Patents by Inventor George E. Bown

George E. Bown 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: 7065459
    Abstract: A method of determining the frequency of a plurality of resonant devices (for example three SAW devices) includes determining optimal interrogation frequencies for each of the devices, the optimal interrogation frequencies having maximum power spectral densities, accumulating a plurality of responses for each sensor, performing discrete Fourier transforms on the sampling results to estimate the three resonant frequencies, and averaging the results of the Fourier transforms to provide an indication of resonant frequencies. The averaging step may include the calculation of a standard deviation and the rejection of any results which fall more than a pre-determined multiple of the standard deviation from the average frequency result. The frequency determined by the method may be employed to calculate the pressure and temperature of the sensor devices. The sensor devices may be located in a vehicle tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Transense Technologies Plc
    Inventors: Victor Alexandrovich Kalinin, John Peter Beckley, George E. Bown
  • Publication number: 20040239504
    Abstract: A method of determining the frequency of a plurality of resonant devices (for example three SAW devices) includes determining optimal interrogation frequencies for each of the devices, the optimal interrogation frequencies having maximum power spectral densities, accumulating a plurality of responses for each sensor, performing discreet Fourier transforms on the sampling results to estimate the three resonant frequencies, and averaging the results of the Fourier transforms to provide an indication of resonant frequencies. The averaging step may include the calculation of a standard deviation and the rejection of any results which fall more than a predetermined multiple of the standard deviation from the average frequency result. The frequency is determined by the method may be employed to calculate the pressure and temperature of the sensor devices. The sensor devices may be located in a vehicle tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Victor Alexandrovich Kalinin, John Peter Beckley, George E Bown