Patents by Inventor Daniel Kilfoyle

Daniel Kilfoyle 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: 10422847
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining an angle of arrival (AoA) of a signal received from an emitters at a pair of antennas spaced apart by more than one half wavelength of the received signal. Features of the signal are determined, including a phase difference between signal components detected at the antennas, and a time difference of arrival (TDOA) having a known measurement error. A set of TDOA possibilities bounded by the known TDOA measurement error and a set of AoA estimates using phase interferometry (PI) within the range are calculated. The TDOA set is iteratively reduced to determine a precise AoA estimate for the emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Ian S. Robinson, Bradley A. Flanders, Daniel Kilfoyle
  • Publication number: 20180306887
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining an angle of arrival (AoA) of a signal received from an emitters at a pair of antennas spaced apart by more than one half wavelength of the received signal. Features of the signal are determined, including a phase difference between signal components detected at the antennas, and a time difference of arrival (TDOA) having a known measurement error. A set of TDOA possibilities bounded by the known TDOA measurement error and a set of AoA estimates using phase interferometry (PI) within the range are calculated. The TDOA set is iteratively reduced to determine a precise AoA estimate for the emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Ian S. Robinson, Bradley A. Flanders, Daniel Kilfoyle
  • Patent number: 9444504
    Abstract: Method for capturing a high dynamic range signal includes: receiving the wideband analog signal; digitizing the wideband signal by a wideband ADC; detecting N strongest sub-bands in the digitized wideband analog signal; adaptively programming N bandstop filters to block the detected N strongest sub-bands from being digitized by the wideband ADC; adjusting a gain of output signals of the N bandstop filters to amplify said output signals; digitizing the amplified output signals by the wideband ADC to obtain a first digitized signal; adaptively programming N passband filters to pass the detected N strongest sub-bands to N ADCs, respectively; digitizing the detected strongest N sub-band signals output from the N pass-band filters by the respective N ADCs to obtain a plurality of second digitized signals; and processing the first digitized signal and the plurality of second digitized signals to identify any duplicate bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Ian S. Robinson, Daniel Kilfoyle, William P. Ballance
  • Publication number: 20060083196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for extending the coverage area and communication capacity of a spread-spectrum based wireless network through the use of intelligent repeaters. The system comprises a wireless communication network augmented with low cost channel selective repeaters that is capable of repeating only desired signals, thereby suppressing undesirable interference and increasing network capacity. The repeaters can be integrated into an existing wireless network with minimal impact to the existing network layer topology or control structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Kilfoyle, Travis Slocumb, Steven Carson
  • Publication number: 20060077920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for extending the coverage area and communication capacity of a spread-spectrum based wireless network through the use of intelligent repeaters. The system comprises a wireless communication network augmented with low cost channel selective repeaters that is capable of repeating only desired signals, thereby suppressing undesirable interference and increasing network capacity. The repeaters can be integrated into an existing wireless network with minimal impact to the existing network layer topology or control structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Kilfoyle, Travis Slocumb, Steven Carson
  • Publication number: 20060077927
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for extending the coverage area and communication capacity of a spread-spectrum based wireless network through the use of intelligent repeaters. The system comprises a wireless communication network augmented with low cost channel selective repeaters that is capable of repeating only desired signals, thereby suppressing undesirable interference and increasing network capacity. The repeaters can be integrated into an existing wireless network with minimal impact to the existing network layer topology or control structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Daniel Kilfoyle, Travis Slocumb, Steven Carson