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公开(公告)号:US20190004176A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-03
申请号:US15443173
申请日:2017-02-27
发明人: Brian R. Van Voorst
CPC分类号: G01S17/026 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/12 , B64C2201/121 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , F41H11/02 , F41H13/0006 , G01S7/4817 , G01S7/495 , G01S7/51 , G01S17/023 , G01S17/66 , G01S17/87 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/933 , G05D1/0016 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0094 , G05D1/101 , G05D1/12 , G06K9/0063 , G06K2209/21 , G06T17/05 , G08G5/0026 , G08G5/0069 , G08G5/0082 , H04W4/021
摘要: A system comprising includes a plurality of three dimensional line-scanner LIDAR sensors disposed to provide a set of fanned beams that travel from one horizon into the air to the other horizon arranged to provide a light fence to detect an object that breaks the light fence and a sensor processor connected to the plurality of three dimensional multi-beam line-scanner LIDAR sensors to establish a vector of travel and a velocity of the object that passes through the multi-beam light fence at the location of where the beams are broken.
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公开(公告)号:US10121248B2
公开(公告)日:2018-11-06
申请号:US15242384
申请日:2016-08-19
IPC分类号: G06K9/00 , G06T7/00 , G01C21/00 , G01C21/20 , G01C11/04 , H04N5/232 , G06T7/60 , H04N5/14 , H04N7/18
摘要: A system and method for determining positional order of vehicles across a threshold plane within a dynamic environment is provided. The system can include moving vehicles (e.g., boats) each having a GPS receiver. A reference object (e.g., an anchored boat) can have an image capturing device and a primary GPS receiver, and can be subject to movement induced by the dynamic environment. A fixed object having a known position (e.g., a government buoy) relative to the reference object define a threshold plane, which is subject to movement based on movement of the reference object. Photometric data gathered by the image capturing device and geospatial data gathered from the GPS receivers, the primary GPS receiver, and the fixed object is analyzed by a processor to determine a positional order at which each vehicle crossed the movable threshold plane.
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公开(公告)号:US10069573B2
公开(公告)日:2018-09-04
申请号:US15424563
申请日:2017-02-03
发明人: Hari Kiran Krovi , Saikat Guha
IPC分类号: H04J14/00 , H04B10/70 , H04B10/2557 , H04Q11/00 , G06N99/00
摘要: A method implemented by an optical circuit, including beam splitter, phase shifters and cross-phase modulators, for solving Ising-model using quantum annealing discretizes a continuous time-dependent Hamiltonian function over a time period T, into a plurality of smaller portions; implements each of said smaller portions with a non-linear optical medium, and iterates over said smaller portions to output a solution of the Ising Hamiltonian problem, using the optical components.
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公开(公告)号:US20180038956A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-08
申请号:US15783747
申请日:2017-10-13
发明人: Jonathan L. Habif
摘要: A method and apparatus for authenticating a radar return signal include: generating an outgoing radar beam; generating a pair of entangled photons comprising a signal photon and an idler photon; combining the signal photon with the outgoing radar beam to generate a combined beam; sending the combined beam towards a target; receiving a return beam; detecting the signal photon from the return beam by a quantum illumination receiver; and making a joint detection with the idler photon.
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公开(公告)号:US20180013048A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-11
申请号:US15203710
申请日:2016-07-06
摘要: A sensing system including in-ground sensors not requiring battery power. A thermoelectric generator sensor rod includes an upper thermal contact and a lower thermal contact at or near its two ends. When the thermoelectric generator sensor rod is buried in the ground with one end buried more deeply than the other, a temperature gradient in the soil produces a temperature difference between the upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact. The upper thermal contact and the lower thermal contact are thermally connected to a thermoelectric generator, e.g., by heat pipes or thermally conductive rods. Electrical power generated by the thermoelectric generator powers sensors for monitoring conditions in the ground, and circuitry for transmitting sensor data to a central data processing system.
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公开(公告)号:US09787482B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-10
申请号:US14884307
申请日:2015-10-15
IPC分类号: H04L12/10
CPC分类号: H04L12/10
摘要: According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a method for providing power to a distributed sensor system, the method comprising providing power from at least one port of an interface unit to a first port of a first sensor unit of at least one of a plurality of sensor strings, powering up the first sensor unit, forwarding power from a second port of the first sensor unit to a first port of a second sensor unit of the at least one of the plurality of sensor strings, powering up the second sensor unit, monitoring the plurality of sensor strings for a fault condition, and in response to detecting a fault condition in a first sensor string of the plurality of sensor strings, providing power from a second one of the plurality of sensor strings to the first sensor string.
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公开(公告)号:US20170289786A1
公开(公告)日:2017-10-05
申请号:US15362121
申请日:2016-11-28
发明人: John Dishon , Joshua N. Edmison , John-Francis Mergen , Zachary Leuschner , Kerry Wood , Laurie Waisel , Richard Burne , Tyler Shake
摘要: An apparatus, method, and computer program product that intentionally illuminate at least one target device with electromagnetic energy having specific characteristics (e.g., frequency, power, waveform, directionality, duration, etc.). The target device, which may be an unpowered data storage device, acts as a non-linear mixer and is forced to emit radiative signals containing information about the target device behavior, state, and physical characteristics. Embodiments receive the forced emissions, extract useful data, and analyze the data to determine target device characteristics (e.g., a target device type, based on a comparison of data from known types). Embodiments control the illumination so the forced emissions radiate from an enclosure without interfering with tactical communications, and so that stored target device data is not affected. Embodiments can locate a hidden target device via the strength and directionality of the forced emissions. The apparatus is portable for use by military, intelligence, and security personnel.
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公开(公告)号:US20170261604A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-14
申请号:US15443182
申请日:2017-02-27
发明人: Brian R. Van Voorst
CPC分类号: G01S17/026 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/027 , B64C2201/108 , B64C2201/12 , B64C2201/121 , B64C2201/141 , B64C2201/146 , F41H11/02 , F41H13/0006 , G01S7/4817 , G01S7/495 , G01S7/51 , G01S17/023 , G01S17/66 , G01S17/87 , G01S17/89 , G01S17/933 , G05D1/0016 , G05D1/0088 , G05D1/0094 , G05D1/101 , G05D1/12 , G06K9/0063 , G06K2209/21 , G06T17/05 , G08G5/0026 , G08G5/0069 , G08G5/0082 , H04W4/021
摘要: A system includes a long range LIDAR tracking system to track a target drone and provide detection and tracking information of the target drone; a control system to process the detection and tracking information and provide guidance information to intercept the target drone; and a high powered intercept drone controlled by supervised autonomy, the supervised autonomy provided by processing the detection and tracking information of the target drone and sending guidance information to the intercept drone to direct the intercept drone to the target drone.
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公开(公告)号:US20170244263A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-24
申请号:US15281018
申请日:2016-09-29
CPC分类号: H02J7/0044 , H02J7/025 , H02J50/10
摘要: A system for charging rechargeable devices. A landing surface includes a plurality of conductive patches, and a rechargeable device includes a plurality of contacts. The configurations of the conductive patches and of the contacts are selected to establish, when the contacts of the rechargeable device come into contact with the landing surface, a plurality of separate conductive paths between a charger and the rechargeable device.
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公开(公告)号:US20170108374A1
公开(公告)日:2017-04-20
申请号:US14885289
申请日:2015-10-16
IPC分类号: G01J1/02
CPC分类号: G01J1/0295 , G01J1/42
摘要: Infrared sensing systems having improved vibration cancelation, and methods of achieving improved vibration cancelation. In one example, an infrared sensing system includes an infrared sensor configured to produce a sensor output signal representative of a response of the infrared sensor to infrared excitation and vibration excitation, an accelerometer configured to provide an acceleration signal responsive to the vibration excitation, and a controller, including an adaptive digital filter, coupled to the infrared sensor and to the accelerometer, and configured to receive the acceleration signal and to adjust coefficients of the adaptive digital filter so as to minimize coherence between a residual signal and the acceleration signal, the residual signal being a difference between the sensor output signal and a filter output signal from the adaptive digital filter.
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