Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Kelly, Jr.

Thomas M. Kelly, Jr. 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).

  • System and method for reducing the effect of a radar interference signal
    Patent number: 7683827
    Abstract: A system and method are provided to reduce the effect of an interfering signal in a radar return signal for a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar. Once the interfering signal is detected, an extent of the interfering signal is determined and the data that was corrupted by the interfering signal is not included in the processing of the radar return signal. This allows the radar to detect a target in the presence of the interfering signal. The system and method can benefit any FMCW radar that is within the range of an interfering radar source (e.g. another FMCW radar, a police radar gun, a pulse radar, etc.) operating in the same frequency band as the FMCW radar. An alternative arrangement provides a system and method for determining the frequency of the interfering signal and then avoiding transmitting power in that portion of the frequency spectrum where the interfering signal is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Valeo Radar Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kelly, Jr., R. Gregory Aeder, Walter Gordon Woodington
  • System and method for reducing a radar interference signal
    Patent number: 7403153
    Abstract: A system and method are provided to reduce an interfering signal in a radar return signal for a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar. Once the interfering signal is detected, an extent of the interfering signal is determined and the interfering signal is removed from the radar return signal. This allows the radar to detect a target in the presence of the interfering signal. The system and method can benefit any FMCW radar that is within the range of an interfering radar source (e.g. another FMCW radar, a police radar gun, a pulse radar, etc.) operating in the same frequency band as the FMCW radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Valeo Raytheon Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kelly, Jr., R. Gregory Aeder, Walter Gordon Woodington
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RADAR PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20080018523
    Abstract: A method of radar processing includes selecting a detection threshold in accordance with a mathematical function of angle and/or scaling a radar return signal in accordance with the mathematical function of angle. Apparatus for radar processing includes a threshold selection processor adapted to select a detection threshold in accordance with a mathematical function of angle and/or a scaling value selection value selection processor, which, in combination with a scaling application processor, is adapted to scale a radar return signal in accordance with the mathematical function of angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kelly, Jr., Wilson J. Wimmer, Dennis Hunt