Patents by Inventor Jerry R. Smith, Jr.

Jerry R. Smith, 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).

  • Remote sensing of wave heights using a narrowband radar arrangement
    Patent number: 7830302
    Abstract: A narrowband radar arrangement having a radar transmitter and a radar receiver mounted above a targeted water surface to monitor and determine a sea state of the targeted water surface. Fixed frequency signals are transmitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver, via a direct path and via a forward scattered path off the targeted water surface. An interference pattern of interfering direct path signals and forward scattered signals is used to determine an instantaneous height of the water surface and also to determine the sea state of the targeted water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Jerry R. Smith, Jr.
  • Remote sensing of wave heights using a broadband radar arrangement
    Patent number: 7808426
    Abstract: A broadband radar arrangement having a radar transmitter and a radar receiver mounted above a targeted water surface to monitor and determine a sea state of the targeted water surface. Spectrally spaced signals are transmitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver, via a direct path and via a forward scattered path off the targeted water surface. An interference pattern of interfering direct path signals and forward scattered signals is used to determine an instantaneous height of the water surface and also to determine the sea state of the targeted water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Jerry R. Smith, Jr.