Patents by Inventor Ronald L. Lanning

Ronald L. Lanning 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).

  • Doppler speed sensing apparatus
    Patent number: 4414548
    Abstract: A vehicle velocity sensing system is disclosed which includes a doppler velocity sensor (10, 12) and means for reducing spurious signal components in the output of the sensor. An accelerometer (30, 32) is mounted so as to sense vehicle accelerations along the boresight of the doppler velocity sensor. A processor (34, 36) processes the output of the accelerometer to provide a signal which corresponds essentially to the spurious components of the output of the doppler radar velocity sensor. A signal combiner (38, 40) combines the output of the processor with the output of the doppler velocity sensor to derive a corrected output signal which is more closely indicative of the velocity of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1983
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Carpenter, Ronald L. Lanning