Patents by Inventor Genevieve J. Hankins

Genevieve J. Hankins 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).

  • Quality factor estimation of a reverberant cavity
    Patent number: 10585971
    Abstract: A method comprises collecting a data set of field characterization measurements at a location inside a reverberant cavity excited by signals having multiple discrete electromagnetic frequencies; and performing a number (n) of circular shifts on the data set by a frequency step (?f) and computing a covariance-based coefficient at each shift until the coefficient indicates a lack of correlation. The method further comprises computing a quality factor (Q) of the reverberant cavity as fc/(?f×n), where fc is center frequency of the data set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason P. Bommer, Dennis M. Lewis, Genevieve J. Hankins
  • QUALITY FACTOR ESTIMATION OF A REVERBERANT CAVITY
    Publication number: 20150051874
    Abstract: A method comprises collecting a data set of field characterization measurements at a location inside a reverberant cavity excited by signals having multiple discrete electromagnetic frequencies; and performing a number (n) of circular shifts on the data set by a frequency step (?f) and computing a covariance-based coefficient at each shift until the coefficient indicates a lack of correlation. The method further comprises computing a quality factor (Q) of the reverberant cavity as fc/(?f×n), where fc is center frequency of the data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jason P. Bommer, Dennis M. Lewis, Genevieve J. Hankins