Patents by Inventor Robert L. Dickson

Robert L. Dickson 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).

  • Synchronization through waveform correlation
    Patent number: 9219600
    Abstract: Detecting timing of a synchronization sequence included in a data stream transmitted in a noisy channel. The synchronization sequence is a known data sequence purposely injected into the data stream for synchronization. A data stream waveform, is obtained from a noisy communication channel. The data stream waveform includes an instance of a synchronization sequence waveform. One or more samples of the synchronization sequence waveform are obtained. One or more samples of a model synchronization sequence waveform are obtained. The model synchronization sequence waveform models an expected waveform for the synchronization sequence being transmitted on the communication channel by applying the synchronization sequence to a model of the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corp.
    Inventors: David G. Landon, David S. Nelson, Robert L. Dickson, Brian G. Yoho, Carl Christensen