Patents by Inventor John H. VanPatten

John H. VanPatten 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: 9100122
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to analyze and predict the interference susceptibility of receiver designs. In some implementations, the systems and methods may be used during a receiver design phase to predict how well a receiver design will perform in the presence of certain types of signals in a deployment region of a receiver. The systems and methods may allow potential shortcomings in a receiver design affecting interference susceptibility to be identified and remedied before any actual receiver hardware is constructed, thereby reducing costs typically associated with complex hardware redesign efforts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: John H. VanPatten, William H. Davis
  • Patent number: 8957811
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing energy-on-target simulations for targeted regions to predict power or energy levels incident within the targeted region resulting from transmissions of a specific transmitting platform. Models may be used of a transmitting platform, a receiving platform, and a channel between the transmitting platform and the receiving platform to perform the simulation. In some embodiments, a plot may be generated of the energy-on-target results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: William H. Davis, John H. VanPatten
  • Publication number: 20130307715
    Abstract: Disclosed subject matter relates to techniques for predicting jamming effectiveness. In one approach, platform models and propagation models are used to predict maximum threat communication range when jamming is used and when jamming is not used. The maximum range information may then be used to calculate jammer effectiveness. In another approach, probability-based techniques are used to predict jamming effectiveness for a system of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Raytheon Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Davis, John H. VanPatten, Anthony T. McDowell, Lee A. McMillan
  • Publication number: 20130307726
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for performing energy-on-target simulations for targeted regions to predict power or energy levels incident within the targeted region resulting from transmissions of a specific transmitting platform. Models may be used of a transmitting platform, a receiving platform, and a channel between the transmitting platform and the receiving platform to perform the simulation. In some embodiments, a plot may be generated of the energy-on-target results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: William H. Davis, John H. VanPatten
  • Publication number: 20130309987
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to analyze and predict the interference susceptibility of receiver designs. In some implementations, the systems and methods may be used during a receiver design phase to predict how well a receiver design will perform in the presence of certain types of signals in a deployment region of a receiver. The systems and methods may allow potential shortcomings in a receiver design affecting interference susceptibility to be identified and remedied before any actual receiver hardware is constructed, thereby reducing costs typically associated with complex hardware redesign efforts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: John H. VanPatten, William H. Davis
  • Patent number: 8086187
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to simulate performance of a communication system includes providing a list of interference components to a user, receiving from the user selections of interference components from the list of the interference components, performing an analysis based on the user selections of the interference components and rendering a result of the analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: William H. Davis, John H. VanPatten, Lee A. McMillan