Patents by Inventor David L. Quam

David L. Quam 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).

  • Target maneuver detection
    Patent number: 7755011
    Abstract: The present invention includes, in its various aspects and embodiments, a method and apparatus for determining whether a moving target is maneuvering. The method comprises determining an expected motion for the target assuming the target is not maneuvering; determining an upper bound and a lower bound for the expected motion; and determining whether the actual motion exceeds at least one of the upper and lower bounds of the expected motion. In one aspect, the apparatus is a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing apparatus, perform such a method. In another aspect, the apparatus is a computing apparatus programmed to perform such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent C. Lam, David L. Quam
  • TARGET MANEUVER DETECTION
    Publication number: 20070295855
    Abstract: The present invention includes, in its various aspects and embodiments, a method and apparatus for determining whether a moving target is maneuvering. The method comprises determining an expected motion for the target assuming the target is not maneuvering; determining an upper bound and a lower bound for the expected motion; and determining whether the actual motion exceeds at least one of the upper and lower bounds of the expected motion. In one aspect, the apparatus is a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing apparatus, perform such a method. In another aspect, the apparatus is a computing apparatus programmed to perform such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventors: Vincent C. Lam, David L. Quam