Patents by Inventor Marshall J. Jose

Marshall J. Jose 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).

  • Apparatus and method for establishing and maintaining a communications link
    Patent number: 10771135
    Abstract: An example apparatus for establishing a communications link is provided. The example apparatus may include a phased array antenna, a radio frequency beamformer, and a processor. The processor may be in operable communication with the radio frequency beamformer and configured to operate as an antenna controller. As the antenna controller, the processor may be configured to direct the radio frequency beamformer to steer an antenna beam generated by the phased array antenna in a plurality of beam directions across an operating range of the phased array antenna, determine a signal strength of a source signal received by the phased array antenna at each beam direction, determine a current beam direction, and direct the radio frequency beamformer to steer the antenna beam to the current beam direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Colin Z. Sheldon, Marshall J. Jose, Robert F. Henrick, Jennifer N. Dumiak
  • Apparatus and Method for Establishing and Maintaining a Communications Link
    Publication number: 20170223749
    Abstract: An example apparatus for establishing a communications link is provided. The example apparatus may include a phased array antenna, a radio frequency beamformer, and a processor. The processor may be in operable communication with the radio frequency beamformer and configured to operate as an antenna controller. As the antenna controller, the processor may be configured to direct the radio frequency beamformer to steer an antenna beam generated by the phased array antenna in a plurality of beam directions across an operating range of the phased array antenna, determine a signal strength of a source signal received by the phased array antenna at each beam direction, determine a current beam direction, and direct the radio frequency beamformer to steer the antenna beam to the current beam direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Colin Z. Sheldon, Marshall J. Jose, Robert F. Henrick, Jennifer N. Dumiak
  • System and method for monitoring environmental conditions
    Patent number: 7916015
    Abstract: A monitoring system and method for detecting environmental conditions is provided, the monitoring system including a sensing unit including a plurality of sensors for obtaining data related to environmental conditions, a controller interfaced with the sensing unit for receiving and encoding the data related to environmental conditions into a predetermined format using a base64 encoding scheme, and a communication device for receiving the data in the predetermined format from the controller, forming an e-mail message (which can be further encoded) including instructions on how to decode the email message and transmitting the e-mail message including the data in the predetermined format to at least one predetermined recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Nicholas H. Evancich, Michael P. McLoughlin, Keith A. Soldavin, Micah A. Carlson, Gerad D. House, Marshall J. Jose, Edward P. Rhyne, Charles W. Kerechanin, II, Henry A. Kues, Jr., Eric J. Van Gieson