Patents by Inventor Manfred Minker

Manfred Minker 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).

  • Signal processing method for a radar system
    Patent number: 5289192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal processing method for a radar system. The transmitted signal here includes a polyphase code that is optimized to the desired range/Doppler range and that is repeated periodically over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Telefunken Systemtechnik AG
    Inventors: Hermann Rohling, Wilfried Plagge, Manfred Minker
  • Method for detecting and classifying helicopters
    Patent number: 5231402
    Abstract: To detect and classify a helicopter as a target by means of a radar system equipped with a Doppler filter bank, an initial determination is made as to whether the threshold value has been exceeded in a substantial number of the individual filters of the Doppler filter bank, and if so, the width of that amplitude band delimited by the highest and lowest amplitudes of the filter output signals is determined and a decision regarding the presence of a helicopter target is derived from the width of the amplitude band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1993
    Assignee: Telefunken Systemtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Albrecht Ludloff, Manfred Minker, Frank Hagedorn
  • Method of and a device for recognizing targets and suppressing spurious signals in radar equipment
    Patent number: 4649394
    Abstract: A method of recognizing targets and suppressing spurious signals in radar equipment, in which the surveillance area is divided, in azimuth and range, into a plurality of radar cells. The method comprises comparing the echo signal of each radar cell with a threshold value, producing a sequence of magnitude related amplitude values of echo signals in certain neighboring cells and deriving the threshold value from a value situated in a specific position in said sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Minker, Hermann Rohling