Patents by Inventor Thomas Ricks

Thomas Ricks 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).

  • Detection and reduction of periodic jamming signals in GPS receivers and methods therefor
    Patent number: 8253624
    Abstract: A method for eliminating or reducing interference in a receiver, for example, interference in a satellite positioning system receiver caused by a co-located TDMA transmitter, including detecting (210) the presence of a jamming signal, generating a synchronous blanking signal (220), and reducing the jamming signal by blanking (230) the receiver with a blanking signal. In one embodiment, the jamming signal is detected in the receiver, for example, at a correlator output of a satellite positioning system receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. King, Thomas Ricks, David Murray
  • Detection and reduction of periodic jamming signals in GPS receivers and methods therefor
    Publication number: 20040239559
    Abstract: A method for eliminating or reducing interference in a receiver, for example, interference in a satellite positioning system receiver caused by a co-located TDMA transmitter, including detecting (210) the presence of a jamming signal, generating a synchronous blanking signal (220), and reducing the jamming signal by blanking (230) the receiver with a blanking signal. In one embodiment, the jamming signal is detected in the receiver, for example, at a correlator output of a satellite positioning system receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas M. King, Thomas Ricks, David Murray
  • Lanyard
    Patent number: D841315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas Ricks