Patents by Inventor Rodger W. Caruthers

Rodger W. Caruthers 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: 11723057
    Abstract: A device, system and method for radio-frequency emissions control is provided. The device comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate via main radio channels and a control channel, the main radio channels contributing to radio-frequency (RF) emissions; and a controller interconnected with the communication unit. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication unit communicating over the control channel, an RF emissions control command to reduce the RF emissions emitted by the communication unit; and in response to receiving the RF emissions control command, control one or more of the communication unit and activity on the main radio channels to reduce the RF emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Croswell, Bruce D. Mueller, Rodger W. Caruthers, Duane S. Andres, Randall Brace
  • Patent number: 11586879
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying radio frequency signal modulations include receiving, at a consolidated neural network, a complex quadrature vector of interest representative of a baseband signal derived from a radio frequency signal, generating multiple data representations of the vector of interest, providing each data representation to one of multiple parallel neural networks in the consolidated neural network, and receiving, from the consolidated neural network, a classification result for the baseband signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Govea, Nathanael P. Kuehner, David N. Taylor, Rodger W. Caruthers, Micah D. Silberstein, Gregory Agami
  • Patent number: 11477060
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying baseband signals include receiving, at a pre-processing stage of a neural network whose objective is modulation classification performance, a complex quadrature vector of interest including a plurality of samples of a baseband signal derived from a radio frequency signal of an unknown modulation type, providing the vector of interest to a plurality of FIR filters, each of which outputs a respective intermediate filtered version of the vector of interest, combining the outputs of two or more of the FIR filters to produce a filtered version of the vector of interest, including applying respective weightings to the outputs of the FIR filters, and providing the filtered version of the vector of interest to an analysis stage of the neural network for classification with respect to a plurality of known modulation types. The neural network may apply attention-based selection to learn the filters and respective weightings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Govea, Rodger W. Caruthers, Nathanael P. Kuehner
  • Patent number: 11443167
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying baseband signals with respect to modulation type include receiving, at a consolidated neural network whose objective is modulation classification performance, a complex quadrature vector of interest including multiple samples of a baseband signal derived from a radio frequency signal of unknown modulation type, generating multiple data representations of the vector of interest, providing each data representation to one of multiple parallel neural networks in the consolidated neural network, and receiving a classification result for the baseband signal based on combined outputs of the parallel neural networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Govea, Nathanael P. Kuehner, David N. Taylor, Rodger W. Caruthers, Micah D. Silberstein, Gregory Agami
  • Publication number: 20220284270
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying radio frequency signal modulations include receiving, at a consolidated neural network, a complex quadrature vector of interest representative of a baseband signal derived from a radio frequency signal, generating multiple data representations of the vector of interest, providing each data representation to one of multiple parallel neural networks in the consolidated neural network, and receiving, from the consolidated neural network, a classification result for the baseband signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen J. Govea, Nathanael P. Kuehner, David N. Taylor, Rodger W. Caruthers, Micah D. Silberstein, Gregory Agami
  • Patent number: 11291014
    Abstract: A device, system and method for radio-frequency emissions control is provided. The device comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate via main radio channels and a control channel, the main radio channels contributing to radio-frequency (RF) emissions; and a controller interconnected with the communication unit. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication unit communicating over the control channel, an RF emissions control command to reduce the RF emissions emitted by the communication unit; and in response to receiving the RF emissions control command, control one or more of the communication unit and activity on the main radio channels to reduce the RF emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Croswell, Bruce D. Mueller, Rodger W. Caruthers, Duane S. Andres, Randall Brace
  • Patent number: 11108430
    Abstract: A device, system and method for frequency hopping control is provided. The device comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate via main radio channels and a control channel; and a controller interconnected with the communication unit. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication unit communicating over the control channel, a frequency hopping control command comprising a list of one or more hopping frequencies for frequency hopping; and in response to receiving the frequency hopping control command, control the communication unit to communicate via the main radio channels using frequency hopping according to the one or more hopping frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert T. Croswell, Bruce D. Mueller, Rodger W. Caruthers, Duane S. Andres, Randall Brace
  • Publication number: 20200336344
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying baseband signals include receiving, at a pre-processing stage of a neural network whose objective is modulation classification performance, a complex quadrature vector of interest including a plurality of samples of a baseband signal derived from a radio frequency signal of an unknown modulation type, providing the vector of interest to a plurality of FIR filters, each of which outputs a respective intermediate filtered version of the vector of interest, combining the outputs of two or more of the FIR filters to produce a filtered version of the vector of interest, including applying respective weightings to the outputs of the FIR filters, and providing the filtered version of the vector of interest to an analysis stage of the neural network for classification with respect to a plurality of known modulation types. The neural network may apply attention-based selection to learn the filters and respective weightings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen J. Govea, Rodger W. Caruthers, Nathanael P. Kuehner
  • Publication number: 20200327397
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying baseband signals with respect to modulation type include receiving, at a consolidated neural network whose objective is modulation classification performance, a complex quadrature vector of interest including multiple samples of a baseband signal derived from a radio frequency signal of unknown modulation type, generating multiple data representations of the vector of interest, providing each data representation to one of multiple parallel neural networks in the consolidated neural network, and receiving a classification result for the baseband signal based on combined outputs of the parallel neural networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen J. Govea, Nathanael P. Kuehner, David N. Taylor, Rodger W. Caruthers, Micah D. Silberstein, Gregory Agami
  • Patent number: 10439850
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing radiofrequency signals using modulation duty cycle scaling. One system includes a first receive path configured to directly sample a first signal in a first frequency range. The system includes a second receive path configured to convert a second signal in a second frequency range. The second receive path includes a receive modulator operating over a duty cycle. The receive modulator is configured to adjust the duty cycle by a predetermined scaling factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph P. Heck, Christopher Calvo, Rodger W. Caruthers, Nicholas G. Cafaro, Geetha B. Nagaraj, Raul Salvi
  • Publication number: 20190036747
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing radiofrequency signals using modulation duty cycle scaling. One system includes a first receive path configured to directly sample a first signal in a first frequency range. The system includes a second receive path configured to convert a second signal in a second frequency range. The second receive path includes a receive modulator operating over a duty cycle. The receive modulator is configured to adjust the duty cycle by a predetermined scaling factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph P. Heck, Christopher Calvo, Rodger W. Caruthers, Nicholas G. Cafaro, Geetha B. Nagaraj, Raul Salvi