Patents by Inventor Theresa Cronin Boone

Theresa Cronin Boone 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: 20040263387
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved antenna system that, in one embodiment, includes an antenna array comprised of a plurality of elements, each of which is capable of providing a signal. Also included in the improved antenna system is, a multi-beam beamformer for producing two spatially independent overlapping beams from the signals provided by two different subsets of the antenna array. The phase of the two beams is compared to realize an interferometer that can provide high or fine resolution data on the position of an object relative to the antenna system. The amplitude of the two beams can also be compared to obtain coarse data on the position of the object. The beamformer includes a switching network for selecting which elements of the antenna array form the two subsets. This permits, for example, the position of the beams to moved, the baseline of the two beams to be varied, and/or the beam width of the beams to be altered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Farzin Lalezari, Theresa Cronin Boone
  • Patent number: 6771218
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna system including a body for use in determining N unknown parameters values relating to an object located in the vicinity of the system. The system further includes an antenna array comprised of a plurality of elements that are spaced to reduce ambiguities in the subsequently determined N values. In one embodiment, several pair of elements are used. The spacing between the elements comprise the pairs and the spacing between pairs reduces ambiguities. The antenna system also includes a beamformer for producing a plurality of beams and a device for using the plurality of beams to determine N values associated with the object. The amplitude of the plurality of beams can be compared to obtain coarse data on the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Farzin Lalezari, Theresa Cronin Boone
  • Patent number: 6768456
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved antenna system that, in one embodiment, includes an antenna array comprised of a plurality of elements, each of which is capable of providing a signal. Also included in the improved antenna system is a multi-beam beamformer for producing two spatially independent overlapping beams from the signals provided by two different subsets of the antenna array. The phase of the two beams is compared to realize an interferometer that can provide high or fine resolution data on the position of an object relative to the antenna system. The amplitude of the two beams can also be compared to obtain coarse data on the position of the object. The beamformer includes a switching network for selecting which elements of the antenna array form the two subsets. This permits, for example, the position of the beams to moved, the baseline of the two beams to be varied, and/or the beam width of the beams to be altered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Farzin Lalezari, Theresa Cronin Boone