Patents by Inventor Norbert Fuchter

Norbert Fuchter 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: 6140982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for identifying targets as a friend or foe, which is operated in the millimeter-wavelength range by means of an interrogator and a transponder, with the interrogator and the transponder having essentially the same electronic assemblies and operating in essentially the same middle transmitting and receiving frequency, and with a large frequency difference between the two being tolerable. The interrogator operates with a directional transmitting/receiving antenna, whereas the transponder possesses an omnidirectional transmitting/receiving antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Norbert Fuchter, Franz-Xaver Hofele, Tiang-Gwan Liem
  • Patent number: 5796364
    Abstract: A method of determining the velocity of a radar target wherein at least two different pulse repetition frequencies are used. Each pulse repetition frequency comprises a predetermined division into equidistant Doppler numbers. For an echo signal, a Doppler number associated with the echo signal is determined for each pulse repetition frequency. Out of two Doppler numbers associated with different pulse repetition frequencies, a nonambiguous Doppler number is subsequently determined which lies within a predetermined velocity nonambiguity range, and the velocity of the radar target is determined from this Doppler number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG
    Inventors: Norbert Fuchter, Franz-Xaver Hofele