Patents by Inventor Donald Waagen

Donald Waagen 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).

  • Publication number: 20050035900
    Abstract: Systems and methods of tracking a beam-aspect target are provided. In embodiments, a target is tracked with a Kalman filter while detections are received. After a detection is missed, the Kalman filter may be concurrently propagated with a blind-zone particle filter until a probability that the target is in a blind zone exceeds a threshold. When the probability exceeds the threshold, the Kalman filter may refrain from further propagating. After a gated detection is received, the blind-zone particle filter and an unrestricted-zone particle filter may be concurrently propagated while a probability that the target is in an unrestricted zone exceeds a threshold. The system may return to tracking with the Kalman filter when a covariance of the unrestricted-zone particle filter falls below a predetermined covariance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: David Zaugg, Alphonso Samuel, Donald Waagen, Harry Schmitt