Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Parks

Thomas M. Parks 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: 9450683
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for digital communication that is insensitive to a sampling clock error. In one embodiment, a digital communication system that is insensitive to a sampling clock error is provided. The digital communication system includes a transmitting communication unit and a receiving communication unit. The transmitting communication unit is configured to generate a digital data communication signal and includes a modulator configured to modulate digital data such that the modulated digital data communication signal is invariant to a stretched frequency scale resulting from a lack of synchronization with a receiving communication unit. The receiving communication unit is configured to receive the digital data communication signal and includes a demodulator configured to demodulate the digital data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas M. Parks
  • Patent number: 9020080
    Abstract: A method of canceling sinusoidal interference from a received signal includes identifying a block of signal-free data containing sinusoidal interference. A model of the significant interference in the selected data block is constructed, scaled to subsequent data blocks and used to remove sinusoidal interference signals from the overall received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Wasiewicz, Thomas M. Parks
  • Publication number: 20140369388
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for digital communication that is insensitive to a sampling clock error. In one embodiment, a digital communication system that is insensitive to a sampling clock error is provided. The digital communication system includes a transmitting communication unit and a receiving communication unit. The transmitting communication unit is configured to generate a digital data communication signal and includes a modulator configured to modulate digital data such that the modulated digital data communication signal is invariant to a stretched frequency scale resulting from a lack of synchronization with a receiving communication unit. The receiving communication unit is configured to receive the digital data communication signal and includes a demodulator configured to demodulate the digital data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas M. Parks
  • Patent number: 8605840
    Abstract: A method of canceling impulsive interference from a communications signal is provided. The method includes identifying an impulse interference contained in the communications signal, generating a model of impulse interference, matching the model in at least one of amplitude, phase and envelope time delay to the identified impulse interference, and cancelling the identified impulse interference by subtracting the matched model from the identified impulse interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Wasiewicz, Thomas M. Parks
  • Patent number: 8577298
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a magnetic communication signal is provided. A multi-element receiver is used to generate a plurality of input signals. A set of weights is generated using, for example, a calculated covariance of the plurality of input signals, and applied to the signals. The weights are used to generate a single output signal representing a weighted sum of the input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Parks, Richard Wasiewicz, David LeVan
  • Publication number: 20120321024
    Abstract: A method of canceling sinusoidal interference from a received signal includes identifying a block of signal-free data containing sinusoidal interference. A model of the significant interference in the selected data block is constructed, scaled to subsequent data blocks and used to remove sinusoidal interference signals from the overall received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Wasiewicz, Thomas M. Parks
  • Publication number: 20120322385
    Abstract: A system and method for enhancing a magnetic communication signal is provided. A multi-element receiver is used to generate a plurality of input signals. A set of weights is generated using, for example, a calculated covariance of the plurality of input signals, and applied to the signals. The weights are used to generate a single output signal representing a weighted sum of the input signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas M. Parks, Richard Wasiewicz, David LeVan
  • Publication number: 20120307948
    Abstract: A method of canceling impulsive interference from a communications signal is provided. The method includes identifying an impulse interference contained in the communications signal, generating a model of impulse interference, matching the model in at least one of amplitude, phase and envelope time delay to the identified impulse interference, and cancelling the identified impulse interference by subtracting the matched model from the identified impulse interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Wasiewicz, Thomas M. Parks
  • Patent number: 6506747
    Abstract: 1-(4-aminophenyl)pyrazoles optionally substituted on the 3- and 5-positions of the pyrazole ring and on the amino group at the 4-position of the phenyl ring are disclosed and described, which pyrazoles inhibit IL-2 production in T-lymphocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajashekhar Betageri, Charles L. Cywin, Karl Hargrave, Mary Ann Hoermann, Thomas M. Kirrane, Thomas M. Parks, Usha R. Patel, John R. Proudfoot, Rajiv Sharma, Sanxing Sun, Xiao-Jun Wang