Interference-related Issues (ipc) Patents (Class 342/357.59)
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Patent number: 11906633Abstract: A system and method for detecting spoofing of a navigation system (NS) using a plurality of antennas. Carrier phase and CN0 measurements are obtains of a plurality of signals. The measurements are then double differenced and compared to predefined thresholds to determine whether a signal is authentic or not. Once sufficient authentic signals are identified, position and time is determined using the authenticated signals. Residuals are estimated for all signals. An average value of the residuals or the authenticated signals is calculated and is then removed from the residuals of the unauthenticated signals. Should the remainder exceed a predefined threshold, the signal is deemed to be spoofed. Otherwise, the signal is deemed to be authentic.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NovAtel Inc.Inventors: Ali Broumandan, Thomas Taylor
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Patent number: 11892546Abstract: Determining a boundary of a spoofing region identifying spoofed satellite signals may comprise determining, based on a first set of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals received at a GNSS receiver over a first period of time, at least one GNSS signal corresponding to a GNSS satellite has experienced a first transition, wherein the first transition comprises a transition from a not spoofed state in which the at least one GNSS signal is not determined to be spoofed to a spoofed state in which the at least one GNSS signal is determined to be spoofed, or a transition from the spoofed state to the not spoofed state. Additionally, a first location corresponding to a location at which the GNSS receiver was located during the first transition may be determined.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: David Tuck, Arnold Jason Gum
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Patent number: 11876283Abstract: The present disclosure relates to combined antenna apparatus for receiving GNSS signals and other radio signals to mitigate cross-coupling.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: SeeScan, Inc.Inventors: Stephanie M. Bench, Mark S. Olsson
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Patent number: 11815607Abstract: In conditions in which Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal spoofing is likely occurring, a GNSS receiver may be operated in a reduced operational state with respect to one or more GNSS bands that are likely being spoofed. According to embodiments, a reduced operational state with regard to a GNSS band may comprise performing one or more of the following functions with respect to that GNSS band: disabling data demodulation and decoding, disabling time setting (e.g., time of week (TOW), week number, etc.) disabling acquisition of unknown/not visible satellites, disabling satellite differences, disabling error recovery, reducing non-coherent integration time, and duty cycling the power for one or more receiver blocks associated with the GNSS band.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jordan Cookman, Krishnaranjan Rao, Jeffrey Wong, David Tuck
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Patent number: 11778558Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, one or more downlink grants scheduling one or more corresponding downlink transmissions from the base station to the UE. In some examples, the UE may enter a state of sleep prior to receiving the one or more downlink transmissions. In such examples, the UE may wake up from the state of sleep at a first time that is at least a threshold period of time before a second time corresponding to a beginning of the one or more downlink transmissions. After waking up from the state of sleep, the UE may activate a notch filter and use the activated notch filter to filter a spur generated at the UE. The UE may receive the one or more downlink transmissions with improved reliability based on activating the notch filter.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Igor Gutman, Christian Pietsch, Oren Matsrafi, Ronen Greenberger, Yossi Waldman, Jong Hyeon Park, Yuval Neeman, Peter Zillmann
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Patent number: 11774600Abstract: A method and device determines an evolving position of a device using electromagnetic interference, which is jamming electromagnetic navigation signals. An antenna arrangement receives both the electromagnetic navigation signals and the electromagnetic interference. A discerned position is determined for each of one or more jamming antennas emitting the electromagnetic interference. A detection circuit determines each discerned position from the electromagnetic interference received at the device and at least one measurement of the evolving position using the electromagnetic navigation signals. The evolving position of the device is determined while the electromagnetic interference prevents subsequently measuring the evolving position using the electromagnetic navigation signals. An evaluation circuit determines the evolving position from the electromagnetic interference received at the device and from each discerned position of the one or more jamming antennas.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Michael Oren Ferguson, Ceferino Teodoro Fajardo, III
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Patent number: 11748363Abstract: In embodiments, given a surface that has domains on it and a first location, a second location is generated in the surface. The second location belongs in the same domains as the first location, and does not belong in the same domains as the second location. An advantage can be that, in embodiments, the second location can be used in lieu of the first location. A use case can be where it is desired to protect the privacy of location data of an entity, such as its address.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Avalara, Inc.Inventors: Mark Janzen, Gregory T. Kavounas, Rohit Ghule, Charles M. Morrisette
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Patent number: 11729576Abstract: A system for delivering targeted content to a wireless handset is described. The system comprises a beacon and a wireless handset communicatively coupled to a network. The wireless handset receives a signal from the beacon. A user profile associated with the wireless handset comprises at least one user attribute. The system further comprises a content administration interface configured to store an association between a content item and a user attribute. The system further comprises a content delivery module configured to filter stored content items to retrieve content items associated with a user attribute. The content delivery module transmits at least one retrieved content item to the wireless handset via the network. A handset content interface displays the at least one transmitted content item on the wireless handset.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: NEXRF CORP.Inventors: Michael Anthony Kerr, David James Stewart
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Patent number: 11726516Abstract: A load control system for controlling an electrical load in a space of a building occupied by an occupant may include a controller configured to determine the location of the occupant, and a load control device configured to automatically control the electrical load in response to the location of the occupant. The load control system may include a mobile device adapted to be located on or immediately adjacent the occupant and configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The load control device may be configured to automatically control the electrical load when the mobile device is located in the space. The load control system may further comprise an occupancy sensor and the load control device may automatically control the electrical load when the occupancy sensor indicates that the space is occupied and the mobile device is located in the space.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLCInventors: Rhodes B. Baker, Richard S. Camden, Sanjeev Kumar
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Patent number: 11714199Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for operating a GNSS receiver in the presence of spoofed signals, the GNSS receiver having a plurality of satellite signal receive chains with a low associated antenna envelope correlation coefficient, the method comprising: receiving signals from said plurality of satellite signal receive chains; obtaining (1010) relative amplitude and phase values of respective signals as provided by a pair of satellite signal receive chains from among said plurality of satellite signal receive chains; clustering (1020) said received signals on the basis of said monitored relative amplitude and phase values; and asserting (1040) a spoofing detection state when said clustering reveals a cluster of signals exhibiting similar relative amplitude and phase values over a predetermined time frame (1030). The invention also pertains to a GNSS receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Septentrio N.V.Inventors: Wim De Wilde, Jean-Marie Sleewaegen
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Patent number: 11693122Abstract: Disclosed is a technique that can provide one or more countermeasures against spoofers. A direction from which a spoofing attack occurs is identified. A beamformer can control an antenna pattern of a CRPA to null out signals from that direction, which can assist a GNSS receiver to avoid error induced by the spoofing attack. Further, after two or more observations, the location of the spoofer can be identified.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: L3Harris Interstate Electronics CorporationInventors: Steven B. Alexander, Gilberto Isaac Sada
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Patent number: 11668835Abstract: Systems and methods for GNSS spoofing detection using C/No based monitoring are provided. In certain embodiments, a system including at least one GNSS receiver that provides C/No for GNSS signals received from GNSS satellites. The system also includes a processor coupled to the at least one GNSS receiver. The processor executes instructions that cause the processor to calculate new C/No comparison values based on the C/No measurements and previous C/No comparison values. Further, the instructions cause the processor to compare the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Moreover, the instructions cause the processor to determine whether one or more of the GNSS signals are spoofed based on the comparison of the C/No measurements against the previous C/No comparison values. Additionally, the instructions cause the processor to set the new C/No comparison values as the previous C/No comparison values.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Anthony Pritchard, Karl Abraham Keyzer, James Arthur McDonald
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Patent number: 11579177Abstract: An anechoic chamber and test system that is adapted for installation in or to a vehicle. The chamber includes an outer structure that is durable enough to withstand the effects of transportation. The anechoic chamber and test system may also include an inner faraday shield, a transmission antenna, and a controller that can introduce GNSS, alternative navigation signals, jamming, or spoofing signals into the anechoic chamber along with vehicle sensor signals. The controller is adapted to monitor a GNSS system's ability to resist the jamming or spoofing signals using, at least in part, the vehicle sensor signals.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Orolia Defense & Security LLCInventors: Gregory Gerten, Tyler Hohman, Timothy Erbes, Christopher Kiedrowicz
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Patent number: 11522875Abstract: There may be provided a method for detecting a cyberattack, the method may include receiving, by a computerized system, a first data set receiving or generating, by the computerized system, a second data set that comprises one or more cluster centroids associated with one or more internet of things cyberattacks; and related to behavior of multiple internet of things devices; determining relationships between outliers that belong to the first data set and the one or more cluster centroids; and determining whether the first data set is indicative of the one or more cyberattacks based on the relationships.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: ShieldIOT Ltd.Inventors: Ohad Levin, Dan Feldman
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Patent number: 11500109Abstract: A computer architecture for geolocation spoofing/meaconing detection is disclosed. According to some aspects, a computer accesses an incoming geolocation positioning signal. The computer determines, using a signal characteristics calculation subsystem, geolocation positioning signal characteristics for the incoming geolocation positioning signal. The computer provides, using a geolocation positioning spoofing/meaconing detection subsystem, the geolocation positioning signal characteristics as an input vector to a neural network, wherein the neural network determines whether the incoming geolocation positioning signal is legitimate or fake. If the incoming geolocation positioning signal is determined to be fake: the computer computes, using a Bayesian inference subsystem, a likelihood and a severity of a geolocation positioning technology based attack. The computer provides, as a digital transmission, an indication of whether the incoming geolocation positioning signal is legitimate or fake.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: Raytheon Company, University of North DakotaInventors: Naima Kaabouch, Mohsen Riahi Manesh, Jonathan R. Kenney
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Patent number: 11442176Abstract: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) enabled device includes an inertial sensor and receiver circuitry to track a position of the GNSS enabled device. The receiver circuitry selects a mode of a GNSS technology based on power available at the GNSS enabled device and a positioning error value associated with the mode of the GNSS technology. The positioning error value associated with the selected mode is less than a specified accuracy threshold. The receiver circuitry calibrates the inertial sensor based on the selected mode of the GNSS technology to track the position of the GNSS enabled device to reduce the overall power consumption at the GNSS enabled device.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuyuki Tanaka, Mohamed Youssef, Hidetoshi Kawauchi, Katsumi Takaoka, Kazukuni Takanohashi
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Patent number: 11435482Abstract: The invention relates to different methods for verifying the plausibility of GNSS position signals, including a method for verifying the plausibility of position signals of a global satellite navigation system in a vehicle, said navigation system comprising at least one detection system for detecting objects in the surroundings of the vehicle as well as a reception device for receiving the position signals, said method involving the steps of: having the reception device receive the position signals, and determining the actual position of the vehicle on the basis of the position signals; having the detection system detect at least one object in the surroundings, and determining the position of the object; verifying the plausibility of the position signals by comparing at least one position of an object with the actual position of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Michael Zalewski, Henrik Antoni, Ulrich Stählin
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Patent number: 11415703Abstract: A GNSS receiver has a first antenna and a reference antenna. From the measurement of a carrier phase L1k of GNSS signals at the first antenna and a reference carrier phase L0k at the reference antenna, a single difference L10k is obtained, whereby calculating a double difference L10k0=L10k?L100 between a k-th GNSS satellite and a reference satellite (k=0). The double difference L10k0 is also predicted using known satellite position information as a function of a differencing vector ek0 between a unit line-of-sight direction vector ek of the k-th satellite and that of the reference satellite e0 and a base line vector ? with a second integer bias N10k0. A real time kinematic (RTK) positioning solution is calculated with ambiguity resolution based on the predicted value of L10k0 and the calculated value of L10k0. A spoofing is detected if the RTK positioning solution yields ?=0.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Magellan Systems Japan, Inc.Inventor: Toru Kondo
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Patent number: 11391846Abstract: A system for identifying spoofed navigation signals includes a multi-element antenna configured to receive a plurality of navigation signals. The system also includes at least one processor configured to obtain a gain vector for each of the navigation signals and analyze the gain vectors for the navigation signals to determine whether one or more of the navigation signals are spoofed. To analyze the gain vectors for the navigation signals, the at least one processor may be configured to (i) determine whether at least a specified number of the navigation signals have substantially the same gain vectors and (ii) in response to determining that at least the specified number of the navigation signals have substantially the same gain vectors, determine that the navigation signals having substantially the same gain vectors are spoofed.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Systems LimitedInventors: Michael Jones, Michael C. Wells, Steven Clark
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Patent number: 11333770Abstract: An electronic device, method and system for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) are herein disclosed. The electronic device includes an antenna configured to receive a satellite vehicle (SV) signal, and a processor configured to determine a carrier-to-noise density ratio (CNO) of the SV signal, compare the determined CNO of the SV signal with a threshold, and identify whether the SV signal is a true SV signal or a false SV signal when the determined CNO is less than the threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventor: Gary Lennen
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Patent number: 11333768Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for checking ionospheric correction parameters for satellite navigation for a vehicle. The method has a step of reading a provider signal from an interface with a correction data provider. The provider signal represents ionospheric correction parameters for correcting ionospheric influences for a geographic position in satellite navigation. The method also has a step of determining correction data using information relating to the state of the ionosphere between a satellite receiver of the vehicle at the geographic position and at least one satellite. The state information is defined using at least one satellite signal transmitted between the at least one satellite and the satellite receiver. The method also has a step of performing a comparison between the ionospheric correction parameters and the correction data in order to check the ionospheric correction parameters.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Marco Limberger, Markus Langer
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Patent number: 11280916Abstract: A system for receiving and processing satellite signals from satellites of global navigation systems, in particular for a vehicle, having a signal path includes a signal conditioning unit for conditioning received satellite signals, an analysis unit for analyzing the conditioned satellite signals, and a position determination unit for determining measured values utilizing the satellite signals provided by the analysis unit. The measured values include a position, a speed, and/or a satellite time. The system has two signal paths which are separate from one another and each process mutually independent satellite signals for a position.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO. OHGInventors: Henrik Antoni, Pierre BlĂ¼her, Ulrich Stählin, Michael Zalewski
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Patent number: 11211695Abstract: A satellite communication assembly includes a transmit antenna array including a matrix of antenna elements, a receive antenna array, and a transmit circuit for the transmit antenna array. The transmit circuit includes, for each of the antenna elements, a first splitter, a second splitter, a first pair of phase shifters, a second pair of phase shifters, a first pair of variable gain amplifiers, a second pair of variable gain amplifiers, a first pair of power amplifiers, a second pair of power amplifiers, a first combiner, and a second combiner.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Lee M. Paulsen, Nahiyan Ali, Jaber A. Khoja
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Patent number: 11089562Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with first and second antennas and satellite navigation receiver circuitry. The first antenna may receive first satellite navigation signals in a first satellite navigation frequency band such as the L5 band. The second antenna may receive second satellite navigation signals in a second satellite navigation frequency band such as the L1 band. Control circuitry may process the satellite navigation signals received in the first and second satellite navigation frequency bands to identify a geographic location of the electronic device with a high degree of precision and accuracy. The first and second antennas may transmit radio-frequency signals in non-satellite frequency bands such as cellular telephone bands using a multiple-input and multiple-output scheme. The antennas may include antenna resonating elements formed from segments of peripheral conductive housing structures for the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Mattia Pascolini
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Patent number: 10983190Abstract: A PNT sensor short-range relay communication system includes an electronic PNT sensor module configured to determine a first position of the PNT sensor module and to output a PNT signal indicating a second position of the PNT sensor module with respect to the first position. A mobile relay module is in signal communication with the PNT sensor module. The mobile relay module is configured to communicate the PNT signal to at least one terminal device located remotely from the PNT sensor module and the mobile relay module. In this manner, positional information can be determined without relying on a satellite navigation system.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANYInventors: Cassandra L. Wellman, Alexandra Cintron-Aponte, Alan K. Rubin, Angel V. Arroyo, Angel J. Rios
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Patent number: 10983514Abstract: An apparatus, methods, and systems for data collection in a production environment are described. The system may include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, wherein a first subset of the plurality of input channels are connected to a first set of sensors measuring operational parameters from a production component, a data storage structured to store a plurality of collector routes and collected data, a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data of the production component, and a data analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data and evaluate a first collection routine of the data collector based on the analyzed collected data, wherein based on the analyzed collected data the data collector makes a collection routine change.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLCInventors: Charles Howard Cella, Gerald William Duffy, Jr., Jeffrey P. McGuckin, Mehul Desai
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Patent number: 10958309Abstract: The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide an apparatus configured for preventing relay attacks on a communication link between the apparatus and a communication partner. The apparatus may comprise a communication port, a timer and a processor. The processor may be configured to generate a request, transmit the request through the communication link using the communication port and start counting time using the timer, receive a response via the communication port and stop the timer, receive authentication data via the communication port, authenticate the authentication data, compare the counted time with a predefined threshold, compare a first field within the request with a second field within the response and determine whether there is a relay attack.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: OLogN Technologies AGInventors: Dmytro Ivanchykhin, Sergey Ignatchenko
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Patent number: 10955559Abstract: A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver includes an internal signal processor configured to perform an internal signal processing operation on a satellite signal to generate satellite information, a switching circuit configured to transmit the satellite signal to the internal signal processor, and a control circuit configured to receive a blanking signal from an external communication device instructing that the internal signal processing operation is to be blocked, and configured to output control information for reducing transmission power of the external communication device and to control the switching circuit to transmit the satellite signal to the internal signal processor regardless of the blanking signal when a frequency at which the blanking signal is received exceeds a reference value.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki-Soo Yu, Bhaskar Nallapureddy, Jae-Bum Cho
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Patent number: 10908296Abstract: A method of calculating a speed of an aircraft, a method for calculating a protection radius, a positioning system and an associated aircraft are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes obtaining a measured speed of the aircraft and obtaining a measured position of the aircraft, associated with a reliability protection radius related to position. The method also includes calculating, by a correction loop, a corrected speed, wherein the calculation of the corrected speed includes calculating a calculated position by integration of the corrected speed, and correcting the measured speed as a function of a difference between the calculated position and the measured position. The method further comprising calculating a reliability protection radius related to the corrected speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: ThalesInventors: Pierre-Yves Dumas, Christian Mehlen, Jacques Coatantiec
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Patent number: 10908258Abstract: Method and system of calibrating a sensor system which comprises sensor A and sensor B. Sensor A has a transmitter TXA for emitting a signal STXA and a receiver RXA for receiving a signal SRXA, wherein RXA and TXA operate independently in a radar mode of sensor A. Sensor B has a transmitter TXB, a receiver RXB, and a unit D, which is used to connect TXB to RXB in a transponder mode of sensor B, with the result that a signal SRXB received by RXB is emitted again by TXB as a signal STXB. A gain Gcon,B between signal SRXB and signal STXB is predefined. In a radar mode of sensor B, TXB is not connected to RXB, with the result that TXB and RXB operate independently. Emitted signals may be radar, light, or acoustic signals. The method and system can calibrate radar systems, lidar systems, or sonar systems.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fĂ¼r Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.Inventors: Jens Reimann, Björn Döring, Marco Schwerdt, Daniel Rudolf, Sebastian Raab
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Patent number: 10884135Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for acquiring satellite signals. The method utilizes the predictability of the first two words of each sub-frame of the navigation message, by controlling the acquisition time of the intermediate frequency data and the PN code, acquiring corresponding intermediate frequency data and PN code from the acquisition time, processing the intermediate frequency data and the PN code to determine whether the satellite signal is acquired, during the acquisition processing and determination process, the navigation message peeling operation is performed using the predictability of the first two words of each sub-frame of the satellite navigation message and PN code, in this way, extending the time of coherent integration is achieved, and thereby improves the acquisition sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: ComNav Technology Ltd.Inventor: Min Xu
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Patent number: 10859709Abstract: A multi-band satellite navigation receiver for carrier and code tracking using a fixed point sigma rho filter with improved stability is described. The receiver simplifies and speeds up the data processing in the filter to adaptively accommodate common information from aggregate bands and obtain the accurate position of the receiver in real time. The filter may utilize a standard deviation function and a cross correlation function while determining adaptive scale factors to ensure that the filter is stable and reliable.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Wei Yu, Richard G. Keegan, Ronald R. Hatch
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Patent number: 10830896Abstract: A method and a system for detecting cross correlation in a satellite navigation receiver (SNR) in real tune are provided. The SNR parallelly receives navigation signals from multiple satellites via multiple input channels. The SNR extracts ephemeris data from sub-frames of navigation data of each of the navigation signals. The SNR compares the ephemeris data of each navigation signal with the ephemeris data of another navigation signal. The SNR detects cross correlation between the navigation signals when the ephemeris data comparison results in a match and discards the navigation signal with low signal strength. The SNR also retrieves a ranging code from the sub-frames of navigation data of each navigation signal. The SNR compares the ranging code with a pre-programmed satellite identity code of a corresponding satellite. The SNR detects cross correlation when the code comparison results in a mismatch and discards the navigation signal with the mismatched ranging code.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: ACCORD IDEATION PRIVATE, LIMITEDInventor: Vyasaraj Guru Rao
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Patent number: 10805770Abstract: A positioning system includes a receiver that receives a positioning signal from a positioning satellite and generates carrier phase information, a base station that receives the carrier phase information from the receiver, and a communication terminal that performs wireless communication with the base station. The base station transmits information including the carrier phase information and the position information of the receiver as a carrier positioning signal to the communication terminal and the communication terminal performs carrier positioning using the carrier positioning signal transmitted by the base station. Here, the base station encrypts the position information of the receiver, in the carrier positioning signal to be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kunihiko Sakaibara, Jun Shibata, Toru Okada, Yasuhisa Yamazaki, Kazuyuki Yoshino
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Patent number: 10804988Abstract: A discrete-time delay (TD) technique in a baseband receiver array is disclosed for canceling wide modulated bandwidth spatial interference and reducing the Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC) dynamic range requirements. In particular, the discrete-time delay (TD) technique first aligns the interference using non-uniform sampled phases followed by uniform cancellation using a cancellation matrix, such as, for example, a Truncated Hadamard Transform implemented with antipodal binary coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignees: Washington State University, The University of British ColumbiaInventors: Subhanshu Gupta, Erfan Ghaderi, Sudip Shekhar, Shyam Venkatasubramanian, Ajith Sivadhasan Ramani
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Patent number: 10740609Abstract: In some embodiments, space objects may be detected within shortwave infrared (SWIR) images captured during the daytime. Some embodiments include obtaining a stacked image by stacking shortwave infrared (SWIR) images. A spatial background-difference image may be generated based on the stacked image, and a matched-filter image may be obtained based on the spatial background-difference image. A binary mask may be generated based on the matched-filter image. The binary mask may include a plurality of bits each of which including a first value or a second value based on whether a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) associated with that bit satisfies a threshold condition. Output data may be generated based on the spatial background-difference image and the binary mask, where the output data provides observations on detected space objects in orbit.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Numerica CorporationInventors: Jeffrey Hale Shaddix, Austin Tyler Hariri, Jeffrey Michael Aristoff
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Patent number: 10663599Abstract: The present invention discloses a joint non-coherent integral vector tracking method based on a spatial domain, which is used for further improving the performance of a vector tracking GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver. In a new vector tracking strategy design, a phase discriminator/a frequency discriminator in a traditional vector tracking loop is discarded, and baseband signals of visible satellites in each channel are taken as an observation value after performing non-coherent integration, and EKF (abbreviation of Extended Kalman Filter) is used to estimate directly and to solve the position, the velocity, a clock error, etc. of the GPS receiver. Because of the existence of non-coherent integral calculation, when GPS satellite signals are relatively weak, a carrier to noise ratio of an observation value may be effectively improved, and the tracking sensitivity is improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITYInventors: Xiyuan Chen, Yang Yang, Xiying Wang, Bingbo Cui, Xinhua Tang, Xuefen Zhu
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Patent number: 10667096Abstract: A system for distributing targeted alerts to building occupants includes building equipment and a targeted alert system. The building equipment are configured to detect an event within a building and generate an alert identifying the event. The targeted alert system is configured to receive the alert from the building equipment, identify a location within the building of each of a plurality of building occupants, identify a role performed by each of the plurality of building occupants, select one or more of the building occupants to receive the alert based on at least one of the location of each building occupant and the role performed by each building occupant, and distribute the alert to the selected building occupants.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Alma Liseth Oliver, Akhila Kancharla, Ozgur Aral, Deepa Balakrishnan, Wiley B. Gilreath
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Patent number: 10602421Abstract: A system and method of obtaining update information include receiving a request for an update from a mobile device, determining whether the request for update is for a scheduled update or an unscheduled update, in response to determining that the request for update is for an unscheduled update: requesting a first update information from a high-speed provider, receiving the first update information from the high-speed provider, and sending the first update information to the mobile device, and in response to determining the update is for a scheduled update: requesting a second update information from the telematics system, receiving the second update information from the telematics system, and sending the second update information to the mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Alvin Teh Yuan
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Patent number: 10567019Abstract: A method for attenuating electromagnetic interference in an AM radio signal received by a radio receiver, so as to produce a filtered radio signal Zn defined by Zn=WnTYn at the time n, where Yn is a vector the components of which correspond to the radio signal received by a first antenna and to a second signal received by a second antenna connected to the source of interference, respectively, and Wn is a vector the components of which correspond to the complex coefficients of an impulse response filter, with: Zn=w1,n·y1,n+w2,n·y2,n, by the introduction of a correlation between the real and imaginary parts of the complex coefficients.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignees: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbHInventor: Grégoire Hivert
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Patent number: 10527705Abstract: System and method for determining a position of a target in an unbiased 3D measurement space: generating 2D measurement data in focal planes of each sensor; calculating a line of sight (LOS) from the target for each sensor; intersecting the LOSs and finding the closest intersection point in a 3D space; calculating a boresight LOS in 3D for each sensor; intersecting the boresight lines of sights for each sensor, and finding the closest intersection point in the 3D space to define an origin for forming the unbiased 3D measurement space; and forming local unbiased 3D estimates of the position of the target in the unbiased 3D measurement space as a difference between a closest point of the target LOS and a closest point of the boresight LOS.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Valeri I. Karlov, Julian S. Brody, John D. Hulsmann
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Patent number: 10477216Abstract: A video decoding method performed by a video decoding apparatus includes: generating a quantized frequency transform block by decoding a bitstream; reconstructing a residual block by inversely quantizing and inversely transforming the quantized frequency transform block; generating a prediction block corresponding to a current block; reconstructing the current block by adding the generated prediction block to the reconstructed residual block; and performing a deblocking filtering with respect to a boundary between subblocks within a frame including the reconstructed current block, by allowing numbers of filtered pixels in a first block of the subblocks and a second block of the subblocks that engage in the filtering to be different depending on one or more predetermined criterion.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: SK TELECOM CO., LTD.Inventors: Jeongyeon Lim, Joong Gunn Park, Byeungwoo Jeon, Joohee Moon, Yunglyul Lee, Haekwang Kim, Jongki Han, Jung Youp Yang
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Patent number: 10444372Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for adapting to malware activity on a compromised computer system by detecting timing anomalies between timing signals. An embodiment operates by analyzing first timing data accessed from a validated source and second timing data accessed from an unvalidated receiver source in order to compute a threat detection value, which is utilized to determine if there is a discrepancy or anomaly in the timing or frequency of either the validated and unvalidated sources.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: The MITRE CorporationInventors: Darrow Paine Leibner, Alessandro Paolo Cerruti
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Patent number: 10447516Abstract: To obtain a high-quality enhanced signal, there is provided an apparatus including a transformer that transforms a mixed signal, in which a first signal and a second signal coexist, into a phase component for each frequency and one of an amplitude component and a power component for each frequency, a change amount generator that generates a change amount of the phase component at a predetermined frequency by using a series of data with a cross-correlation weaker than that of the phase components and randomness lower than that of random numbers, a phase controller that controls the phase component by using the change amount provided from the change amount generator, and an inverse transformer that generates an enhanced signal by using the phase component having undergone control processing by the phase controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Akihiko Sugiyama
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Patent number: 10401199Abstract: This application describes methods and apparatus for tracking targets in a fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) network. The DAS network comprises a plurality of interrogator units interrogating sensing fibers deployed along paths of interest to provide DAS sensors. Targets are tracked at each of a plurality of tracker nodes of the DAS network, where each tracker node receives measurement signals from one or more DAS sensors and applies a tracking algorithm to track any targets in a respective tracker zone. Each tracker node maintains, for each target, a tracking dataset of target properties for tracking that target. The method involves identifying when a first target in a first tracker zone of a first tracker node is approaching a second tracker zone of a second tracker nod and supplying for the first tracker node to the second tracker node a Target Descriptor for the first target.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Optasense Holdings LimitedInventors: John Kelley, Andrew Lewis
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Patent number: 10341937Abstract: A wireless device (WD) capable of performing a function; a first register (FR), maintained on a dead zone service (DZS) connected to a network, including a first database (FD) of first conditions (FCs) wherein the function of WD is to be disabled, a FC defined in FD by an entry that defines FC; DZS configured to query whether WD has met one of FCs defined in FR and to disable the function of WD when WD has met one of FCs defined in FR; a second register (SR) maintained on WD including a second database (SD) of second conditions (SCs) wherein the function of WD is to be disabled, the SCs defined in SD by an entry that defines a SC; WD configured to query whether it has met a SC defined in SR and to disable the function of WD when it has met a SC defined in SR.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Inventor: Paul R. Juhasz
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Patent number: 10317536Abstract: Examples disclosed herein may relate to electronic devices, and more particularly to methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture for use in a mobile device having one or more onboard sensors and a wireless signal based positioning capability.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jie Wu, Wyatt Riley, William Morrison
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Patent number: 10281583Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments for detection of satellite system anomalies. An embodiment operates by receiving satellite signals from a plurality of sources via at least one satellite system receiver and determining the presence of anomalous satellite system activity by comparing an amount of signal strength drop of each of the satellite signals during a time period to a threat detection threshold and by comparing an amount of consistency of the satellite signals during the time period to the threat detection threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: The MITRE CorporationInventors: Darrow Paine Leibner, Robert James Reynolds, Jeffrey Joseph Robble, Charles Borromeo Dunn
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Patent number: 10257653Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system includes a first radio frequency identifier (RFID) component, a second RFID component, a location estimator, and a controller. The first RFID component is associated with a mobile device. The second RFID component communicates with the first RFID component. The location estimator is in communication with at least one of the first RFID component and the second RFID component. The location estimator determines a location of the mobile device by analyzing a response time of a communication between the first RFID component and the second RFID component to estimate a distance between the first RFID component and the second RFID component. The controller is in communication with the mobile device to execute an operation on the mobile device in response to a determination that the location of the mobile device corresponds to a trigger location.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Si B. Fan, Yu Gu, Su Liu, Cheng Xu
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Patent number: 10203417Abstract: A method and a receiver apparatus allows obtaining accurate estimates of motion parameters of a mobile receiver, including smoothed estimates of total coordinates increments relative to its initial position, projections of velocity vector and acceleration vector. High estimation accuracy is achieved by filtering the biased or unbiased estimates of total coordinate increments relative to the receiver's initial position using smoothing tracking filters of a 2-nd or 3-rd order.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.Inventors: Mark Isaakovich Zhodzishsky, Victor Andreevich Prasolov, Dmitry Markovich Zhodzishsky, Dmitry Pavlovich Nikitin