Patents Represented by Attorney Daniel J. Long
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Patent number: 8169597Abstract: In a method for laser return characterization in a DIRCM system, the improvement locating a single IR detector in an aperture in an image mirror so that its output can be used for countermeasure effectiveness measurement, missile range measurement, missile characteristic determination and to provide an AGC signal for tracking camera gain control.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Armando Corella, John A. Carattini
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Patent number: 8164460Abstract: Whether or not one utilizes direct DC coupling of the microradios to the antenna feed points or couples the RF energy from the dipoles associated with the spaced-apart contact pads on the microradio, in the subject invention one selects only those microradios that are within a certain variance of a preferred direction and then makes sure that the polarization direction of all of these radios is in the preferred direction are identical, in one embodiment by utilizing digital coding, which both activates the microradio and is used to sense the polarity associated with the connection from the signal source to the contact pads.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: April 24, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Stephen A. Hedges, Kenneth R. Erikson
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Patent number: 8160497Abstract: A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n2 power enhancement to increase range with coherent operation. Various multi-frequency techniques are used both for parasitic powering and to isolate powering and transmit cycles. Applications for microradios and specifically for ensembles of microradios include authentication, tracking, fluid flow sensing, identification, terrain surveillance including crop health sensing and detection of improvised explosive devices, biohazard and containment breach detection, and biomedical applications including the use of microradios attached to molecular tags to destroy tagged cells when the microradios are activated. Microradio deployment includes the use of paints or other coatings containing microradios, greases and aerosols.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Karl D. Brommer, Tracey H. Brommer
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Patent number: 8149392Abstract: A method for reducing handoff inaccuracies in a DIRCM countermeasures system comprising the step of adding a second on-axis camera to the DIRCM countermeasures system.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Armando Corella, John A. Carattini
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Patent number: 8138969Abstract: A radar warning receiver is implemented in low cost integrated circuit form utilizing only one analog component, namely a limiting amplifier. By taking the output of the limiting amplifier and utilizing monobit sampling of the output it has been found that one can provide an integrated circuit single chip radar warning receiver using delay correlation to extract frequency, amplitude and modulation type from signals at or below the noise level.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: James M. Huggett, Kevin S. Bassett, Arthur J. Tardif
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Patent number: 8134778Abstract: A Mersenne-Cassegrain telescope provided in a single block of glass in which opposed parabolic elements are precision milled through diamond turning of a glass boule, with the magnification power of the telescope determined by the differences in focal length between the two parabolas. The result is a volumetrically small telescope with pre-aligned surfaces that are maintained by the structural rigidity of the glass itself and in which thermal coefficients of expansion, vibration and the like have no effect due to the single glass element structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integrations Inc.Inventor: Robert C. Guyer
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Patent number: 8132491Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for detecting and disabling a human eye or optical device used in the fire control of a weapon. This apparatus comprises a prism having a plurality of peripheral reflective surface. This prism has a longitudinal axis and rotating about said longitudinal axis. An infrared (IR) laser directs an infrared laser beam toward the prism side that the laser beam is reflected toward the human eye or optical device, such that the IR laser beam is retroreflected to the prism. There is also an infrared IR detector which detects the IR retroreflected laser beam reflected from the prism. A visible light wavelength laser which produces a visible light wavelength laser beam which is reflected from the prism to the human eye or optical device to disable the human eye or optical device to prevent use of the weapon.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2006Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Edward C. Real, Paul D. Zemany, Paul A. Zank
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Patent number: 8120524Abstract: Whether or not the CW radar is utilized for through-the-wall detection, additional one or more sensors are used with the CW radar to confirm the motion detection result or to in fact turn on the CW radar once motion or the physical presence of an individual has been sensed, thereby to provide confirmation of a less-reliable sensor with the use of the more reliable CW radar. Thus, the addition of other sensors provides lower power consumption, lower false alarm rates and better discrimination and classification of moving objects.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventor: Paul D. Zemany
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Patent number: 8114067Abstract: A system for laser induced reduction of visual acuity suitable for crowd control and disabling of individuals uses an eye-safe pulsed IR source in which a laser beam is imaged onto the cornea of an individual to heat the cornea, thereby to cause defocusing and disorientation.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Peter A. Ketteridge, Eric J. Gustafson, Evan P. Chicklis
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Patent number: 8115630Abstract: An RFID tag (10), containing at least two independent microscopic RFID chips (16) or microradios is programmed with the same unique identifier for each chip. The unique identifier is used in the RFID chips (16) to key the RFID chip (16) transmitting to produce outputs in the same time slot so that the outputs add coherently, thus to create an output that is identical to that of a conventional tag containing only one such chip.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2006Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Karl D. Brommer, Kenneth R. Erikson
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Patent number: 8113101Abstract: An air-based vertical launch system is described by means of which ballistic missile defense can be achieved effectively from a large aircraft. A method for ensuring safe missile egress is proposed. A method for ensuring that the missile strikes the ballistic missile payload section is also proposed. Together, the air basing method employing vertical (or near-vertical) launch and semi-active laser guidance yield an affordable and operationally effective missile defense against both tactical and long-range ballistic missiles. The affordability of missile defense is enhanced by the ability of an aircraft equipped with a vertical launcher to simultaneously carry out several defensive and offensive missions and to provide other capabilities such as satellite launch at other times.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc.Inventor: Thomas H. McCants, Jr.
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Patent number: 8089033Abstract: A method and apparatus for attacking a plurality of dispersed targets are herein presented. In particular, the method and apparatus herein presented allow the user to upload target data onto a pod mounted on a host aircraft. Upon reaching the pre loaded target location, the pod releases a plurality of individually targeted Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs), thereby allowing the user to attack a plurality of dispersed targets from a single aircraft standing off at a significant distance from the target area.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Paul A. Zank, Paul D. Zemany
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Patent number: 8090337Abstract: A wide band frequency domain canceller is used in cosite mitigation interference in which a signal tapped from a transmit antenna is coupled to a Chirp Fourier Transform to covert the signal into the frequency domain. The frequency domain signal is vector multiplied with a path transform function to add the path transfer function values to the sampled signal, after which the processed frequency domain signal is converted back into the time domain by an Inverse Chirp Fourier Transform, after which it is inverted and coupled into the receive path of a cosited receiver.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Randolph K. Beltz, Paul E. Gili
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Patent number: 8081130Abstract: A shortened multi-band antenna includes in-line dipoles, selected elements of which having shielded meanderline chokes to be able to switch from an extended dipole at the lower VHF frequencies to a shortened dipole for the UHF band. Additionally, the staggered asymmetric meanderline configuration permits overall size reduction, whereas antenna construction includes an intermediate fiberglass layer over which conductive foil is placed for tuning and for parasitic radiator purposes to improve the gain of the UHF dipole in the upper regions of the band at 450 megahertz. Additionally, at the low end of the 30 megahertz band a sleeve is positioned between the base of the lowest dipole element and ground, with the sleeve provided with two parallel RLC circuits tuned to different bands to improve VSWR at the low end of the VHF band and to eliminate unwanted nulls.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: John T. Apostolos, Judy Feng, William Mouyos
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Patent number: 8072337Abstract: Stolen or lost explosives are detected by fixing micro RF transmitters in the form of RFID tags to the explosive packaging or embedding them in the explosive material itself. Moreover, the subject microradio transponders may be contained in an adhesive binder or slurry. The identity of the explosive, its place of manufacture and ownership is detectable by RFID tag interrogators strategically located along commonly used roads or railways in which the RFID tags scavenge energy from interrogation beams, with the RFID tags indicating the identity of the explosive and its origin.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Paul A. Zank, David W. Buchanan, Jason C. Julien, Karl D. Brommer, Walter J Fredette, Jr.
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Patent number: 8072992Abstract: Real and simulated (virtual) networks are interfaced with one another for carrying out hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing and evaluations. A simulated network is modeled at a workstation by running a network simulation or discrete event modeling tool on the workstation. A virtual gateway node is defined in the simulated network, and the gateway node is linked with a network adapter on the workstation. An external real network operating with Internet protocol (IP) is also linked with the adapter. The adapter and the gateway node are configured to (i) translate simulated data packets sent from nodes of the simulated network and designated for the real network, into IP data packets for routing or processing by the real network, and (ii) translate IP data packets sent from nodes of the real network and designated for the simulated network, into simulated data packets for muting or processing by the simulated network.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2006Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: John C. Deal, Ralph Martinez, Todd Haynes, Walter G. Whimpenny, Thai N. Nguyen, Scott A. Burgan, Kevin McNeill, Alim Needham
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Patent number: 8068214Abstract: A centroiding method is provided for an optical tracking system including a laser used for countermeasuring purposes in which a pencil thin laser beam is accurately positioned onto a target through the use of centroiding techniques for ascertaining the position not only of the target but also the laser beam, with the centroiding techniques resulting in a sub-pixel level resolution. The sub-pixel resolution permits utilization of smaller cost-effective focal plane arrays by giving the small focal plane array a resolution associated with much larger focal plane arrays.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Anuradha Bhargava, Harold T. Wright, Kazimierz T. Grzeslak, Arnold Kravitz
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Patent number: 8044797Abstract: A convenient handheld locator is provided for locating an item in an urban environment in which the locator is programmed to search for and locate specific items, with the detected item being displayed on the locator as to its identity or name, also displaying where the item is relative to the locator, as to position and range.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Karl D. Brommer, Court E. Rossman, Cedric L. Logan, Paul E. Gili
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Patent number: 8037797Abstract: A method for breaching a minefield comprising the step of deploying a shaped charge array from a vehicle to detonate the minefield.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Mark Frank, Les H. Richards, Philip L. McDuffie, Christopher Kohl, Thomas G. Ratliff
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Patent number: 8020482Abstract: An air-based vertical launch system is described by means of which ballistic missile defense can be achieved effectively from a large aircraft. A method for ensuring safe missile egress is proposed. A method for ensuring that the missile strikes the ballistic missile payload section is also proposed. Together, the air basing method employing vertical (or near-vertical) launch and semi-active laser guidance yield an affordable and operationally effective missile defense against both tactical and long-range ballistic missiles. The affordability of missile defense is enhanced by the ability of an aircraft equipped with a vertical launcher to simultaneously carry out several defensive and offensive missions and to provide other capabilities such as satellite launch at other times.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc.Inventor: Thomas H. McCants, Jr.