Patents Assigned to Global Communications
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Patent number: 12286236Abstract: Systems and methods for locating UAV. The methods comprise: causing a physical joining of a payload with a fuselage of the UAV (where the payload comprises a communication relay); using a power source to supply power to the payload that is independent from a main power source of the UAV; and continuing to perform relay operations by the communication relay and location operations by a first locator, when power is no longer being supplied by the main power source.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Peter Burke, Richard J. Nink, Joel Womack, Malcolm Packer, Thomas Howe, Aaron Hendershot
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Patent number: 12249758Abstract: Wireless communication device (WCD) for use in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a multi-purpose WCD accessory. The accessory is comprised of a first plate having opposed first and second major faces. The first major face includes a heat transfer surface configured to contact a body of the WCD interior of the UAV when the WCD is secured to the first major face. A second plate is attached to the second major face in a cantilever configuration and extends exterior of the fuselage in a direction away from the second major surface. The second plate comprises at least a portion of a ground plane for an antenna system utilized by the WCD, and together with the first plate forms a heat sink for the WCD.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Peter Burke, Richard J. Nink, Joel Womack, Malcolm Packer, Thomas Howe, Aaron Hendershot
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Patent number: 12242661Abstract: Systems and methods for protecting intellectual property of a circuit via obfuscation of logic through encryption. The methods comprise: analyzing a combinational circuit (CC) to identify first logic gates that perform first function(s) which is(are) implementable by LUT(s); dividing CC a first portion comprising the first logic gates and a second portion comprising remaining logic gates; protecting gate logic of the first portion by at least storing information implementing the first function(s) in an encrypted LUT format in a memory device of the circuit such that the first function(s) is(are) obfuscated when the circuit is in an at-rest state; and interfacing the remaining logic gates with the memory device such that the circuit is configured to generate an output in accordance with operations of the combinational circuit using the information stored in the encrypted LUT format.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Michael T. Kurdziel, Steven M. Farris, Marcin Lukowiak, Stanislaw Radziszowski
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Patent number: 12176618Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an antenna assembly. The methods comprise: receiving, at the first circularly polarized antenna, a first signal comprising a desired signal emitted from a first signal source located at a first altitude higher than a second altitude of the antenna assembly and an interfering signal emitted from a second signal source located at a third altitude lower than the second altitude; receiving the interfering signal at the second circularly polarized antenna (where the first and second circularly polarized antennas are disposed on opposite sides of an antenna reflector and having opposite circular polarizations); generating a second signal by shifting a phase of the interfering signal which was received at the second circularly polarized antenna by an amount to cause the second signal to be out-of-phase with the first signal; and providing an antenna pattern with a null at or below a horizon by destructively combining the second signal with the first signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: James J. Hood, James Buduson, Joseph Majkowski, Peter Burke
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Patent number: 12170540Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing detection and interference of signals communicated from a communication device. The methods comprise: coupling an RF-to-FSO converter to a port of the communication device; providing a first radio frequency signal from the communication device to the RF-to-FSO converter via the port; using the first radio frequency signal by the RF-to-FSO converter to modulate an optical signal; and emitting the modulated optical signal from the RF-to-FSO converter through free space.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Timothy James Giles, Andrew J. Eller, Richard Furness
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Patent number: 12155130Abstract: Adaptive tunable antenna system includes a first radiating element having an elongated length and a second radiating element extending from a distal end of the first radiating element. The first radiating element is for a high band of operation and the second radiating element is for a low-band of operation. The second radiating element is a helical member including a plurality of turns. A low-band circuit selectively bypasses one or more of the turns of the second radiating element in response to a control signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Majkowski, Malcolm Packer, Luismael Lopez Aragones
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Patent number: 12027616Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor die, a source contact, a drain contact, a first passivation layer, a T-shaped gate contact, a field plate, and a second passivation layer. The semiconductor die generally includes a plurality of semiconductor layers disposed on an insulating substrate. The source contact and the drain contact are electrically coupled to a channel formed in the semiconductor layers and defining an active area of the device. The first passivation layer generally covers the active area of the device, the source contact, and the drain contact. The T-shaped gate contact may be disposed within the active area of the device. The T-shaped gate contact is generally electrically separated from the channel and comprises a column portion and a cap portion. The field plate may be disposed above the active area of the device. The field plate is generally adjacent to and laterally separated from the cap portion of the T-shaped gate contact.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Global Communication Semiconductors, LLCInventors: Dheeraj Mohata, Shing-Kuo Wang, Liping Daniel Hou
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Patent number: 12028050Abstract: An apparatus includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter generally comprises a first plurality of resonators. The second filter generally comprises a second plurality of resonators. The first plurality of resonators generally comprise piezoelectric material. The second plurality of resonators generally comprise piezoelectric material. At least two of the first plurality of resonators are arranged in series between a signal input of the first filter and a signal output of the first filter. At least two of the second plurality of resonators are arranged in series between a signal input of the second filter and a signal output of the second filter. The second plurality of resonators are reverse connected relative to the first plurality of resonators.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Global Communication Semiconductors, LLCInventor: Robert B. Stokes
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Patent number: 11622163Abstract: An example method comprises receiving, at a first digital device, video data, scanning video content of the video data for visual transitions within the video content between consecutive frames of the video data, each transition indicating significant visual transitions relative to other frames of the video data, timestamping each visual transition and create a first set of temporal video fingerprints, identifying items of metadata to be associated with the video data, identifying a location within the video data using the temporal video fingerprints for the identified items of metadata, generating a metadata index identifying each item of metadata and a location for each item of metadata relative to the video data using at least one of the temporal video fingerprints, and transmitting, at the first digital device, the video data, the first set of temporal video fingerprints, and the metadata index to a different digital device.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: LTN Global Communications Inc.Inventors: Alan David Young, Dimitri Felixovich Tarassenko, Roger James Franklin, Malik Khan
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Patent number: 11562746Abstract: Systems (100) and methods (800) for communicating information. The methods comprise: storing message sets in Communication Devices (“CDs”) so as to be respectively associated with speaker information; performing operations, by a first CD, to capture an audio message spoken by an individual and to convert the audio message into a message audio file; comparing the message audio file to each reference audio file in the message sets to determine whether one of the reference audio files matches the message audio file by a certain amount; converting the audio message into a text message when a determination is made that a reference audio file does match the message audio file by a certain amount; generating a secure text message by appending the speaker information that is associated with the matching reference audio file to the text message, or by appending other information to the text message; transmitting the secure text message.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: William N. Furman, John W. Nieto, William M. Batts, Michael T. Kurdziel
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Patent number: 11477418Abstract: Systems (100) and methods (1000) for operating a shoulder Speaker Microphone (“SM”) device coupled to a radio. The methods comprising: using a speaker and a microphone of the shoulder SM device to facilitate auditory communications to and from a user of the radio; activating a thermal imaging device integrated with the shoulder SM device when the shoulder SM device resides at a location of an incident event; capturing thermal images by the thermal imaging device of the shoulder SM device; and performing operations by the shoulder SM device to cause the thermal images to be streamed over a network.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventor: Joseph Fertitta
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Patent number: 11335815Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor die, an N-doped region, an N-contact metal, a PN junction mesa, a P-contact metal, a first passivation layer, an anode feed metal, and a cathode feed metal. The semiconductor die may include a plurality of semiconductor layers disposed on an insulating substrate. The N-doped region may define an active area of the device. The N-contact metal may be disposed on a first portion of the N-doped region. The PN junction mesa may be disposed on a second portion of the N-doped region. The PN junction mesa may comprise a hyperabrupt N-doping layer disposed on the first portion of the N-doped region and a P-doped layer disposed on the hyperabrupt N-doping layer. The P-contact metal may be disposed on the P-doped layer of the PN junction mesa. The first passivation layer may cover the semiconductor layers of the semiconductor device and have openings for the N-contact metal and the P-contact metal. The anode feed metal may connect the P-contact metal to a first bond pad.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Global Communication Semiconductors, LLCInventors: Yuefei Yang, Shing-Kuo Wang, Wing Yau
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Patent number: 11276764Abstract: A device including a semiconductor die, a first contact, a second contact, a third contact, a first passivation layer, a second passivation layer and an interconnect metal. The semiconductor die may include a plurality of semiconductor layers disposed on a GaAs substrate. The first contact may be electrically coupled to a semiconductor emitter layer. The second contact may be electrically coupled to a semiconductor base layer. The third contact may be electrically coupled to a semiconductor sub-collector layer. The first passivation layer may cover one or more of the semiconductor and the contacts. The first passivation layer may comprise an inorganic insulator. The second passivation layer may comprise an inorganic insulator or organic polymer with low dielectric constant deposited on the passivation layer. The interconnect metal may be coupled to the first contact and separated from the first passivation layer by the second passivation layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Global Communication Semiconductors, LLCInventors: Yuefei Yang, Shing-Kuo Wang, Dheeraj Mohata, Liping Daniel Hou
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Publication number: 20210409840Abstract: An example method comprises receiving, at a first digital device, video data, scanning video content of the video data for visual transitions within the video content between consecutive frames of the video data, each transition indicating significant visual transitions relative to other frames of the video data, timestamping each visual transition and create a first set of temporal video fingerprints, identifying items of metadata to be associated with the video data, identifying a location within the video data using the temporal video fingerprints for the identified items of metadata, generating a metadata index identifying each item of metadata and a location for each item of metadata relative to the video data using at least one of the temporal video fingerprints, and transmitting, at the first digital device, the video data, the first set of temporal video fingerprints, and the metadata index to a different digital device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: LTN Global Communications Inc.Inventors: Alan David Young, Dimitri Felixovich Tarassenko, Roger James Franklin, Malik Khan
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Publication number: 20210175601Abstract: Antenna system includes a base structure and a multiplicity of vertebrae arranged in a stack to define a spine. The spine has an elongated length which extends from a base end to a tip end. A compression applicator is configured to apply an elastic compression force on the stack in a direction along the elongated length from the tip end to the base end. Vertebra interfaces associated with each of the adjacent pairs of the vertebrae are configured to facilitate a variable deviation in an angular alignment of a vertebra axis of each vertebra relative to an adjacent one of the vertebra contained in the stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: Joshua S. Gannon, Joseph D. Majkowski, William A. Christiano, Gregory G. Ornt
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Publication number: 20210084389Abstract: An example method comprises receiving, at a first digital device, video data, scanning video content of the video data for visual transitions within the video content between consecutive frames of the video data, each transition indicating significant visual transitions relative to other frames of the video data, timestamping each visual transition and create a first set of temporal video fingerprints, identifying items of metadata to be associated with the video data, identifying a location within the video data using the temporal video fingerprints for the identified items of metadata, generating a metadata index identifying each item of metadata and a location for each item of metadata relative to the video data using at least one of the temporal video fingerprints, and transmitting, at the first digital device, the video data, the first set of temporal video fingerprints, and the metadata index to a different digital deviceType: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: LTN Global Communications Inc.Inventors: Alan David Young, Dimitri Felixovich Tarassenko, Roger James Franklin, Malik Khan
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Patent number: 10811758Abstract: Broadband HF antenna system includes a conductive radiating element in the form of a continuous conductive loop. The conductive loop includes first and second elongated conductor portions. The conductive loop is electrically connected at first and second loop ends to an impedance matching network disposed within a chassis. The first elongated conductor portion is comprised of a whip antenna which functions as a cantilevered spring attached at one end to the rigid chassis. The whip antenna is resiliently maintained in a curved state by a tension force applied by the second elongated conductor portion. A spacing or gap between the first and second elongated conductor portions to establish the loop configuration is maintained exclusive of any spacer or hanger element.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: James P. Lill, Alan A. Scanandoah
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Patent number: 10506388Abstract: A method for compressing a short message includes receiving a short message that includes a plurality of text strings for compression, dividing the short message into one or more sub-blocks, where a number of text strings in each of the one or more sub-blocks is less than or equal to a predetermined number. The method also includes compressing each of the one or more sub-blocks by identifying a type of a first text string, identifying a code representing the type, determining whether the first text string exists in a library, upon determining that the first text string exists in the library, determining an index corresponding to the first text string, extracting a predetermined number of least significant digits of the index, and replacing the first text string in that sub-block with the code and the extracted predetermined number of least significant digits of the index.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: William N. Furman, John W. Nieto, Michael A. Wadsworth
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Patent number: 10432445Abstract: Systems (400) and methods for reducing a number of cyclostationary features in a transmitted signal. The methods comprise: obtaining by a transmitter a discrete-time IF signal comprising a sequence of samples all having a same sample duration; performing operations by a sub-sample dithering processing device of the transmitter to modify a sample timing of the discrete-time IF signal by decreasing or increasing a duration of at least one first sample of the sequence using a digital signal processing technique in a digital domain; converting the discrete-time IF signal to an RF signal; and transmitting the RF signal having a reduced number of cyclo stationary features.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: James A. Norris, John W. Nieto, Michael A. Wadsworth, William N. Furman
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Patent number: 10250232Abstract: Systems (400) and methods for removing dither introduced into a transmitted RF signal. The method comprising: receiving, by a receiver, the transmitted RF signal; converting, by the receiver, the transmitted RF signal into a discrete-time IF signal comprising a sequence of samples, where at least a first sample of said samples has a first sample duration different than a second sample duration of at least a second sample of said samples; and performing operations by a sub-sample dither removal device of the receiver to modify a sample timing of the discrete-time IF signal by decreasing or increasing the first sample duration of the first sample using a digital signal processing technique in a digital domain.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Harris Global Communications, Inc.Inventors: James A. Norris, John W. Nieto, Michael A. Wadsworth, William N. Furman