Patents by Inventor Richard McKerracher

Richard McKerracher 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: 10288726
    Abstract: A radar system including a narrowband radar receiver configured to receive pulsed radar return signals and a wideband receiver configured for receiving wideband signals. A noise data processor is configured to identify impulse noises by analyzing wideband signals received by the wideband receiver and a radar processor is configured to cancel the identified impulse noises from pulse signals received by the radar receiver. The wideband impulse noises utilized to cancel noise from the pulse signals corresponds to the same time period sweep of detection as that of the pulse signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Raytheon Canada Limited
    Inventors: Richard McKerracher, Anthony M. Ponsford
  • Patent number: 10281573
    Abstract: A retrodiction tracker and related techniques and system are described. The technique extends the track range of an inbound target, initially detected with a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (or initially detected with signals having a low probability of detection) to that of an outbound target where the low SNR detection is being associated with a confirmed, established, track. Retrodiction and backward propagation are being combined with historical plot-to-track association to significantly enhance the tracking capability of a radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: RAYTHEON CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony M. Ponsford, Derek Yee, Richard McKerracher
  • Publication number: 20170356988
    Abstract: A radar system including a narrowband radar receiver configured to receive pulsed radar return signals and a wideband receiver configured for receiving wideband signals. A noise data processor is configured to identify impulse noises by analyzing wideband signals received by the wideband receiver and a radar processor is configured to cancel the identified impulse noises from pulse signals received by the radar receiver. The wideband impulse noises utilized to cancel noise from the pulse signals corresponds to the same time period sweep of detection as that of the pulse signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: Raytheon Canada Limited
    Inventors: Richard McKerracher, Anthony M. Ponsford
  • Patent number: 8976059
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to identify and remove a false detection includes receiving a detection from a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) processor, performing a first similarity measure on adjacent coherent integration time values (CITs) corresponding to the detection, performing a second similarity measure on neighbor CITs corresponding to the detection, determining if at least one of the first or second similarity measure is below a threshold and discarding the detection if at least one of the first or second similarity measures is below the threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Canada Limited
    Inventors: Reza M. Dizaji, Anthony M. Ponsford, Richard McKerracher, Emily Wang
  • Publication number: 20140176361
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method to identify and remove a false detection includes receiving a detection from a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) processor, performing a first similarity measure on adjacent coherent integration time values (CITs) corresponding to the detection, performing a second similarity measure on neighbor CITs corresponding to the detection, determining if at least one of the first or second similarity measure is below a threshold and discarding the detection if at least one of the first or second similarity measures is below the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Raytheon Canada Limited
    Inventors: Reza M. Dizaji, Anthony M. Ponsford, Richard McKerracher, Emily Wang
  • Patent number: 7791413
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to amplification circuits. In some embodiments the amplification circuit includes a power amplifier, a feedforward error compensation loop, and phase feedback and amplitude feedback error compensation loops nested within the feedforward loop. The two nested feedback loops provide a “pre-cleaning” action, which reduces the amount of rejection required in the feedforward loop. In some embodiments, the amplification circuit includes a power amplifier and an enhanced feedforward loop comprising a phase control circuit that maintains a phase balance needed to reduce distortion in the output signal of the amplification circuit. In some embodiments, the amplification circuit includes a power amplifier, a feedforward error compensation loop, and phase feedback and amplitude feedback error compensation loops nested within the feedforward loop and the feedforward loop comprises the phase control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada
    Inventors: Miron Catoiu, Richard McKerracher
  • Publication number: 20090302945
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to amplification circuits. In some embodiments the amplification circuit includes a power amplifier, a feedforward error compensation loop, and phase feedback and amplitude feedback error compensation loops nested within the feedforward loop. The two nested feedback loops provide a “pre-cleaning” action, which reduces the amount of rejection required in the feedforward loop. In some embodiments, the amplification circuit includes a power amplifier and an enhanced feedforward loop comprising a phase control circuit that maintains a phase balance needed to reduce distortion in the output signal of the amplification circuit. In some embodiments, the amplification circuit includes a power amplifier, a feedforward error compensation loop, and phase feedback and amplitude feedback error compensation loops nested within the feedforward loop and the feedforward loop comprises the phase control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Raytheon Canada Limited
    Inventors: Miron Catoiu, Richard McKerracher