Patents by Inventor Matthew Marple

Matthew Marple 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).

  • Two-channel monopulse radar for three-dimensional detection
    Patent number: 9121930
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the position of a target object using a two-channel monopulse radar. The radar may include two transmitting antennas and one common receiving antenna disposed in a coplanar arrangement. The transmitting antennas may be positioned on the focal plane of the radar along a focal plane axis that extends through, and that is perpendicular with, a boresight axis of the radar. The transmitting antennas may be spaced apart from one another in a first dimension a distance equal to about one half of one wavelength of the radar's center operating frequency. One of the transmitting antennas may be squinted at an angle of ?1 relative to the boresight axis and the other transmitting antenna may be squinted at an angle of ?2 relative to the boresight axis in a second dimension. The transmitting antennas are not squinted relative to one another in the first dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Xueru Ding, Jeff Schaefer, Matthew Marple
  • TWO-CHANNEL MONOPULSE RADAR FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DETECTION
    Publication number: 20150061921
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the position of a target object using a two-channel monopulse radar. The radar may include two transmitting antennas and one common receiving antenna disposed in a coplanar arrangement. The transmitting antennas may be positioned on the focal plane of the radar along a focal plane axis that extends through, and that is perpendicular with, a boresight axis of the radar. The transmitting antennas may be spaced apart from one another in a first dimension a distance equal to about one half of one wavelength of the radar's center operating frequency. One of the transmitting antennas may be squinted at an angle of ?1 relative to the boresight axis and the other transmitting antenna may be squinted at an angle of ?2 relative to the boresight axis in a second dimension. The transmitting antennas are not squinted relative to one another in the first dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: AUTOLIV, INC.
    Inventors: Xueru Ding, Jeff Schaefer, Matthew Marple