Patents by Inventor Howard George Varner, Jr.

Howard George Varner, Jr. 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).

  • GPS receiver with recalibration and methods for recalibrating and reconfiguring a GPS receiver
    Patent number: 6771212
    Abstract: A method of recalibrating a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver includes applying a first control signal to an oscillator for generation of an oscillator signal having an initial frequency and determining if an indicator of correct oscillator output frequency is present at the initial frequency. If an indicator of correct oscillator output frequency is not present, then iterative steps are followed until an indicator of correct oscillator output frequency is found. The iterative steps include: applying a new adjusted control signal to the oscillator for generation of a new frequency; determining whether an indicator of correct oscillator frequency is present; and if an indicator of correct oscillator output frequency is present with the oscillator having the new frequency, storing said adjusted control signal. If an indicator of correct oscillator frequency is present with the oscillator output signal having said initial frequency, then storing said initial control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: General Dynamcis Corporation
    Inventors: David Moon Yee, Clinton Charles Hepner, Jeffrey Dean York, Mark Chester Stange, Howard George Varner, Jr., Dave Richard Wallis