Patents by Inventor John Cafarella

John Cafarella 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: 7994971
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the roll rate and roll angle of a spinning platform, using the measured phase differences between the GPS satellite signals received on two or more antennas. The measured phase differences and the navigation solution from a GPS receiver are processed in a Kalman filter to obtain the desired information. Data from non-GPS measurement sources is optionally provided to update the navigation solution. Although of wide applicability, the invention is uniquely suited to the measurement of roll rates and roll angles of fast spinning platforms with small baselines, in which the antennas are separated from each other by distances that are a fraction of the GPS signal wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Mayflower Communications Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace Vander Velde, John Cafarella, Huan-Wan Tseng, George Dimos, Triveni Upadhyay
  • Patent number: 7852964
    Abstract: An antijam filter and method for filtering interference signals from signals received from the desired user in spatially multiplexed wireless communication systems. The antijam filter estimates the interference from known and unknown sources, and uses that estimate to filter the interference from the received signals. The filtered desired user signals are rendered for further signal processing using existing methods. The antijam filter and method are modular, with applicability to a wide range of wireless communication systems employing multiple antennas at the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Mayflower Communications Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gowri Shankar Rajappan, Ravi Sivasankaran, John Cafarella
  • Publication number: 20100117894
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the roll rate and roll angle of a spinning platform, using the measured phase differences between the GPS satellite signals received on two or more antennas. The measured phase differences and the navigation solution from a GPS receiver are processed in a Kalman filter to obtain the desired information. Data from non-GPS measurement sources is optionally provided to update the navigation solution. Although of wide applicability, the invention is uniquely suited to the measurement of roll rates and roll angles of fast spinning platforms with small baselines, in which the antennas are separated from each other by distances that are a fraction of the GPS signal wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Wallace Vander Velde, John Cafarella, Huan-Wan Tseng, George Dimos, Triveni Upadhyay
  • Publication number: 20070291866
    Abstract: An antijam filter and method for filtering interference signals from signals received from the desired user in spatially multiplexed wireless communication systems. The antijam filter estimates the interference from known and unknown sources, and uses that estimate to filter the interference from the received signals. The filtered desired user signals are rendered for further signal processing using existing methods. The antijam filter and method are modular, with applicability to a wide range of wireless communication systems employing multiple antennas at the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Gowri Shankar Rajappan, Ravi Sivasankaran, John Cafarella