Patents by Inventor Paul Robert Runkle

Paul Robert Runkle 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).

  • Publication number: 20080253611
    Abstract: The Analyst Cueing method addresses the issues of locating desired targets of interest from among very large datasets in a timely and efficient manner. The combination of computer aided methods for classifying targets and cueing a prioritized list for an analyst produces a robust system for generalized human-guided data mining. Incorporating analyst feedback adaptively trains the computerized portion of the system in the identification and labeling of targets and regions of interest. This system dramatically improves analyst efficiency and effectiveness in processing data captured from a wide range of deployed sensor types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Levi Kennedy, Paul Robert Runkle, Lawrence Carin, Trampas Stern
  • Publication number: 20040228417
    Abstract: Adaptive methods and systems for applying a channel correction factor to received signals to correct errors caused by channel distortion. The channel correction factor is dynamically calculated and updated based on the received signal or signals. A receiver continuously calculates an error factor representing a deviation of the received signal from the signal being transmitted, and generates the channel correction factor based on the error factor. Since the error factor includes information related to channel distortions, the channel correction factor so calculated adapts to the change of channel characteristics. If preferred, an advanced algorithm can be used to predict the channel response for the next incoming signal such that the receiver can correct channel errors on a substantially real-time basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: MCNC Research and Development Institute
    Inventors: Levi Kennedy, Paul Robert Runkle, Brett Dean Bradford Guenther
  • Patent number: 6750813
    Abstract: A wireless communication base station consistent with certain embodiments of the present invention collects user transmissions and creates and maintains a database storing data that relates communication parameters to a geographic location. A base station receiver receives data packets containing data describing a geographic location of a mobile communication node. The base station predicts a future geographic location of the mobile communication node, and transmits communication parameters to the mobile communication node associated with the predicted future geographic location. The mobile communication node consistent with certain embodiments of the invention has a GPS positioning device that determines a geographic location of the communication node. A transceiver transmits data representing the geographic location and receives data representing communication parameters determined as a function of the data representing the geographic location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: MCNC Research & Development Institute
    Inventors: Sarah Vargas-Hurlston, Paul Robert Runkle
  • Publication number: 20040017310
    Abstract: A wireless communication base station consistent with certain embodiments of the present invention collects user transmissions and creates and maintains a database storing data that relates communication parameters to a geographic location. A base station receiver receives data packets containing data describing a geographic location of a mobile communication node. The base station predicts a future geographic location of the mobile communication node, and transmits communication parameters to the mobile communication node associated with the predicted future geographic location. The mobile communication node consistent with certain embodiments of the invention has a GPS positioning device that determines a geographic location of the communication node. A transceiver transmits data representing the geographic location and receives data representing communication parameters determined as a function of the data representing the geographic location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Sarah Vargas-Hurlston, Paul Robert Runkle