Patents by Inventor Robert Stewart Hutcheon

Robert Stewart Hutcheon 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: 4107692
    Abstract: A radio frequency signal direction finding system wherein radio frequency signals received at output ports of a multibeam array antenna are sequentially sampled, in response to a sampling signal, at a frequency f.sub.s. The sampled signals are fed to a receiver channel which is tuned to the sampling frequency to produce a composite signal having a frequency f.sub.s and a phase angle, relative to a reference phase angle of the sampling signal, which provides an indication of the relative signal levels received at the output ports and hence an indication of the angular direction of a source of the radio frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert Stewart Hutcheon, Bruce E. Gordon
  • Patent number: 3961172
    Abstract: Apparatus for improving the signal to noise ratio in an electrical signal. A signal enhancement processor operating in real time and selecting signals based upon the similarity of the incoming signal to a locally generated reference and which does not require that signals be filterable in the frequency domain, that external reference signals be supplied, or that signal amplitude criteria be employed. A system for providing input signal attenuation or rejection as a function of the frequency or phase of the input signal, with attenuation at a maximum for an undesired signal and at a minimum for a desired signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Inventor: Robert Stewart Hutcheon