Patents by Inventor Clint W. McLaughlin

Clint W. McLaughlin 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: 11874394
    Abstract: A system may include a processor configured to: receive ambient data from an environment; calculate an average amplitude of the ambient data as a measure of a noise floor; receive a signal of interest found by the signal exceeding a noise riding threshold, the noise riding floor being an upward offset from the noise floor; calculate a running average for amplitude and frequency of the signal of interest; calculate a running variance for the amplitude and the frequency of the signal of interest; use the running average and the running variance to provide an adjustment to limits for modulation detection; use an offset from the noise riding threshold to provide a signal qualification minimum amplitude; and qualify the signal of interest based at least on the signal qualification minimum amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Szymanski, Clint W. McLaughlin
  • Patent number: 11513186
    Abstract: A system may include a computing device including a processor. The processor may be configured to: for correlation threads having populated queues, execute at least some of the correlation threads in parallel, wherein execution of each of the at least some of the correlation threads results in at least one of: at least one new radar track or at least one updated existing radar track; and output each new radar track and each updated existing radar track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Clint W. McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210311163
    Abstract: A system may include a processor configured to: receive ambient data from an environment; calculate an average amplitude of the ambient data as a measure of a noise floor; receive a signal of interest found by the signal exceeding a noise riding threshold, the noise riding floor being an upward offset from the noise floor; calculate a running average for amplitude and frequency of the signal of interest; calculate a running variance for the amplitude and the frequency of the signal of interest; use the running average and the running variance to provide an adjustment to limits for modulation detection; use an offset from the noise riding threshold to provide a signal qualification minimum amplitude; and qualify the signal of interest based at least on the signal qualification minimum amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Anthony Szymanski, Clint W. McLaughlin
  • Publication number: 20210208241
    Abstract: A system may include a computing device including a processor. The processor may be configured to: for correlation threads having populated queues, execute at least some of the correlation threads in parallel, wherein execution of each of the at least some of the correlation threads results in at least one of: at least one new radar track or at least one updated existing radar track; and output each new radar track and each updated existing radar track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Clint W. McLaughlin