Patents by Inventor Gary Hoffer

Gary Hoffer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for target discrimination within return signals
    Patent number: 7665663
    Abstract: A template representing a desired target is applied to response signals from an area including a plurality of targets and illuminated by electromagnetic radiation. The response signals include poles or damped sinusoids representing resonances (e.g., resonant frequencies) distinctly associated with each of the targets within the area. An embodiment of the present invention utilizes pole or damped sinusoid frequencies of a desired target to construct the template or comb-like pattern that is compared to the mixture of pole frequencies within the response signals from the area. The comparison yields a resulting score that indicates the presence of the desired target within the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Hoffer, Donald McLemore
  • Method and apparatus for target discrimination within return signals
    Publication number: 20080006694
    Abstract: A template representing a desired target is applied to response signals from an area including a plurality of targets and illuminated by electromagnetic radiation. The response signals include poles or damped sinusoids representing resonances (e.g., resonant frequencies) distinctly associated with each of the targets within the area. An embodiment of the present invention utilizes pole or damped sinusoid frequencies of a desired target to construct the template or comb-like pattern that is compared to the mixture of pole frequencies within the response signals from the area. The comparison yields a resulting score that indicates the presence of the desired target within the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Gary Hoffer, Donald McLemore