Patents by Inventor Steven K. Orr

Steven K. Orr 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: 5559508
    Abstract: An emergency vehicle contains a transmitter for generating and transmitting a pair of fixed continuous wave signals which are distinguishable from each other in a preselected frequency band. A passenger vehicle contains a receiver which detects and distinguishes the pair of signals and generates an alert if the signals are determined to be at predetermined frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven K. Orr, Daniel G. Kindel
  • Patent number: 5305007
    Abstract: A wideband radar detection apparatus includes a signal detection section, high rate signal processing section and a low rate signal processing section. The signal detection section sweeps through a range of preselected frequencies and generates an output signal having a pair of single cycle sinusoids for every detected signal. The output signal is provided to the high rate signal processing section and a Sliding Window Discrete Fourier Transform is performed thereon to generate a set of complex values that are related to the fundamental energy content at consecutive points in the sweep. The low rate signal processing section controls sweep parameters and also evaluates the complex values. If the magnitude of the complex values exceed a predefined threshold, then an alert is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Cincinnati Microwave Corporation
    Inventors: Steven K. Orr, John R. Kuhn
  • Patent number: 5134406
    Abstract: A police radar warning receiver includes a DSP circuit having a correlator, multiple array averager and a peak detector to provide after each sweep of a swept local oscillator respective dynamic thresholds associated with each averager array and against which information from that sweep is evaluated to determine whether to generate an alarm enable indicative of receipt of a police radar signal. The multiple averager arrays allow for different averaging or weighting ratios to maximize sensitivity of the receiver on the one hand and enhance response time on the other rather than trading off one for the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Orr
  • Patent number: 5079553
    Abstract: A police radar warning receiver is disclosed including a DSP circuit having a correlator and a peak detector to provide after each sweep of a swept local oscillator a dynamic threshold for that sweep as affected by all prior sweeps and against which information from that sweep is evaluated to determine whether to generate an alarm enable indicative of receipt of a police radar signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Orr
  • Patent number: 5049885
    Abstract: A police radar warning receiver includes a DSP circuit having a correlator and a peak detector to provide after each sweep of a swept local oscillator a dynamic threshold for that sweep as affected by all prior sweeps and against which information from that sweep is evaluated to determine whether to generate an alarm enable indicative of receipt of a police radar signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Orr
  • Patent number: 4954828
    Abstract: A police radar warning receiver is disclosed including a DSP circuit having a correlator and a peak detector to provide after each sweep of a swept local oscillator a dynamic threshold for that sweep as affected by all prior sweeps and against which information from that sweep is evaluated to determine whether to generate an alarm enable indicative of receipt of a police radar signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: Cincinnati Microwave, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. Orr
  • Patent number: 4112425
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a physical phenomenon manifested by a change in displacement, including means for sampling, digitizing and recording a transient analog electrical signal associated therewith having a component of interest at a given frequency not exceeding approximately 100 KHz., and means for transmitting said digitized analog signal samples over a low grade communication link having an upper frequency limit substantially less than the high frequency component of interest in the transient signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Zonic Technical Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald J. Zobrist, William L. Townsend, Steven K. Orr