Patents by Inventor Terry L. Foreman

Terry L. Foreman 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: 9857455
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for filtering clutter from a radar signal received by an antenna. The method includes determining a transient clutter voltage at first and second times separated by a time interval, determining a clutter correlation for the time interval, and dividing a received signal correlation by the clutter correlation. In alternate embodiments, the clutter correlation can be combined with a noise correlation and the sum divided by the signal correlation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Terry L. Foreman
  • Publication number: 20170023664
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for filtering clutter from a radar signal received by an antenna. The method includes determining a transient clutter voltage at first and second times separated by a time interval, determining a clutter correlation for the time interval, and dividing a received signal correlation by the clutter correlation. In alternate embodiments, the clutter correlation can be combined with a noise correlation and the sum divided by the signal correlation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Terry L. Foreman
  • Patent number: 8358233
    Abstract: A process is provided for analyzing a radar signal using CLEAN to identify an undetected target in sidelobes of a detected target. The process includes obtaining system impulse response data of a waveform for a point target having a signal data vector based on a convolution under conjugate transpose multiplied by a target amplitude vector plus a noise vector, estimating the target amplitude vector, and applying a CLEAN Deconvolver to remove the detected target from the data signal vector based on the estimate amplitude vector absent the detected target and an amplitude vector of an undetected target. The process further includes building a detected target vector with the amplitude estimate vector, setting to zero all elements of the detected target vector except at an initial time, and recomputing the amplitude estimate vector by a Reformulated CLEAN Detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Terry L. Foreman
  • Publication number: 20120313805
    Abstract: A process is provided for analyzing a radar signal using CLEAN to identify an undetected target in sidelobes of a detected target. The process includes obtaining system impulse response data of a waveform for a point target having a signal data vector based on a convolution under conjugate transpose multiplied by a target amplitude vector plus a noise vector, estimating the target amplitude vector, and applying a CLEAN Deconvolver to remove the detected target from the data signal vector based on the estimate amplitude vector absent the detected target and an amplitude vector of an undetected target. The process further includes building a detected target vector with the amplitude estimate vector, setting to zero all elements of the detected target vector except at an initial time, and recomputing the amplitude estimate vector by a Reformulated CLEAN Detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Terry L. Foreman