Patents by Inventor Scot J. McLean

Scot J. McLean 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).

  • Removing clutter from radar cross section measurements using spectral tagging
    Patent number: 8144050
    Abstract: A system for performing radar cross section measurements of a target may include a radar system and an antenna associated with the radar system to transmit signals and to receive reflected signals from the target and a clutter source. An EM tagging device is locatable proximate to the clutter source to spectrally tag the clutter source by causing changes in an electromagnetic signal reflected by the clutter source when a predetermined radar signal transmitted by the radar system is incident on the target, the clutter source and the EM tagging device. A module may identify a spectrally tagged component of reflected signals received by the radar system from the target, the clutter source and the EM tagging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John D. Foster, Douglas P. Morgan, Scot J. McLean
  • Removing clutter from radar cross section measurements using spectral tagging
    Patent number: 7916067
    Abstract: A system for performing radar cross section measurements of a target may include a radar system and an antenna associated with the radar system to transmit signals and to receive reflected signals from the target and a clutter source. An EM tagging device is locatable proximate to the clutter source to spectrally tag the clutter source by causing changes in an electromagnetic signal reflected by the clutter source when a predetermined radar signal transmitted by the radar system is incident on the target, the clutter source and the EM tagging device. A module may identify a spectrally tagged component of reflected signals received by the radar system from the target, the clutter source and the EM tagging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John D. Foster, Douglas P. Morgan, Scot J. McLean
  • REMOVING CLUTTER FROM RADAR CROSS SECTION MEASUREMENTS USING SPECTRAL TAGGING
    Publication number: 20100201564
    Abstract: A system for performing radar cross section measurements of a target may include a radar system and an antenna associated with the radar system to transmit signals and to receive reflected signals from the target and a clutter source. An EM tagging device is locatable proximate to the clutter source to spectrally tag the clutter source by causing changes in an electromagnetic signal reflected by the clutter source when a predetermined radar signal transmitted by the radar system is incident on the target, the clutter source and the EM tagging device. A module may identify a spectrally tagged component of reflected signals received by the radar system from the target, the clutter source and the EM tagging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: John D. Foster, Douglas P. Morgan, Scot J. McLean