Patents by Inventor David F. Hunter

David F. Hunter 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: 9160463
    Abstract: A customer premises equipment (“CPE”) device for use with a cable signal provided by a cable system. The CPE device includes an antenna and a signal processing system. The antenna receives an interfering radio frequency (“RF”) signal generated by one or more external wireless signal sources as a copy signal. The signal processing system receives the interfering RF signal, the cable signal, and the copy signal, modifies the copy signal to produce a processed copy signal, and combines the cable signal, the interfering RF signal, and the processed copy signal to produce a combined signal. The signal processing system also monitors error rate values of the combined signal, and adjusts the copy signal such that the copy signal at least partially cancels the interfering RF signal in the combined signal thereby reducing the error rate values of the combined signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: David F. Hunter
  • Patent number: 9054782
    Abstract: A noise reduction device for use with a cable signal distributed by an outside plant of a cable system. The device includes an antenna and a signal processing system. The outside plant receives an interfering radio frequency (“RF”) signal generated by one or more external wireless signal sources and combines the interfering RF signal with the cable signal to produce a noisy cable signal. The antenna receives the interfering RF signal as a copy signal. The signal processing system modifies the copy signal to produce a processed copy signal, and combines the noisy cable signal and the processed copy signal to produce a combined signal. The signal processing system also monitors error rate values of the combined signal, and adjusts the copy signal such that the copy signal at least partially cancels the interfering RF signal in the combined signal thereby reducing the error rate values of the combined signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventor: David F. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20150085909
    Abstract: A noise reduction device for use with a cable signal distributed by an outside plant of a cable system. The device includes an antenna and a signal processing system. The outside plant receives an interfering radio frequency (“RF”) signal generated by one or more external wireless signal sources and combines the interfering RF signal with the cable signal to produce a noisy cable signal. The antenna receives the interfering RF signal as a copy signal. The signal processing system modifies the copy signal to produce a processed copy signal, and combines the noisy cable signal and the processed copy signal to produce a combined signal. The signal processing system also monitors error rate values of the combined signal, and adjusts the copy signal such that the copy signal at least partially cancels the interfering RF signal in the combined signal thereby reducing the error rate values of the combined signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: David F. Hunter
  • Publication number: 20150085908
    Abstract: A customer premises equipment (“CPE”) device for use with a cable signal provided by a cable system. The CPE device includes an antenna and a signal processing system. The antenna receives an interfering radio frequency (“RF”) signal generated by one or more external wireless signal sources as a copy signal. The signal processing system receives the interfering RF signal, the cable signal, and the copy signal, modifies the copy signal to produce a processed copy signal, and combines the cable signal, the interfering RF signal, and the processed copy signal to produce a combined signal. The signal processing system also monitors error rate values of the combined signal, and adjusts the copy signal such that the copy signal at least partially cancels the interfering RF signal in the combined signal thereby reducing the error rate values of the combined signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: David F. Hunter