an indication of the location of the network device relative to the real-time display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Hittel, Peter Q. Oakley
  • Publication number: 20150029220
    Abstract: There is provided techniques for improved visualization of wireless devices in a communication network. The techniques include receiving, via an identification device, real-time display data, determining, via the identification device, a location of a network device and displaying, via a display of the identification device, the real-time display data and an indication of the location of the network device relative to the real-time display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: FLUKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: John P. Hittel, Peter Q. Oakley
  • Publication number: 20110103242
    Abstract: An instrument is disclosed that is capable of detecting and graphically displaying channel usage and the number of access points operating on each channel of interest. By using a module that counts the number of elapsed clock cycles, the total cumulative duration of detected frames, and the number of channel in-use cycles, the instrument can determine the percentage of time a channel is in use, the percentage of time of IEEE 802.11 usage on a channel, and the percentage of time of non-IEEE 802.11 usage on a channel. Further, channels are scanned for access point activity using a scanning algorithm that interleaves scanning channels at a first duration longer than the beacon interval and scanning channels at a second shorter duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Hittel, Peter Oakley, Olivier Calle
  • Patent number: 5539321
    Abstract: An instrument to measure crosstalk between conductor pairs is configured to transmit a signal at one pair and receive the signal at another pair. The spureous or parasitic crosstalk at the connectors is supressed using a vectorial substraction from the received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Assignee: Microtest, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Sciacero, John P. Hittel
  • Patent number: 5502391
    Abstract: Apparatus to measure the crosstalk between pairs of conductors in a cable. The measurements are affected by the crosstalk inherent to the connectors that are part of the apparatus. The improvement consists of adding a compensating signal which equals that from the connector crosstalk in magnitude but has opposite sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: MicroTest, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Sciacero, John P. Hittel