Patents by Inventor Robert DeLaCroix

Robert DeLaCroix 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: 20060109745
    Abstract: The probability of detection of an underwater moving target is enhanced by the selective summing of a multiplicity of reverberation suppressed, moving target detections, each appearing in a different and non-overlapping, narrow frequency band of a unitary, broadband transmission. The motion-sensitive target echoes are the result of a multiple-pulse broadband (SONAR) transmission. These broadband received echoes are bandpass filtered to form a set of narrow (e.g., 50 Hz) frequency bands extending over the full bandwidth of the transmission. These narrow band returns are then matched-filtered against a set of moving target replicas. Selected ones of these band-limited, matched-filtered returns are then summed together. The summed result can contribute to an enhanced probability that a unitary, moving target has been detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: John Bouyoucos, Robert DeLaCroix, David Hollinger