Patents by Inventor Scott Clifton

Scott Clifton 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: 20100293313
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for a core management system for parallel processing of an evolutionary algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Phillip Ferringer, Timothy Guy Thompson, Ronald Scott Clifton
  • Publication number: 20100293119
    Abstract: The systems and methods may include receiving an initial population of parent chromosome data structures, where each parent chromosome data structure provides a plurality of genes; selecting pairs of parent chromosome data structures; applying at least one evolutionary operator to the genes of the selected pairs to generate a plurality of child chromosome data structures; allocating, the generated plurality of child chromosome structures to a plurality slave processors, where each slave processor evaluates one or more of the plurality of child chromosome data structures and generates respective objective function values; receiving objective function values for a portion of the plurality of allocated child chromosome data structures; merging the parent chromosome data structures with the received portion of the child chromosome data structures for which objective function values have been received; and identifying a portion of the merged set of chromosome data structures as an elite set of chromosome data stru
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Phillip Ferringer, Timothy Guy Thompson, Ronald Scott Clifton
  • Patent number: 6665517
    Abstract: Radio signals which are broadcast by multiple local radio stations are controlled by a single central distribution location. The central distribution location can transmit both nationwide programming and local programming to each local station. Because the origin of the programming is centralized, staff and equipment at the local station can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: One-On-One Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Brennan, Scott A. Clifton
  • Publication number: 20030073454
    Abstract: Radio signals which are broadcast by multiple local radio stations are controlled by a single central distribution location. The central distribution location can transmit both nationwide programming and local programming to each local station. Because the origin of the programming is centralized, staff and equipment at the local station can be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher J. Brennan, Scott A. Clifton
  • Patent number: 5937070
    Abstract: A first major aspect of the invention relates to an active noise cancelling system which detects ambient noise and applies electro-accoustic processing thereto to produce an acoustic signal for cancelling out the ambient noise. The active noise cancelling system may be used to cancel all noise but an audio signal which is desired to be heard by the user. A second major aspect of the invention relates particularly to a system for electronically cancelling noise input to a user microphone, by utilizing known characteristics of speech signal and ambient noise. The first major aspect of the invention can be used in concert with the second major aspect in a communication system at the earpiece of a telephone and the mouthpiece of a telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Inventors: Chris Todter, Scott Clifton, Paul Bremner
  • Patent number: 5862234
    Abstract: A bilateral transducer (18) for use in an active noise cancellation system both senses ambient noise and produces acoustic waves to cancel the noise. The electrical interface for each bilateral transducer circuit consists of a speaker drive signal as an input and a simulated microphone signal as an output. In a first embodiment, the drive signal to the bilateral transducer is periodically turned off at a rate above audibility, and in the "off period" the transducer's drive element is sensed to produce a reverse output signal from which is subtracted a synthesized signal representing the speaker velocity response to the drive signal to produce the simulated microphone signal. In further embodiments, the reverse output signal is derived by sensing the energy being sent to the transducer to produce the acoustic waves, or by a separate sensing coil in a coil driven transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Inventors: Chris Todter, Scott Clifton, Paul Bremner