Eccm (electronic Counter-countermeasures, I.e., Antijamming) Patents (Class 342/16)
  • Patent number: 11798169
    Abstract: A system may include one or more processors configured to receive a plurality of images representing an environment. The images may include image data generated by an image capture device. The processors may also be configured to transmit the image data to an image segmentation network configured to segment the images. The processors may also be configured to receive sensor data associated with the environment including sensor data generated by a sensor of a type different than an image capture device. The processors may be configured to associate the sensor data with segmented images to create a training dataset. The processors may be configured to transmit the training dataset to a machine learning network configured to run a sensor data segmentation model, and train the sensor data segmentation model using the training dataset, such that the sensor data segmentation model is configured to segment sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Zoox, Inc.
    Inventor: David Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11733349
    Abstract: A method of selecting and optimizing a countermeasure for application against a novel, ambiguous, or unresponsive radar threat includes selecting a candidate countermeasure and an initial parameter set and varying at least one of the parameters while the effectiveness of the candidate countermeasure against the radar threat is assessed, for example by a human observer. Embodiments include repeating the process with additional candidate countermeasures. For an unresponsive radar threat, a previously effective countermeasure can be selected as the candidate countermeasure. For an ambiguous radar threat, at least one countermeasure previously verified as effective against a partially matching known threat can be selected as the candidate countermeasure. Correlated parameters can be simultaneously varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A Kuzdeba, Brandon P. Hombs, Peter J. Kajenski, Daniel Massar
  • Patent number: 11724720
    Abstract: A method using unsupervised velocity prediction and correction for urban driving from sequences of noisy position estimates includes: performing a vehicle velocity prediction for one or more other vehicles in a vicinity of a host automobile vehicle; calculating a first heuristic based on a uniformity test; calculating a second heuristic based on a vehicle speed of the one or more other vehicles; combining the first heuristic and the second heuristic using a weighted sum; determining an uncertainty mask applying the combined first heuristic and the second heuristic and a heuristic threshold; and applying the uncertainty mask to identify a velocity correction for use by the host automobile vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Amit Agarwal, Hyukseong Kwon, Rajan Bhattacharyya, Michael J. Daily, Gavin D. Holland
  • Patent number: 11703859
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for autonomously controlling a vehicle performed by a control system of the vehicle on the basis of a mission received from a mission controller, the method comprising: receiving a mission comprising a set of instructions from the mission controller; validating the mission by checking whether the mission meets a first set of requirements; executing the mission if the mission meets the first set of requirements and rejecting the mission if the mission does not meet the first set of requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LIEBHERR MINING EQUIPMENT NEWPORT NEWS CO.
    Inventors: James Whitfield, Jr., Jason Altice
  • Patent number: 11677490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radio frequency communication and jamming device configured for physically secured friendly radio frequency communication and for jamming hostile radio frequency communication, the radio frequency communication and jamming device including: an antenna arrangement having a transmission section for transmitting outgoing signals and a receiving section for receiving incoming signals; a receiver device configured for extracting an incoming information signal from the incoming signals received via the receiving section of the antenna arrangement in a receiving frequency band; a jamming generator configured for generating at least one jamming signal for jamming at least one jamming frequency band, wherein the jamming signal is transmitted as one of the outgoing signals via the transmission section, wherein the at least one jamming frequency band includes the receiving frequency band; and a self-interference cancellation device configured for cancelling portions of the at least one jamming signal in t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Ramez Askar, Wilhelm Keusgen
  • Patent number: 11658765
    Abstract: A device and method for anti jamming using a decoy signal are provided. The device may include a processor configured to allocate, in connection with a request for transmission of information, first frequency band to information signal including the information and allocate a second frequency band to the decoy signal including fake information associated with the information, and an outputter configured to output the decoy signal and the information signal at a predetermined time interval and output the information signal through the first frequency band after an attack on the second frequency band by the jammer that inspects the decoy signal is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ji Woong Choi, Sung Min Han, Sung-Ho Lim, Chan Kuen Park, Kyung-Joon Park, Yongsoon Eun
  • Patent number: 11574206
    Abstract: The presently disclosed method and system includes a network of computer devices, sensors, and actuators operating in concert with application software to actively detect, identify, and localize threats and generate real-time countermeasures designed to delay and/or mitigate damage that may be caused by the threats. Application software, in the form of automated reasoning and logic control, initiates preparatory and countermeasure sequences automatically, which may be used by users or automatically executed by the system to at least delay an attack to a physical asset/area by adversaries with use of non-lethal actuators. Learned scenarios are generated and continuously adapted via feedback loops and decision rules to provide preparatory and countermeasure sequences that maximize results with minimal expenditure of assets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: The Security Oracle, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Lankford Butler, Jr., Samuel McArthur Smith, Vontella Kay Kimball
  • Patent number: 11550757
    Abstract: Techniques for monitoring local and/or remote file systems by a synchronization component (e.g., client/server) of a cloud-based platform are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of building synchronization events by a synchronization component (e.g., a synchronization server/client) includes obtaining a set of items that have been changed and their new states and retrieving last known states of the set of items that are stored in a reference snapshot inside a filesystem scanner. The method further includes generating differences between the new states and the last known states of the set of items as item changes and utilizing information provided by the item changes to translate the item changes into synchronization events for execution on the opposing file system. A method of handling failed synchronization events by a synchronization component of the cloud-based platform by collapsing a subsequent event with the failed synchronization event is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Campbell Smith, David Mackenzie, Yiming Lu, Kunal Parmar, Peter Potrebic
  • Patent number: 11408995
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement lateral-bin monitoring for radar target detection. In particular, a radar system, which is mounted to a moving platform, divides a region of interest that is associated with at least one side of the moving platform into multiple lateral bins. The radar system maps locations of detections to the lateral bins, and monitors respective quantities of consecutive frames in which detections occur within the lateral bins. The radar system determines that at least one object is present within one of the lateral bins responsive to a quantity of consecutive frames having detections within the lateral bin being equal to or greater than a threshold. By waiting for a lateral bin to have detections across multiple consecutive frames, the radar system can minimize the false-alarm rate without reducing sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Yang Wang
  • Patent number: 11405083
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an un-manned aerial vehicle having a control unit, a body part and an antenna arrangement that includes an antenna element panel and at least one antenna port that is adapted to provide at least one antenna beam that is electrically steerable to at least two different directions. The aerial vehicle further has a direction unit that connects the antenna element panel to the body part, where the direction unit is adapted to set the antenna element panel in at least two different positions relative the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventor: Andreas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11394414
    Abstract: A method of mitigating interference in a received wireless signal by adaptive digital filtering efficiently deploys computational resources by using at least one of a DDC, weight generator, and scrubber to perform calculations necessary to generate a plurality of output streams. Embodiments transition a weight generator and scrubber between receiver frequencies according to a known frequency hopping pattern of an FHSS transmission. Other embodiments dedicate scrubbers to receiver frequencies while transitioning a weigh generator between the frequencies to generate sets of weights that can be persistently used by the scrubbers. Embodiments generate sets of weights according to one received multipath signal copy, and then apply the generated weights to filter additional multipath copes received at the same frequency. Various embodiments dedicate a DDC to each receive frequency to form a bank of down-converted outputs, from among which each weigh generator can select primary and reference inputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Martin M. Townley, Jonathan P. Beaudeau
  • Patent number: 11280914
    Abstract: A system for determining a location in a disadvantaged signal environment includes three aerial vehicles hovering at high altitude and spaced apart to form a triangle, and a mother aerial vehicle positioned a distance away and at a lower altitude. The mother aerial vehicle acquires and transmits coarse geolocation information, using a pulse compression, high-power X Band radar and directional antenna, to each of the three aerial vehicles to direct them to coarse geo-positions above designated respective ground locations. One of the three aerial vehicles has a synthetic aperture radar for producing a terrain strip-map that is mensurated against a map database to provide fine position adjustments for each of the three aerial vehicles, which are also also configured to transmit a respective signal coded with its latitude, longitude, and altitude, for a computing device to perform time difference of arrival measurements of the signals to determine its location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Telephonics Corp.
    Inventor: John Anthony Pierro
  • Patent number: 11073599
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for radar interference mitigation using a pseudorandom offset. The apparatus includes an antenna array and a wireless transceiver. The wireless transceiver is coupled to the antenna array and is configured to transmit, via the antenna array, a radar transmit signal based on at least one pseudorandom offset. The wireless transceiver is also configured to receive, via the antenna array, at least a portion of another radar transmit signal from another apparatus. The wireless transceiver is additionally configured to receive, via the antenna array, a radar receive signal that includes a portion of the radar transmit signal that is reflected by an object. At a given time, a frequency of the radar receive signal is different than a frequency of the radar transmit signal based on the at least one pseudorandom offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Roberto Rimini, Nan Zhang, Vijay Varadarajan, Brian Clarke Banister
  • Patent number: 10974639
    Abstract: A light source (14) is configured to emit light for lighting a predetermined area. A LiDAR sensor (15) is configured to sense information of an outside of a vehicle. A first screw mechanism (16) is configured to adjust posture of the light source (14). A second screw mechanism (17) is configured to adjust posture of the LiDAR sensor (15). Adjustment by one of the first screw mechanism (16) and the second screw mechanism (17) is performed on the basis of adjustment that has been performed by the other one of the first screw mechanism (16) and the second screw mechanism (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hori, Teruaki Yamamoto, Yusuke Kasaba, Yoshiaki Fushimi
  • Patent number: 10962626
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present application discloses a data transmission method, device, and radar device, and relates to the field of communication technologies, wherein the method is applied to a radar device, including: determining the starting data acquisition location as the target location; obtaining data acquired by the radar device during the process of rotating by a preset angle from the target location, wherein the preset angle is an angle within a range of (0°, MaxA), and MaxA indicates the maximum rotation angle; packaging the acquired data to generate a target data package; Sending the target data package to the destination device. The data is transmitted by using the solution provided by the embodiment of the present application, and the data delay is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Weiwei Guo, Kunlin Yu, Chao Sho (Jiang)
  • Patent number: 10629996
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a chaff electronic countermeasure device for protecting mobile platforms against radio frequency threats. A device comprises an antenna that is in communication with a substrate. An integrated circuit is in electrical communication with the antenna. The device is configured to absorb from a source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. In response to absorbing the first radio frequency, the device reradiates at least a portion of a second radio frequency having a second amplitude toward the radar source, which results in an increased radar cross section of the device as perceived by the radar source. The second amplitude is higher than the first amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Larry Hurzon
  • Patent number: 10416285
    Abstract: The object detection apparatus is provided with a signal processing unit and an object detection unit. The signal processing unit performs a frequency analysis of a beat signal obtained by transmitting and receiving continuous waves and estimates an incoming direction of reception waves, the object detection unit executes, based on a processing result of the signal processing unit, at least an extracting process of an object candidate, a tracking process for an object and the object candidate, and an object recognition process that recognizes the object candidate to be the object. The object detection unit is characterized in that the unit executes, individually for each type of object to be detected, the extracting process, the tracking process and the object recognition process, and changes content of processes depending on a feature of the object to be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10302741
    Abstract: An FMCW radar is used to detect live objects by processing the matched, filtered radar return on a frame by frame basis. An FFT cross correlation coefficient is computed, followed by computing a modified geometric mean of the absolute value of the cross correlation coefficients. The modified geometric mean is then compared to a preset threshold to determine whether the object is moving or is stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Adeel Ahmad, Dan Wang, Muhammad Zubair Ikram, Murtaza Ali
  • Patent number: 10249961
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a transmit device, the transmit device comprising: at least one logical antenna port configured to provide a broadcast component signal; an antenna array having M number of rows and N number of columns of antenna elements; and a processor configured to select Q number of columns among the N number of columns, where Q?N, determine a phase center location (PCL) for the logical antenna port, wherein the phase center location is arranged in a point on a vertical axis (A) located in the Q number of columns, map the logical antenna port on the physical antenna ports of the Q number of columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Björn Sihlbom, Mattias Gustafsson
  • Patent number: 10056684
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes: a directional antenna configured to wirelessly receive data from the wireless communication device which is a connection partner; a processing unit configured to perform a first detection process of controlling a directivity direction of the directional antenna and detecting a first direction which is a direction of a radio wave generation source other than the wireless communication device and a second detection process of controlling the directivity direction of the directional antenna and detecting a second direction which is a direction of the wireless communication device; and a control unit configured to set a directivity angle of the directional antenna to a narrower angle when the second detection process is performed by setting the directivity direction of the directional antenna in a vicinity of the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaharu Yanagidate
  • Patent number: 10031234
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technique to estimate at least a portion of an attitude, such as an azimuth angle from true North, based on beam angles from a controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA) to space vehicle locations. Other attitude information such as roll and/or pitch can also be estimated. The at least portion of the attitude can be provided with or without an additional sensor, such as a compass or magnetometer, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), or the like. An attitude estimate can be useful because oftentimes the attitude of an object can vary from its track or velocity direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Interstate Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Steven B. Alexander
  • Patent number: 9923700
    Abstract: A method for sharing spectrum between a primary user and a secondary user includes receiving a signal transmitted by the primary user at a first network equipment of the secondary user, determining a first attenuation coefficient for the first network equipment, estimating interference from the first network equipment at a receiver of the primary user, and adjusting parameters of the first network equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SPECTRUM EFFECT, INC.
    Inventors: Eamonn Gormley, Rekha Menon, Jungnam Yun
  • Patent number: 9743293
    Abstract: According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a receiver, a processor, and a correlator circuit. The receiver may be configured to receive a satellite navigational system signal. The processor may configured to, if an interference signal is detected: receive an indication of a detected interference signal, and generate a modified coarse/acquisition (C/A) code, wherein the modified coarse/acquisition (C/A) code includes a null value for at least one frequency portion associated with the interference signal. The correlator circuit may be configured to, if an interference signal is detected, generate a correlated signal in which the interference signal has been at least partially removed by combining the modified C/A code and the satellite navigational system signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gary Lennen
  • Patent number: 9733338
    Abstract: A method for locating an interferer is provided. The method includes determining, from one of a time difference of arrival (TDOA) signature and a frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) signature between a first signal received at a satellite at a first location and a second signal received at the same satellite at a second location, a first curve on which the interferer lies, determining, from direction of arrival information generated using signals received from the interferer at a plurality of elements of a linear array on the satellite, a second curve on which the interferer lies, and determining, based on an intersection between the first and second curves, the location of the interferer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Lisa Kuo, Murat E. Veysoglu
  • Patent number: 9652674
    Abstract: An ice analyzer includes processing circuitry configured to receive a radiometer image including a geographic area including ice, receive a radar image including at least a portion of the geographic area, perform ice/water discrimination of the radiometer image and the radar image, generate a passive ice/water mask and an active ice/water mask based on the ice/water discrimination, merge the passive ice/water mask and the active ice/water mask into a typing mask, and type the ice based on the typing mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Mary R. Keller, Christopher M. Gifford, William C. Walton, Nathaniel S. Winstead
  • Patent number: 9590744
    Abstract: An example method of tactical communication is provided. The method includes receiving information indicating a tactical situation associated with a target area. The tactical situation is one of a missile in-flight, an eavesdropper, a signal jammer, and a transceiver located in a zone of interest. The method further includes performing a beamforming process including instructing transmission of a plurality of signaling beams from one or more transmitters toward the target area. The tactical situation may be associated with a foe and the plurality of signaling beams generate interference inhibiting communication with by the foe. The tactical situation may be associated with a friend and the plurality of signaling beams generate decodable signal for enhancing communication with the friend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Doru Calin, Aliye Ozge Kaya, Kai Yang, Simon Yiu
  • Patent number: 9577785
    Abstract: Provided are processes for suppressing jamming signals that may include use of a signal processing circuit. A signal processing circuit can be configured to obtain a jamming signal and a feedback signal, process the jamming signal and the feedback signal to determine a cancellation signal for use in suppressing the jamming signal, and output the cancellation signal to a radio-frequency transmitter. The signal processing circuit may be further configured to obtain a transmission signal, determine a jamming channel from the jamming signal and a feedback channel from the feedback signal, and combine the transmission channel, jamming channel, and feedback channel to determine a transfer function, where the transfer function is configured to determine the cancellation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: TT Government Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph C. Liberti, Nicholas Chang
  • Patent number: 9537569
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for target identification are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to respond to a target identification interrogation include aligning an optical transceiver based on a detected optical signal to establish an optical communication link with a target detector, receiving a first signal from the target detector using the optical communication link, extracting a first code from the first signal, and transmitting a second signal using the communication link, wherein the second signal is encoded with a second code based on the first code of the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventor: Jerry Stewart
  • Patent number: 9529062
    Abstract: A liner for a bore of a waveguide is provided. The liner as an aperture passing through it and is formed of a metamaterial that has a relative electrical permittivity that is negative and near zero. When the liner is installed in the waveguide, it lowers the cutoff frequency of the waveguide while allowing the waveguide to remain hollow. This liner can be used in the bore of an MRI machine to lower the cutoff frequency of the bore of the MRI machine to allow the MRI machine to operate using waves having a lower frequency that if the liner was not used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignees: The Governors of the University of Alberta, Alberta Health Services
    Inventors: Ashwin Iyer, Justin Pollock, Nicola de Zanche
  • Patent number: 9435880
    Abstract: A pulse transponder countermeasure device, comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); an optical receiver adapted to receive detection signals from a speed measuring device; at least one optical transmitter adapted to transmit jamming signals to the speed measuring device; at least one software controlled driver configured to drive the optical transmitter and memory storing a database of measuring devices signature signals and reflective signals, the CPU configured to identify the speed measuring device in its database according to the received detection signal's signature and calculate a response time for sending a jamming signal to the speed measuring device so as to change the speed perceived by the speed measurement device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventor: Ron Yaacov Davidson
  • Patent number: 9264173
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the jamming of P predefined zones or positions in a communications network of transmitters, jammers and receivers comprising several platforms, uses a local reception situation at the level of each friendly platform, a local jamming situation at the level of each friendly reception platform, and determines for each friendly transmitting platform and each friendly receiving platform, one or more parameters so as to minimize or to eliminate the fratricidal effects on the friendly reception platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: François Delaveau, Dominique Heurguier
  • Patent number: 9203548
    Abstract: A banking system is controlled responsive to data read from data bearing records. The system comprises an automated banking machine. The machine includes at least one type of data reader, which includes a card reader. The machine also includes an anti-fraud arrangement that can deter effective operation of unauthorized devices attached to the machine. Such unauthorized devices may include a fraudulent card reader placed adjacent to a card entry slot that leads to the card reader. The arrangement can sense a fraudulent card reader installed on the machine. The arrangement can additionally emit jamming signals that interfere with an ability of a sensed fraudulent card reader to accurately read card data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Diebold Self-Service Systems Division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Gregory S. Ray, David N. Lewis, Randall Jenkins, James Block, Songtao Ma, Natarajan Ramachandran, Jeffery Enright, James E. Pettitt
  • Patent number: 9112756
    Abstract: A system and method involve channelizing a received signal into two or more narrowband channels, each narrowband channel having an overlapping frequency portion, creating matched narrowband channels by matching the unknown amplitude, phase, and delay of at least two of the narrowband channels, coherently summing the matched narrowband channels into a wideband channel, and equalizing the wideband channel using an equalizing filter to generate a coherent wideband channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
    Inventors: Gregory K. Fleizach, Gary Lau, Ralph W. Hunt
  • Patent number: 9069066
    Abstract: A method of preventing the jamming of radars is provided utilizing two radars located at a distance to prevent both velocity and range pull off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventors: Faran Awais Butt, Ijaz Haider Naqvi, Ali Imran Najam
  • Patent number: 9037435
    Abstract: In embodiments, a device is illustrated for determining a sample rate difference between a first information signal and a second information signal including an offset determiner for determining for each of a plurality of segments of the first information signal, associated offset values which temporally align the plurality of segments with respect to the second information signal and a calculator for calculating the sample rate difference on the basis of the offset values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: OPTICOM DIPL.-ING. MICHAEL KEYHL GMBH
    Inventors: Christian Schmidmer, Roland Bitto, Michael Keyhl
  • Patent number: 9035824
    Abstract: A system and method of radar location comprises radar signal emission means, an emitted pulse of duration T1 and index i starting at instant T2(i); means receiving reflected radar signals; means determining correlation between reconstruction of an emitted pulse and signal received during the time interval between T2(i)+2*T1 and T2(i+1). The means determining a correlation can reconstruct a set, of at least one truncated pulse j of duration T3(j), less than T1, corresponding to the final part of said emitted pulse, said truncated pulses having increasing respective durations, determining at least one first correlated signal j by correlation of said truncated pulse j and signal received during time interval between T2(i)+T1 and T2(i)+T1+T3(j) and determining a second signal, based on first correlated signals j, by copying the time interval, of said correlated signal j, between T2(i)+T1+T3(j) and T2(i)+T1+T3(j+1), onto the time interval, of said second signal, between T2(i)+T1+T3(j) and T2(i)+T1+T3(j+1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Stéphane Kemkemian, Jean-Paul Artis, Jean-Michel Quellec
  • Patent number: 9030347
    Abstract: Systems and methods for improving vehicle survivability. In some embodiments, threat information relating to at least one potential threat against at least one vehicle during a mission may be accessed. The threat information may comprise threat location information indicative of at least one likely location for the at least one potential threat and at least one model associated with the at least one potential threat. Prior to commencing the mission, the threat information may be used to assign a numerical measure to each potential action of a plurality of potential actions for the at least one vehicle based at least in part on at least one measure of the at least one vehicle resulting from executing the potential action. The plurality of potential actions may be compared based at least in part on the respective numerical measures assigned to the plurality of potential actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Carl R. Herman, James C. Rosswog
  • Patent number: 8952844
    Abstract: A method for adaptively matching the frequency response of two channels of a received signal includes the steps of receiving a main RF signal on a main antenna, sampling the main RF signal at a sample rate, delaying the sampled main RF signal by a multiple of a sample period, wherein the sample period is the inverse of the sample rate, receiving at least one other RF signal on at least one other auxiliary antenna, sampling each of the at least one other RF signal at the sample rate, filtering each of the at least one other sampled RF signal utilizing an adaptive finite impulse response (FIR) filter having at least one sub-sample-period time delay, and combining the sampled main RF signal with each of the filtered at least one other sampled RF signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Wasiewicz
  • Patent number: 8902098
    Abstract: A process is disclosed for minimising jammer noise in receiver systems. The process comprises the use of a primary receiver (10) and a plurality of secondary receivers (11) for receiving signals. The process comprises the steps of:—separately correlating the signal received at each of the plurality of 5 secondary receivers with the signal received at the primary receiver;—determining the magnitude of the correlation between signals received at each of the plurality of secondary receivers with the signal received at the primary receiver; and,—minimising the signal received at the primary receiver using those signals received at the secondary receivers for which the magnitude of the correlation with the signal received at the primary receiver is above a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BAE Systems PLC
    Inventor: Peter Alan Langsford
  • Patent number: 8896479
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System (GPS) signal reception apparatus including a GPS antenna unit, a GPS signal selection unit, and a jamming signal detection unit is provided. The GPS antenna unit includes a first-type antenna and a plurality of second-type antennas which have directivities different from each other. The GPS signal selection unit selects any one of the first-type antenna and the plurality of second-type antennas as a selected antenna. The jamming signal detection unit detects a jamming signal present in a GPS signal by analyzing the GPS signal which is received via the selected antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin-Chun Wang, Dong-Hoon Shin, Ui-Jung Kim, Dae-Heon Lee, Hae-Yong Yang, Seong-Taek Chee
  • Patent number: 8880016
    Abstract: An anti-jamming system includes a tunable negative jamming signal feedback loop for feedback suppression of a received jamming signal. The system includes a zero IF phase locked loop (PLL) jamming signal receiver having a synchronous demodulator and a phase detector. A VCO is included in the PLL, as well as a phase detector and a loop filter. A replica jamming signal generator includes a tracking modulator with a baseband signal input coupled to an output of a synchronous demodulator in the receiver and a carrier input provided by the VCO. An output of the tracking modulator is negatively fed back to the input of the receiver to suppress the jamming signal in the received input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Ideas to the Market (ITOM) B.V.
    Inventor: Wolfdietrich Georg Kasperkovitz
  • Publication number: 20140253361
    Abstract: This disclosure includes systems and methods for detecting radar signals by performing an initial spectral analysis to identify candidate radar signals and subsequently determining whether any candidate radar signals are false detections using a secondary analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Meriam Khufu Ragheb REZK, Richard MOSKO, Tevfik YUCEK
  • Patent number: 8754801
    Abstract: A filter which highly attenuates CW signals within specified frequency bands while allowing baseband pulses to pass therethrough with relatively low attenuation is provided. The filter comprises a main transmission line and stub transmission lines that are coupled in parallel relationship with the main transmission line. Each of the stub transmission lines is terminated with a short circuit or other appropriate impedance and is of such a length that a pulse coupled thereto from the main transmission line and reflected from the terminating impedance will arrive at the coupling plane with the main transmission line after the pulse propagating on the main transmission line has completely passed the coupling plane, thus eliminating the possibility of cancellation of any portion of the propagating pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Unisys Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald F. Ross
  • Patent number: 8755770
    Abstract: Techniques for determining whether a cellular device is suspect, i.e., perhaps serving as an activator for a device such as a bomb. One way of doing this with cellular telephones that are in the idle state is to use a baiting beacon to bait and automatically call all the cellular telephones in an area that are in the idle state. If the call to a given cellular telephone is not answered by a human voice, the cellular telephone is suspect. Another way of doing this with cellular telephones that are in the traffic state is to use surgical analysis to examine the DTX pattern for the telephone. If it indicates persistent silence, the cellular telephone is suspect. The surgical analysis may also be used to trace the DTX pattern back to another telephone that is controlling the suspect cellular device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventor: James D Haverty
  • Patent number: 8615190
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention jamming energy is allocated to a plurality of emitters based on a three-dimensional (3-D) emitter geolocation technique that determines the geolocation of radio frequency (RF) emitters based on energy or received signal strength (RSS) and/or time differences of arrival (TDOAs) of transmitted signals. The three-dimensional (3-D) emitter geolocations are used to rank emitters of interest according to distance and available radio frequency (RF) jamming energy is allocated to the emitters in rank order. The techniques may be employed with small unmanned air vehicles (UAV), and obtains efficient use of jamming energy when applied to radio frequency (RF) emitters of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Exelis Inc.
    Inventor: Ning Hsing Lu
  • Publication number: 20130328711
    Abstract: An anti-jamming subsystem for jamming signals originating along the horizon includes a two-dimensional horizontal array of antennas that effectively has a horizontal circular reception pattern for receiving signals originating along the horizon and a antenna that has a half hemispherical reception pattern and an upward looking view of the sky. The subsystem utilizes associated phase information to actively combine the signals received by the respective antennas in the array, to produce one or more anti jamming signals with narrow beams in the directions of the jammers. The subsystem combines the anti jamming signals with the signals received by the reference antenna, to produce signals for further processing in which the interference from the jamming signals originating along the horizon is minimized without adversely affecting the signals received by the reference antenna from at least higher elevation satellites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Patrick C. Fenton
  • Patent number: 8587469
    Abstract: A metamaterial for a radio frequency communications apparatus is disclosed. The metamaterial can comprise a flex circuit and an array of circuit elements mounted on the flex circuit. Each of the circuit elements can comprise a conductive trace and at least one hybrid component electrically coupled to the conductive trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Bruno, Dwight L. Ritums, David A. Brent
  • Patent number: 8565439
    Abstract: A method is provided for detecting scrambling of a radiocommunication network. The method is applied by a radiocommunication circuit capable of being connected to the network by being synchronized on a radiocommunication channel. The method includes a final detection phase, having the following steps: detection of verification of the following final condition: there are N radiocommunication channels on which the radiocommunication circuit cannot be synchronized despite detection of a power level normally sufficient for being synchronized, where N>2; and if the final condition is verified, generation of a final scrambling signal with a probability of scrambling equal to 100%. The method also includes at least one intermediate detection phase, having the following steps: detection of verification of at least one intermediate condition; and if the at least one intermediate condition is verified, generation of an intermediate scrambling signal with a probability of scrambling of less than 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sierra Wireless
    Inventors: Erwan Girard, Christophe Flechelle, Thierry Lys
  • Patent number: 8559865
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detecting a jammer comprising sampling an input signal; downconverting and sampling the input signal to generate a sampled downconverted (SD) input signal; comparing the sampled input signal to a wideband threshold THWB, and comparing the SD input signal to a narrowband threshold THNB; generating a wideband (WB) interrupt signal based on the comparison to the THWB, and generating a narrowband (NB) interrupt signal based on the comparison to the THNB; and generating a composite interrupt signal based on at least one of WB interrupt signal and NB interrupt signal. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises a wideband jammer detector for generating a WB interrupt signal to indicate a wideband jammer; a narrowband jammer detector for generating a NB interrupt signal to indicate a narrowband jammer; and interrupt logic for generating a composite interrupt signal based on one of WB interrupt signal and NB interrupt signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Haim M. Weissman, Avigdor Brillant, Susanta Sengupta
  • Publication number: 20130154868
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a radio-frequency (RF) front-end for a radio configured to receive an RF signal at a first frequency includes an antenna port configured to be coupled to an antenna, and a notch filter having an input coupled to the antenna port. The notch filter is configured to reject one or more frequencies, such that the first frequency is a harmonic or intermodulation distortion product of the one or more frequencies. The RF front-end also includes a piezoelectric filter having an input coupled to an output of the notch filter and an output configured to be coupled to an RF amplifier. The piezoelectric filter has a pass band comprising the first frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Daniel Kehrer, Kai Jung