Patents by Inventor Robert S. Gammenthaler

Robert S. Gammenthaler 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: 20020080062
    Abstract: A series of police doppler single mode radars and a multimode police doppler radar, all with direction sensing capability are disclosed. A quadrature front end which mixes received RF with a local oscillator to generate two channels of doppler signals, one channel being shifted by an integer multiple of 90 degrees in phase relative to the other by shifting either the RF or the local oscillator signal being fed to one mixer but not the other. The two doppler signals are digitized and the samples are processed by a digital signal processor programmed to find one or more selected target speeds. Single modes disclosed are: stationary strongest target; stationary, fastest target; stationary, strongest and fastest targets; moving, strongest, opposite lane; moving, strongest, same lane; moving, fastest, opposite lane; moving, fastest and strongest, opposite lane; moving, fastest, same lane; moving fastest and strongest, same lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler
  • Patent number: 6285673
    Abstract: A bus control module for a delivery unit, which interfaces an optical fiber network to a switching matrix. The bus control module controls transport of control data and network data between various application modules of the delivery unit. The control data and network data are carried as datagrams on ingress links from the application modules and on egress links to the application modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Alcatel USA Sourcing, L.P.
    Inventors: Bracey J. Blackburn, Robert S. Gammenthaler, Jr., Donald B. Hay, Thomas E. Cooper, Serge F. Fourcand, Long V. Vo
  • Patent number: 6198427
    Abstract: A series of police doppler single mode radars and a multimode police doppler radar, all with direction sensing capability are disclosed. A quadrature front end which mixes received RF with a local oscillator to generate two channels of doppler signals, one channel being shifted by an integer multiple of 90 degrees in phase relative to the other by shifting either the RF or the local oscillator signal being fed to one mixer but not the other. The two doppler signals are digitized and the samples are processed by a digital signal processor programmed to find one or more selected target speeds. Single modes disclosed are: stationary strongest target; stationary, fastest target; stationary, strongest and fastest targets; moving, strongest, opposite lane; moving, strongest, same lane; moving, fastest, opposite lane; moving, fastest and strongest, opposite lane; moving, fastest, same lane; moving fastest and strongest, same lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Applied Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler
  • Patent number: 5691724
    Abstract: A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to perform digital signal processing on the digital data received from the antenna to improve the quality and accuracy of calculated speeds for patrol speed, strongest target speed and fastest target speed. Fastest target speed can be displayed simultaneously with strongest target speed. Signal processing techniques are used to suppress false signals caused by double and triple bounce, harmonics, intermodulation products, video display terminal interference, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler, Alan B. Mead
  • Patent number: 5570093
    Abstract: A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to perform digital signal processing on the digital data received from the antenna to improve the quality and accuracy of calculated speeds for patrol speed, strongest target speed and fastest target speed. Fastest target speed can be displayed simultaneously with strongest target speed. Signal processing techniques are used to suppress false signals caused by double and triple bounce, harmonics, intermodulation products, video display terminal interference, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Applied Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler, Alan B. Mead
  • Patent number: 5565871
    Abstract: A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to perform digital signal processing on the digital data received from the antenna to improve the quality and accuracy of calculated speeds for patrol speed, strongest target speed and fastest target speed. Fastest target speed can be displayed simultaneously with strongest target speed. Signal processing techniques are used to suppress false signals caused by double and triple bounce, harmonics, ntermodulation products, video display terminal interference, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: Applied Concepts Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler, Alan B. Mead
  • Patent number: 5563603
    Abstract: A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to perform digital signal processing on the digital data received from the antenna to improve the quality and accuracy of calculated speeds for patrol speed, strongest target speed and fastest target speed. Fastest target speed can be displayed simultaneously with strongest target speed. Signal processing techniques are used to suppress false signals caused by double and triple bounce, harmonics, intermodulation products, video display terminal interference, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler, Alan B. Mead
  • Patent number: 5528245
    Abstract: A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to perform digital signal processing on the digital data received from the antenna to improve the quality and accuracy of calculated speeds for patrol speed, strongest target speed and fastest target speed. Fastest target speed can be displayed simultaneously with strongest target speed. Signal processing techniques are used to suppress false signals caused by double and triple bounce, harmonics, intermodulation products, video display terminal interference, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Applied Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler, Alan B. Mead
  • Patent number: 5525996
    Abstract: A police radar utilizing digital data transmission from the antenna unit to a separately housed counting and display unit. The antenna has a double balanced mixer to suppress even order harmonics. The counting and display unit has a computer programmed to perform digital signal processing on the digital data received from the antenna to improve the quality and accuracy of calculated speeds for patrol speed, strongest target speed and fastest target speed. Fastest target speed can be displayed simultaneously with strongest target speed. Signal processing techniques are used to suppress false signals caused by double and triple bounce, harmonics, intermodulation products, video display terminal interference, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Applied Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: John L. Aker, Robert S. Gammenthaler, Alan B. Mead
  • Patent number: 4601059
    Abstract: A communications control circuit including a monitor circuit for receiving transmissions of a first and second frequency from a base radio station to other radio stations and measuring several time intervals, each time interval being the time from the end of a first frequency transmission to the end of a second frequency transmission. The two frequency transmissions are a portion of the signal protocol required by the base radio station to establish a communications link between a radio station and a base radio station. The control circuit further includes logic circuitry for computing an estimated delay time used in delaying the transmission of an identification code to the base station to establish the communication link after the end of the first frequency transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Inventor: Robert S. Gammenthaler
  • Patent number: 4569020
    Abstract: An automatic irrigation sprinkler controller (10) for controlling a plurality of sprinkler stations is provided. A processor (50) is provided for storing irrigation information and for generating control signals (96, 98) applied to the plurality of sprinkler stations. A function selector switch (18) is provided for allowing the operator to select a function and automatically input selected irrigation information associated with the selected function to the processor (50). Switches (20, 22) are provided for allowing the operator to select irrigation information for the function selected by the function selector switch (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Telsco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Max E. Snoddy, Charles S. Putnam, Robert S. Gammenthaler, William P. Lutts, Leo L. Brewster