Abstract: A plurality of multi-tone CW radars are used to generate a swath of ranges to a moving object or individual behind a wall or building structure in which the overlap of the range swaths from spaced-apart radars determines the location of the moving object or individual. A histogram of the swath overlaps is used to generate a display of the path of the moving object or individual.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a track quality based multi-target tracker and an associated method. The method includes associating a measurement with a track, generating measurement association statistics for the track, generating and updating a track quality value for a track based on a measurement-to-track association likelihood, and updating track lists based on the track quality value and the measurement association statistics of the tracks in these lists. The tracker includes structure for carrying out this method.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein relating to a radar system and associated methods for detecting targets in the presence of certain types of clutter. The radar system generally comprises hardware operatively configured to obtain first and second sets of radar return signals concurrently, first circuitry operatively configured to detect targets in the first and second sets of radar return signals, and second circuitry operatively configured to identify detected targets due to clutter.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of determining location of an object hidden from view. The apparatus includes an imaging tool for detecting hidden objects. The imaging tool includes a housing including a first end and a second end, a display supported by the first end of the housing, and a tracking device supported by the second end of the housing. The imaging tool also includes a transmitter supported by the housing and operable to transmit electromagnetic radiation toward a hidden target, an analysis module supported by the housing and operable to analyze feedback data related to the interaction between the target and the electromagnetic radiation, and an image module operable to receive data from the analysis module to generate an image on the display.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method and apparatus for estimating a height of a target object using radar signals reflected from the target object wherein a receiver detects a plurality of radar signals reflected from the target object, respectively, at a plurality of different ranges, resolves the amplitudes of the plurality of reflected signals at the respective plurality of different ranges to generate an amplitude data set, and determining if the amplitude data set correlates to a particular height.

Abstract: Very efficient sidelobe suppression of Barker codes is achieved through the use of a mismatched filter, which is comprised of a conventional matched filter cascaded with a computationally efficient filter based on multiplicative expansion. Several constant parameters are introduced in the terms of the expansion and are optimized to improve the performance of the filter. Optimized mismatched filters for length 13, 11, 7 and 5 Barker codes are presented. For each of these codes, filters with one, two and three stages are studied. The technique is extended to compound Barker codes based on their representation in a factored form in the z-domain. Hardware requirements for the filters discussed in the disclosure are also presented.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a millimeter or sub-millimeter wave portal system is provided. Generally, the portal system comprises an electrooptic source and one or more millimeter or sub-millimeter wave detectors. The electrooptic source comprises an optical signal generator, optical switching and encoding circuitry, and one or more optical/electrical converters. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: The present invention provides systems and methods that enable a standalone receiver capable of downloading navigation data under weak signal conditions. In an embodiment, a standalone navigation receiver generates predicted satellite orbits based on the tracking history of the satellites stored in the receiver. The tracking history comprises historical navigation data previously received from the satellites. The receiver uses the predicted satellite orbit to generate navigation data such as ephemeris and almanac. Since the predicted satellite is accurate, the generated navigation data is similar to the navigation data transmitted by the navigation satellites, and can therefore be used by the receiver to correct the downloaded navigation data bits. Thus many of the bits of a downloaded navigation word, especially the higher order significant bits of the word can be corrected. The remaining bit errors can be resolved based on a parity check of the word.

Abstract: A method and system for location determination at a mobile communication device 102 is provided. The mobile communication device 102 includes a satellite positioning receiver 410. The mobile communication device 102 acquires a first location aiding parameter and a second location aiding parameter from a first Terrestrial Communication Network (TCN) 108 and a second TCN 110, respectively. Selection of the first TCN 108 and the second TCN 110 is based on the first and second location aiding parameters, respectively. The satellite positioning receiver 410 uses the first and second location aiding parameters to determine the location at the mobile communication device 102.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and system for enabling a standalone navigation receiver capable of generating receiver specific predicted satellite orbits based on historical navigation data collected by and stored in the receiver. Thus, the navigation receiver is able to use the predicted satellite orbits to obtain better Time-To-First-Fix (TTFF) and position accuracy without the need of connecting to a remote server and the associated communications system. In an embodiment, a standalone navigation receiver having sufficient memory collects navigation data from navigation satellites and generates predicted satellite orbits using the collected navigation data. Under weak signal conditions when decoding of the navigation data is not possible, the receiver uses the predicted satellite orbits to predict the accurate satellite positions or the set of ephemeris and the associated pseudoranges. The predicted orbits may be accurate for several days without the reception of broadcast ephemeris.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for locating position of a mobile receiver is described. In one embodiment, satellite measurements are obtained at the mobile receiver for a plurality of satellites in a satellite positioning system constellation. Satellite trajectory data is obtained at the mobile receiver from a server. Ephemeris data is obtained at the mobile receiver from at least one satellite of the plurality of satellites. Position is computed for the mobile receiver using the satellite measurements, the satellite trajectory data, and the ephemeris data.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radio communication system for performing MIMO transmission including: a first radio communication apparatus including an array antenna in which a plurality of first antennas each having two orthogonally polarized wave characteristics are arranged in an array configuration at predetermined intervals; and a second radio communication apparatus including a plurality of second antennas each having a polarized wave characteristic which are intermediate in angle between the two orthogonally polarized wave characteristics, the plurality of second antennas being arranged at predetermined interval, wherein the first radio communication apparatus forms a directional beam using the array antenna and performs the MIMO transmission using the two orthogonally polarized wave characteristics. The array antenna may be formed by using a plurality of antennas having a right-handed circularly polarized wave characteristic and a left-handed circularly polarized wave characteristic.

Abstract: A communication system 10 includes a satellite 18 that broadcasts communication signals to a first antenna 28A and a second antenna 28B. The antenna forms a first signal and a second signal and is provided to a combiner 102. The combiner 102 is coupled to the antennas 28A and 28B and combines the first portion of the first signal and a second portion of the second signal to form an output signal 152. The output signal is received by the receiving unit 28A-28n and utilized by the receiving unit to display or otherwise use the output signal.

Abstract: A micro stacked type chip antenna, wherein a plurality of elementary layers printed with radiation metallic electrodes are stacked up to allow the radiation metallic electrodes on the elementary layers to electrically connect each with its neighboring ones (one) of the radiation metallic electrodes on its upper one and/or lower one of the elementary layers; and then these elementary layers stacked up are packed in a packing process, a plurality of connecting pins are connected respectively with the radiation metallic electrodes on different elementary layers, the tailing end of each connecting pin is extended out of a packing envelop; by various options of connecting of the connecting pins, resonant frequencies of different band widths can be obtained.

Abstract: A broadband antenna includes a radiation part (10) for radiating and receiving electromagnetic signals, a feed portion (30) for feeding the electromagnetic signals, and a pair of ground planes (40) respectively disposed on sides of the feed portion. The radiation part comprises an annular first radiation segment (12) and an annular radiation second segment (14) being inscribed within a space defined by the annular shape of the first radiation segment. The feed portion is electrically connected to the radiation part.

Abstract: An antenna structure is disposed on a substrate. The antenna structure includes a -shaped radiation body and a first radiation body, and both share a feeding end and a grounding end. The feeding end and the grounding end are disposed to a side edge of the -shaped radiation body. The positions of the feeding end and the grounding end allow the -shaped radiation body to form the operation of two frequency bands. Moreover, the first radiation body is vertically extended from the side edge near the feeding end disposed to the -shaped radiation body, and continuously extended from an end to keep a spacing between periphery of the -shaped radiation body and the first radiation body, and extended to a front of an opening of the -shaped radiation body, thereby vertically extending toward the opening. Therefore, the first radiation body could provide the operation of another frequency band.

Abstract: An antenna having a ground plane having an edge and a first antenna element extending substantially parallel to the edge is disclosed. A ground element electrically connects the first antenna element with the ground plane. A second antenna element extends substantially parallel to the first antenna element and is disposed between the edge and the first antenna element and is connected at one end of the second antenna element to the first antenna element with the remaining end of the second antenna element located closer to the ground element. A third antenna element is disposed so that the first antenna element is between the second antenna element and the third antenna element and the third antenna element at extends substantially parallel to the first antenna element, with a rear end electrically connected with the first antenna element and a remaining end of the third antenna element is electrically open.

Abstract: Embodiments of an antenna system for notebook, laptop and portable computers and methods for communicating in multiple wireless systems are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a notebook computer comprises a plurality of transceivers, a plurality of antennas coupled to the transceivers with coaxial cables, and signal separation circuitry coupled to at least one of the coaxial cables to allow the at least one coaxial cable to be shared by two or more of the transceivers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement for a thin elongated portable communication device as well as to a thin elongated portable communication device comprising such an antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement includes a first radiating antenna element dimensioned for operation at a first frequency and provided in the form of a first strip encircling most of a circuit board that comprises a ground plane. The antenna arrangement that is small sized, can be provided inside the thin elongated portable communication device and still has good antenna properties.

Abstract: An antenna system includes a plurality of antenna feed points operatively coupled to one or more antennas and a controller for selecting at least one of the antenna feed points based on the operating environment of the antenna system. When the antenna system is employed in a mobile wireless device, selecting a particular antenna feed point can modify the device's surface current distribution to improve the antenna system's performance over the effects of near field conditions.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and antenna including a case configured to include a circuit board and an antenna disposed inside the case. The antenna including an antenna pattern formed on a substrate, a feed unit having a first end connected to the antenna pattern and a second end connected to the circuit board. The feed unit is configured to supply an electrical signal to the antenna pattern, and an Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) attenuation unit is disposed in a location corresponding to the feed unit and configured to attenuate the EMI generated by the feed unit.

Abstract: A vehicle antenna transmitting/receiving structure is provided, which is not affected by electric current that flows through the windshield. The vehicle antenna transmitting/receiving structure comprises a resin roof constituting at least a portion of the vehicle roof inclusive of a front end portion of the vehicle roof, and an overhead console for installing at least one or more antennas corresponding to electronic equipment of various information systems, the overhead console being installed inside the vehicle just under the resin roof.

Abstract: A window glass of a vehicle having a roof antenna mounted on an upper rear portion of a roof of the vehicle, has a defogger formed, on the rear window glass, by a plurality of horizontal heating lines which are connected with each other at the respective both ends by busbars; a noise shield pattern provided at a head space of the defogger on the rear window glass and having at least three horizontal lines and at least one vertical line that cross each other; and at least three connecting lines that connect the noise shield pattern and the defogger. The noise shield pattern is formed in a symmetrical shape, and the connecting lines connect the noise shield pattern and the defogger symmetrically at center position and symmetrical positions about the center position in right-and-left direction of the noise shield pattern and the defogger.

Abstract: The specification discloses various embodiments of modular antenna assemblies for automotive vehicles. In one exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a base assembly that may be used on a variety of vehicle platforms. The antenna may also include a radome assembly that is specific to a particular vehicle platform. The radome assembly may snap-fit onto the base assembly, and be installed during or after vehicle assembly. A wide variety of radome assemblies of different shapes, styles, and colors may be used in conjunction with a single base assembly.

Abstract: A dual band printed antenna includes a first metal sheet, a second metal sheet, a substrate and a conductive unit. The first metal sheet is triangular and has a slit and a feeding part. The slit is extended from a side to another side of the first metal sheet. The slit and the feeding part divide the first metal sheet into a first radiating part and a second radiating part. The second metal sheet has a breach and a grounding part. The breach is triangular and located opposite to the first metal sheet. The first and second metal sheets are disposed on the substrate. The first metal sheet is apart a distance from the second metal sheet. The conductive unit has a conductive body, which is electronically connected with the feeding part, and a grounding body, which is electronically connected with the grounding part. A dual band printed antenna module is also disclosed.

Abstract: An antenna module for an electronically scanned phased array antenna is provided. In various embodiments, the module includes a transmit/receive (T/R) module layer including a plurality of T/R modules. The module additionally includes an external phase shifter layer that includes a plurality of sets of secondary phase shifters. Each secondary phase shifter set is associated with a specific one of the T/R modules. Furthermore, the module includes a horn antenna layer having a plurality of antenna horns. The horn antenna layer is positioned between the T/R module layer and the phase shifter layer such that each horn is aligned between one T/R module and the associated one of the sets of phase shifters.

Abstract: An antenna is provided which is structured to operate at two frequency bands simultaneously. The antenna is structured as a waveguide cavity having two types of radiating elements provided on its top surface, symmetrically about the diagonal of the cavity. One group of radiating elements is optimized to operate at one frequency band, while the other group is optimized to operate at a first frequency band. In one implementation, two groups of holes of different diameter are provided on the top surface of the cavity and the radiating elements are two groups of cones of different diameter coupled to different diameter holes. The different diameter holes act as a filet between the two frequency bands.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory module formed of a mounted module (12) having a semiconductor memory device (16) and a control semiconductor device (18), a circuit board (14) which contains connection terminal (20) coupled with the control semiconductor device (18) and disposed so that it is exposed from the surface of outer case (42), and an antenna connection terminal electrode (22) disposed in the inside of outer case (42); and an antenna module (24) having a sheet board (26) which includes an antenna (28) disposed on one of the surfaces in the neighborhood of the edge along the sides, a layer (30) of magnetic substance disposed on the other surface, and an antenna terminal electrode (38) disposed on the one or the other surface. The antenna module (24) is overlaid on the mounted module (12), and the antenna connection terminal electrode (22) is connected with the antenna terminal electrode (38).

Abstract: The invention relates in part to a folded dipole having a dipole axis and a pair of arms which together have a profile which is concave on one side and convex on the other when viewed along the dipole axis. The dipoles may be arranged as a dipole box around a central region, typically in a generally circular or square configuration. Further elements may be placed in the dipole box or in the gaps between dipole boxes. The antenna may be a single-band antenna, or a multi-band antenna with the further elements operating in a different frequency band to the dipole boxes. The further elements may be concentric dipole boxes. The invention is particularly suited for use in a cellular base station panel antenna. A novel coaxial to microstrip transition is also described.

Abstract: A first set of screws secures a Cassegrain-configuration microwave antenna's primary reflector to its low-noise block down-converter without additionally securing that reflector or the low-noise block down-converter to the antenna's feed tube, which a second set of screws separately secures to the low-noise block down-converter.

Abstract: An antenna for use in a direction finder system, said antenna including a microstrip patch layer with a stripline transmissionline layer below. The microstrip layer and the stripline layer share a common groundplane. In this groundplane is formed a number of apertures. Each aperture couples a patch to a radiation point in the stripline feed layer. The patches and transmissionlines are designed from a lossy material. The substrates in the microstrip and stripline layers may be designed from materials with lossy dielectric properties.

Abstract: An RFIC tag includes an IC chip and a thin metal plate. The IC chip is mounted approximately in the center of a slit part on the thin metal plate. The thin metal plate has connecting parts at both longitudinal-direction ends fixed on a metal member by soldering, and the undersurface of the slit part, which has an L-shaped slit thereon, is lifted a predetermined height from the surface of the metal member. The total length (L2+L1+L2) is ¼ or shorter than the communication wavelength ?.

Abstract: A digital TV antenna, comprising an antenna cable in a copper tube covered by a plastic coating as an antenna housing, wherein a top end of the digital TV antenna is used as a feed-in terminal of the antenna cable extended to a connector at the other end for electric connection to an external electronic appliance.

Abstract: A wide band-width antenna, comprising a copper tube in a main structure, wherein the copper tube is closed at one end and is provided with a screw thread at the other end inside the copper tube so as to be connected with a feed-in terminal.

Abstract: A multimedia presentation system includes a plurality of display systems and at least one control system. The plurality of display systems output image areas of a multimedia presentation to at least partially different locations of a display environment. The control system adjusts the output of the image areas from the plurality of display systems to conform to the display environment. The display and capture systems may be wearable, mobile or adjustable and can react to any environment. Editing environments allow the same show to be easily relinked to a new display configuration without any need for extensive user-driven layout revision. Virtual display configurations are simulated and presented on other displays.

Abstract: The assistive device (100) comprises, in a portable housing adapted for use with a single hand: at least two screens (105, 110) adapted to display images representative of messages, a selector (115, 120) for selecting at least one message displayed on one of said screens an emitter (125) for emitting sound messages and a control means (190) for controlling the emission, by said emitter, of sound signals representative of each message selected with said selector. Preferably, at least one of said screens is a touch-screen. In particular embodiments, at least one touch-screen comprises both a capacitive sensor and a resistive sensor. In particular embodiments, at least one of said touch-screens comprises a capacitive sensor comprising a conductive loop positioned under said screen. Said loop is surrounded and/or superposed on a ground plane.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a system part including a network access module for communication with an Internet; a line share controller that is assigned a public IP address for access to the Internet and controls share of the public IP address so that the network access module and at least one local device can access the Internet through the public IP address; a power supplying part that receives power from an external source and supplies driving power to the system part and the line share controller; and a power controller that controls the power supplying part to supply the driving power to the line share controller at all times irrespective of a power condition of the system part.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array unit and a peripheral circuit unit. The pixel array unit includes first scanning lines arranged in rows; second scanning lines arranged in rows; signal lines arranged in columns; and pixels arranged in a matrix pattern at intersections of the scanning lines and the signal lines. The peripheral circuit unit includes a first scanner to supply first control pulses to the first scanning lines; a second scanner to supply second control pulses to the second scanning lines; and a signal driver to supply video signals to the signal lines. Each of the pixels includes at least a sampling transistor; a driving transistor; an emission time controlling transistor; a holding capacitance; and a light-emitting element.

Abstract: A driving method with reducing image sticking effect is disclosed. The driving method includes applying a voltage on the data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect, and applying different asymmetric waveforms to different data lines for trapping impurities crossing the data lines and lowering the degree of the image sticking effect.

Abstract: A plasma display device which produces a lower amount of heat. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a plasma display device includes: a plurality of scan electrodes; a plurality of sustain electrodes, wherein the scan electrodes and the sustain electrodes form a panel capacitor; a selection circuit connected with one of the scan electrodes and for selectively applying a first voltage or a second voltage to the one of the scan electrodes; an energy recovery circuit connected with a sustain power source and the selection circuit, and for providing a sustain pulse to the one of the scan electrodes; a first driver connected with the selection circuit and for providing a rising ramp pulse to the one of the scan electrodes; and a control transistor connected between the first driver and the energy recovery circuit.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma display device that can uniformly dissipate heat of an electronic device of a signal transmitter and prevent the electronic device from being damaged. The plasma display device includes a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) that displays an image; a chassis base disposed on the rear of the PDP; a drive circuit included in the chassis base generating an electrical signal to drive the PDP; a plurality of signal transmission members including a plurality of electronic devices such that one end of each signal transmission member is connected with the drive circuit and the other end of each signal transmission member is connected with the PDP in order for a signal that is generated from the drive circuit to be transmitted to the PDP; a covering member covering the electronic devices; and a plurality of supporting member which tightens the covering member to the chassis base and spaces the covering member and the chassis base apart from each other by a predetermined interval.

Abstract: A method for driving a plasma display panel is disclosed. The panel comprises a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, which are formed on an upper substrate in parallel to each other, and an address electrode formed on a lower substrate in the direction where the address electrode intersects the scan electrode and the sustain electrode. The method comprises generating an opposite discharge between one of the scan electrode and the sustain electrode and the address electrode during a sustain period, and generating a surface discharge between the scan electrode and the sustain electrode after the opposite discharge is generated.

Abstract: A passive-matrix, thin-film electro-luminescent display system includes a display having a substrate with organic layers and orthogonally arranged electrodes formed thereon. One or more display drivers: (i) receives an input image signal for addressing the light-emitting elements of the display; (ii) decomposes the signal into a low-resolution component signal and a high-resolution component signal, wherein the low-resolution component signal contains one half or less of the number of addressable locations as the high-resolution component signal; and (iii) that provides a drive signal for driving the display wherein the low-resolution component signal and the high-resolution component signal are independently provided to the display to form a combined image.

Abstract: A data driver for an OLED display device includes a shift register, a first data processing unit adapted to output a first voltage by employing upper bits of the digital data signal, and a second data processing unit adapted to output a second voltage employing lower bits of the digital data signal, where the analog data signal is generated to correspond to the first voltage and the second voltage.

Abstract: An active matrix display device using an organic light-emitting element has a pixel having the organic light-emitting element; a driving transistor that determines an electric current flowing to the organic light-emitting element according to a gate voltage; a storing unit; and a voltage output unit that supplies a voltage to the pixel, wherein a voltage output from the voltage output unit varies depending on data in the storing unit.

Abstract: A scanner repeats a threshold voltage correcting process over a plurality of horizontal periods prior to the sampling of a signal potential to hold a voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of a driving transistor reliably in a retentive capacitor. Each signal line is associated with a pair of switches, one for supplying the signal potential to the signal line and the other for connecting, to the signal line, a common line for supplying a reference potential. A signal selector turns on and off the switches in each horizontal period in timed relation to a line sequential mode to switch between the signal potential and the reference potential and selectively supply the signal potential and the reference potential to the signal line of each column.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling brightness of a display device using a diffractive optical modulator. The apparatus includes a video signal reception unit, a video brightness type classification unit, and a brightness correction unit. The brightness correction unit corrects the brightness of the video based on the brightness type, determined by the video brightness type classification unit, and outputs information about the brightness of the video.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device that is able to suppress power consumption while a balance of white light is kept, without making a configuration of a power source circuit complicated. A power source potential corresponding to each color of a light emitting element is used as a higher electric potential of a video signal and an electric potential of a power source line in the case that a transistor for controlling a supply of electric current to the light emitting element is a p-channel TFT. Conversely, a power source potential corresponding to each color of a light emitting element is used as a lower electric potential of a video signal and an electric potential of a power source line in the case that a transistor for controlling a supply of electric current to the light emitting element is an n-channel TFT.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device and the driving method thereof that can improve the aperture ratio. The organic electroluminescent display device according to the present invention includes first to third organic electroluminescent elements, first to third driving transistors to apply a driving current to the first to third organic electroluminescent elements, respectively, and first and second switches and a third switch group. A first light emission control line transfers a first light emission control signal, and a second light emission control line transfers a second light emission control signal. The first switch is turned on/off in response to the first light emission control signal, and the second switch and the third switch group are turned on/off in response to the first and second light emission control signals.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for displaying video data. The method includes: generating an intermediate image between a first and a second image of the video data, wherein the first image is adjacent to the second image in the video data; adjusting a plurality of intermediate pixels of the intermediate image to generate a luminance-adjusted image; and displaying the first image, the luminance-adjusted image, and the second image in turn.