Patents by Inventor John C. Kirk

John C. Kirk 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: 4079376
    Abstract: In a medium PRF pulse doppler type radar receiver, target detection is achieved in both search and track modes. In the search mode, the video signal from the receiver section is notch filtered to cancel the main beam clutter. The remainder of the signal is threshold detected, followed by ranging each of the thresholded signals to resolve the range ambiguity of the signals. The unambiguous signals are gated through a range sensitive threshold which operates along a power curve of R.sup.4, resulting in true target returns being thresholded by the range sensitive threshold circuit and blocking out discrete sidelobe returns. In the track mode, the video signal from the receiver is clutter cancelled to remove main beam clutter, as in the search mode, and the remaining signals pass through a velocity track filter with a narrow band window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: John C. Kirk, Jr.
  • Patent number: D501232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Inventor: John C. Kirk