Patents by Inventor Edward E. Spignese

Edward E. Spignese 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: 4158888
    Abstract: A signal processor for use in a small, lightweight radar-guided missile to provide a discrete Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on received radar return signals. The radar return signal are converted into a sequence of binary digits enabling a simple decoder to perform complex addition and subtraction processing, thereby minimizing the space and complexity of the signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1979
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gerald N. Shapiro, Bertram J. Goldstone, Joseph D. Simone, Edward E. Spignese
  • Patent number: 4090250
    Abstract: A digital signal processor adapted for use in small, lightweight radar-guided missiles. The processor includes a scratch pad register section, an arithmetic-logic unit and a control section arranged to enable data stored in two different storage elements included in such register section to be operated on by the arithmetic-logic unit, the result of such operation to be stored in a third storage element included in the register section and the contents stored in a program counter register to be incremented by one or jumped to a predetermined address selectively in accordance with the result of the arithmetic operation, all during the execution of a single one of a plurality of stored control instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Curtis E. Carlson, Richard A. Johnson, Edward E. Spignese
  • Patent number: 4075630
    Abstract: A signal processor for use in a small, lightweight radar-guided missile to provide a discrete Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) on received radar return signals. The radar return signals are converted into a sequence of binary digits enabling a simple decoder to perform complex addition and subtraction processing, thereby minimizing the space and complexity of the signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gerald N. Shapiro, Bertram J. Goldstone, Joseph D. Simone, Edward E. Spignese