Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Coulter

Thomas R. Coulter 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: 4707697
    Abstract: In accordance with a first arrangement, a non-coherent, pulse radar transmitter emits N-sequential signals of differing frequencies at predetermined time intervals, the transmitted pulses being directed toward a given target area of interest. Further included is a radar receiver for detecting and processing the composite radar return signal samples of N differing frequencies which are reflected from a plurality of point scatterers located in the area of interest. The varying D.C. interference signal of the plural radar return signal samples occasioned by the differing frequencies are detected and a one-dimensional Fourier transformer is performed on that composite radar return signal samples to facilitate target identification. A programmed processor is used to dervie a plurality of feature characteristics from the Fourier transform of the detected radar return signals and the features so computed are compared with features characteristic of known potential targets on a best-match basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1987
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Coulter, Philip O. Isaacson, Edwin C. Thiede