Patents by Inventor Shelly D. Dalton

Shelly D. Dalton 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).

  • Multi-stage processing for efficient and accurate spectral moment estimation
    Patent number: 6577265
    Abstract: A multi-stage processing system receives data from signals that indicate information related to scatterers, such as signals from a Doppler scanning system. The multi-stage processing system tracks allowed processing time for the data. The multi-stage processing system performs a first stage of processing for the data to generate first estimates of spectral moments for the signals. The multi-stage processing system performs additional stages of processing for the data as the allowed processing time permits and stops the additional stages of processing for the data when the allowed processing time expires. The additional stages of processing may comprise generating second estimates for at least some of the spectral moments. The additional stages of processing may use methods having increasing complexity and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Shelly D. Dalton, Lawrence B. Cornman, Robert K. Goodrich, Nathaniel Beagley
  • Multi-stage processing for efficient and accurate spectral moment estimation
    Publication number: 20020126039
    Abstract: A multi-stage processing system receives data from signals that indicate information related to scatterers, such as signals from a Doppler scanning system. The multi-stage processing system tracks allowed processing time for the data. The multi-stage processing system performs a first stage of processing for the data to generate first estimates of spectral moments for the signals. The multi-stage processing system performs additional stages of processing for the data as the allowed processing time permits and stops the additional stages of processing for the data when the allowed processing time expires. The additional stages of processing may comprise generating second estimates for at least some of the spectral moments. The additional stages of processing may use methods having increasing complexity and accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Shelly D. Dalton, Lawrence B. Cornman, Robert K. Goodrich, Nathaniel Beagley