Patents by Inventor Michael L. Picciolo

Michael L. Picciolo 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).

  • Patent number: 6904444
    Abstract: An adaptive signal processing system utilizes a pseudo-median cascaded canceller to compute a set of complex adaptive weights and generate a filtered output signal. The system includes a plurality of building blocks arranged in a Gram-Schmidt cascaded canceller-type configuration for sequentially decorrelating input signals from each other to thereby yield a single filtered output signal. Each building block includes a local main input channel which receives a local main input signal, a local auxiliary input channel which receives a local auxiliary input signal, and a local output channel which sends a local filtered output signal. Each building block generates a complex adaptive weight which is the sample median value of the real and imaginary parts of the ratio of local main input weight training data to local auxiliary input weight training data, and each building block generates a local output signal utilizing the complex adaptive weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Michael L. Picciolo, Karl Gerlach
  • Publication number: 20020198914
    Abstract: An adaptive signal processing system utilizes a pseudo-median cascaded canceller to compute a set of complex adaptive weights and generate a filtered output signal. The system includes a plurality of building blocks arranged in a Gram-Schmidt cascaded canceller-type configuration for sequentially decorrelating input signals from each other to thereby yield a single filtered output signal. Each building block includes a local main input channel which receives a local main input signal, a local auxiliary input channel which receives a local auxiliary input signal, and a local output channel which sends a local filtered output signal. Each building block generates a complex adaptive weight which is the sample median value of the real and imaginary parts of the ratio of local main input weight training data to local auxiliary input weight training data, and each building block generates a local output signal utilizing the complex adaptive weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Michael L. Picciolo, Karl Gerlach