Patents Assigned to Midian Electronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5880682
    Abstract: A vehicle detector comprising a flux gate magnetometer with vertical and horizontal sensing coils is positioned within a roadway. The ambient levels of the earth's magnetic field as sensed by the magnetometer are used to establish reference levels and deviations therefrom are evaluated by a microprocessor which produces a vehicle arrived signal when the vertical component of sensed perturbations exceed a threshold and in an alternate mode when either vertical or horizontal levels exceed threshold values. Both vertical and horizontal levels must fall below threshold levels to determine a departure in either mode. Vehicle arrival and departure events are encoded as NRZ data packets which are transmitted by an edge-fired antenna as FM modulated signals. A remote multi-channel receiver capable of responding to a plurality of magnetometer modulated FM transmitters processes the received data and provides signals that are used by traffic signal controlling computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Soulliard, Herschel W. Ward, Stephen M. Matacia
  • Patent number: 4602131
    Abstract: A programmable tone decoder for standard bell system DTMF tone pairs is presented which comprises an integrated DTMF receiver and a means for programming a sequence of digits which are compared to the output of the DTMF receiver. The decoding means provides an output for an exact comparison of the complete sequence, the output being indicative of the reception of a proper telephone code sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Soulliard, Kevin Kelly, Philip Lehman
  • Patent number: 4471352
    Abstract: A paging encoder including a microcomputer having a look-up table containing code formats for the more popular paging systems and an energy conservation means whereby the microcomputer is maintained in an off state except when called upon to perform an encoding function by a keyboard input means. This is accomplished by a microcomputer programmed to contain a lookup table including tone and space data for a plurality of paging formats and routines for converting input data, such as a telephone number, to a tone and space code for a selected one of said paging formats as programmed by a selection means which alters the function of the microcomputer to cause it to provide the desired output tone and space codes in accordance with the selected paging format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Soulliard, Herschel W. Ward
  • Patent number: 4463221
    Abstract: An automatic radio telephone encoder/decoder including a microcomputer programmed to decode incoming dial codes and generate outgoing radio telephone functions and dial codes in response to received signals or keypad activation is presented in combination with control circuitry activated by the microcomputer which is maintained in an off condition except when called upon to perform encoding or decoding functions by a keyboard input means or signals received by the radio telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Soulliard, Herschel W. Ward, Arthur D. Gass, Andrew M. Hudor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4369338
    Abstract: A tone decoder for the sixteen standard Bell System DTMF tone pairs is presented which is comprised of first and second tone detectors adapted to provide logic signals in response to detection of predetermined frequencies. The logic signals are processed by a counter which is incremented by simultaneous logic signals from the first and second tone detectors and which controls a switch adapted to change the frequencies to which the tone detectors are responsive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1983
    Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Soulliard
  • Patent number: 4355210
    Abstract: A digitally synthesized tone encoder and automatic number identification generator for a radio-telephone is presented herein. The system includes a tone burst generator for producing two audio tones simultaneously in response to either a keypad input or sequencing of a multiplexer providing a single-pole eight-throw switching function in response to the incrementing of a counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1982
    Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Soulliard
  • Patent number: 4275271
    Abstract: Presented herein is a sub-miniature radio telephone decoder which through a unique arrangement of integrated circuits adapted to create frequency detectors and counters provide the means whereby a radio telephone receiver is held in a muted state until a predetermined 600/1500 MTS code representing a phone number is decoded. When the predetermined code has been detected, the decoder unmutes the receiver and activates an audio signal. The functions are accomplished by first and second frequency detectors responsive to 600 Hz and 1500 Hz tones in combination with means to count frequency shifts between the two tones and interpret sets of shifts as digits of a predetermined telephone code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Midian Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Soulliard