Patents by Inventor Roberta L. Gotfried

Roberta L. Gotfried 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).

  • Use of symmetric multiprocessors for multiple hypothesis tracking
    Patent number: 5765166
    Abstract: A parallel processing approach for use in multiple hypothesis tracking applications that provides partitioning and load balancing to achieve greater processing efficiency. The present invention comprises a plurality of processors that are each coupled to a shared memory, and which communicate to a central database stored in the shared memory. The central database is organized as a collection of radar tracks. Radar data is supplied to the processors as an input data stream organized in terms of radar tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Roberta L. Gotfried, Douglas C. Kubler, G. David Ledford, Joseph S. Zahavi, Stephen C. Oxford