Patents by Inventor Nigel Clement DAVIES

Nigel Clement DAVIES 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: 10677927
    Abstract: A method for mitigating interference in a receiver, where the received signal is transmitted in a fashion having equivalent information content in at least two distinct bands. The method compares mean power per unit bandwidth in suitably normalised sidebands and sets a rejection threshold based upon the measured levels. Bands above the threshold may be rejected from further processing. The bands may include sidebands produced by a modulation process that produces sidebands having the same informational content. The threshold may be set relative to the band having the lowest mean power per unit bandwidth or according to some other function of the bands. Also extends to a signal processor in a receiver, and a receiver. The primary focus of the application is toward the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) Satellite navigation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventor: Nigel Clement Davies
  • Patent number: 10180500
    Abstract: A method of processing signal data including an unencrypted portion and an encrypted portion, the method including: receiving, at a receiver, the signal data; processing a sample of the signal data to provide a processed signal sample including data relating to the encrypted portion of the signal data and data relating to the unencrypted portion of the signal data, comparing the unencrypted signal data with at least one reference signal to determine information including at least one of (i) the time at which the signal was sent from the source and (ii) the identity of the source; requesting, based on the determined information, and from a source remote to the receiver, a set of encrypted reference signal samples; comparing, on a processing device remote to the receiver, the set of encrypted reference signal samples with the received encrypted signal data to identify any matching signal samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Clement Davies, Richard Edward Bowden, Mark Dumville, Ben Peter Wales, Luis Enrique Aguado, Thomas Andrew Evans
  • Patent number: 10181430
    Abstract: An electronic hardware assembly including at least a first and second laminar component, wherein the first laminar components includes a die, the die including a substrate, a functional region and a first protective layer, and the second laminar component includes a second protective layer, wherein the first and second laminar components are arranged in a stack such that the functional region of the first laminar component is arranged within the assembly substantially between first and second protective layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Clement Davies, David John Lees
  • Patent number: 10049568
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a method of identifying a vehicle-borne transmitter emitting an interfering signal over a predefined frequency band. The method comprises monitoring the predefined frequency band at a first location to identify an emission of an interfering signal from a passing vehicle. If an interfering signal is detected, the method further comprises capturing a first image of the passing vehicle to enable an identity of the passing vehicle to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Clement Davies, Malcolm David MacLeod
  • Publication number: 20170205510
    Abstract: A method for mitigating interference in a receiver, where the received signal is transmitted in a fashion having equivalent information content in at least two distinct bands. The method compares mean power per unit bandwidth in suitably normalised sidebands and sets a rejection threshold based upon the measured levels. Bands above the threshold may be rejected from further processing. The bands may include sidebands produced by a modulation process that produces sidebands having the same informational content. The threshold may be set relative to the band having the lowest mean power per unit bandwidth or according to some other function of the bands. Also extends to a signal processor in a receiver, and a receiver. The primary focus of the application is toward the Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) Satellite navigation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventor: Nigel Clement DAVIES
  • Publication number: 20160343252
    Abstract: A method of identifying a vehicle-borne transmitter emitting an interfering signal over a predefined frequency band. The method comprises monitoring the predefined frequency band at a first location to identify an emission of an interfering signal from a passing vehicle. If an interfering signal is detected, the method further comprises capturing a first image of the passing vehicle to enable an identity of the passing vehicle to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Nigel Clement DAVIES, Malcolm David MACLEOD
  • Publication number: 20160178752
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for signal weighting for satellite navigation systems is described. The method comprises (i) receiving secure and open service signals from at least one satellite navigation system, (ii) for received signals, determining a pseudo-range, and (iii) associating a statistical weighting to each pseudo-range, said weighting comprising a consideration of whether the signal is an open signal or a secure signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Clement DAVIES, Thomas Andrew EVANS, Richard Edward BOWDEN
  • Publication number: 20160155679
    Abstract: An electronic hardware assembly including at least a first and second laminar component, wherein the first laminar components includes a die, the die including a substrate, a functional region and a first protective layer, and the second laminar component includes a second protective layer, wherein the first and second laminar components are arranged in a stack such that the functional region of the first laminar component is arranged within the assembly substantially between first and second protective layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Clement DAVIES, David John LEES
  • Publication number: 20160146947
    Abstract: A method of processing signal data including an unencrypted portion and an encrypted portion, the method including: receiving, at a receiver, the signal data; processing a sample of the signal data to provide a processed signal sample including data relating to the encrypted portion of the signal data and data relating to the unencrypted portion of the signal data, comparing the unencrypted signal data with at least one reference signal to determine information including at least one of (i) the time at which the signal was sent from the source and (ii) the identity of the source; requesting, based on the determined information, and from a source remote to the receiver, a set of encrypted reference signal samples; comparing, on a processing device remote to the receiver, the set of encrypted reference signal samples with the received encrypted signal data to identify any matching signal samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: QINETIQ LIMITED
    Inventors: Nigel Clement DAVIES, Richard Edward BOWDEN, Mark DUMVILLE, Ben Peter WALES, Luis Enrique AGUADO, Thomas Andrew EVANS