Patents by Inventor Ying Cho J. Lai

Ying Cho J. Lai 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: 20250007640
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for jammer detection. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes steering a beam in a specified direction to generate a power measurement, the specified direction selected from a plurality of directions, such that the method comprises scanning through the plurality of directions. The method also includes adaptively steering a null in the specified direction and measuring a gain of the received signal in the null direction. The method further includes calculating a difference between the power measurement and the measured gain and generating a difference-based detection that the received signal is associated with a jammer at the specified direction. The difference-based detection is based on a comparison of the power difference to a power difference threshold value. The power difference threshold value is based on a desired probability of false alarm and probability of detection, and/or desired angular resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Stockmaster, Ying Cho J. Lai
  • Patent number: 12184409
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for jammer detection. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes steering a beam in a specified direction to generate a power measurement, the specified direction selected from a plurality of directions, such that the method comprises scanning through the plurality of directions. The method also includes adaptively steering a null in the specified direction and measuring a gain of the received signal in the null direction. The method further includes calculating a difference between the power measurement and the measured gain and generating a difference-based detection that the received signal is associated with a jammer at the specified direction. The difference-based detection is based on a comparison of the power difference to a power difference threshold value. The power difference threshold value is based on a desired probability of false alarm and probability of detection, and/or desired angular resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Stockmaster, Ying Cho J. Lai
  • Patent number: 12040888
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for jammer detection. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes estimating an angle of arrival of a jamming signal, the jamming signal included in a received signal, and generating a direction finding (DF) confidence indicator associated with the estimated angle of arrival. The method also includes extracting the jamming signal from the received signal. The method further includes correlating the extracted jamming signal with previously extracted jamming signals to generate a correlation score and using the correlation score as a uniqueness assessment of the extracted jamming signal. The method further includes identifying characteristics of the extracted jamming signal and generating a characterization confidence indicator. The method further includes demoting the extracted jamming signal to non-jammer status based on one or more of the DF confidence indicator, the uniqueness assessment, and the characterization confidence indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Stockmaster, Ying Cho J. Lai, Aaron P. Shaffer, Ryan D. Downey
  • Publication number: 20240171300
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for jammer detection. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes estimating an angle of arrival of a jamming signal, the jamming signal included in a received signal, and generating a direction finding (DF) confidence indicator associated with the estimated angle of arrival. The method also includes extracting the jamming signal from the received signal. The method further includes correlating the extracted jamming signal with previously extracted jamming signals to generate a correlation score and using the correlation score as a uniqueness assessment of the extracted jamming signal. The method further includes identifying characteristics of the extracted jamming signal and generating a characterization confidence indicator. The method further includes demoting the extracted jamming signal to non-jammer status based on one or more of the DF confidence indicator, the uniqueness assessment, and the characterization confidence indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael H. Stockmaster, Ying Cho J. Lai, Aaron P. Shaffer, Ryan D. Downey