Patents by Inventor Thelma L. Overman

Thelma L. Overman 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).

  • Adaptive radar threat detection and tracker verification system
    Patent number: 4146892
    Abstract: A system for detecting threats with respect to stored beams that have been established as characteristic of the beams of the signal emitters associated with a particular threat, and for adaptively redefining the stored beam parameters of signal emitters associated with a particular threat in response to the parameters of beams detected by the adaptive tracking system. A radar system for tracking a signal wherein the radar system periodically verifies that tracking has not been transferred from the original signal to a second signal having similar parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Thelma L. Overman, Kelly C. Overman