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US-5,689,270 Navigation and positioning system and method using uncoordinated becon signals
A positioning system uses a multiplicity of commercial broadcast stereo FM radio signal transmitters, at known fixed locations, each of which transmits a beacon...
US-5,689,269 GPS relative position detection system
A system of devices both capable of receiving civilian GPS signals, but also capable of providing a relative distance and direction indication that is accurate...
US-5,689,268 Radar detection and classification of helicopters
The blade flash signature in a radar return is enhanced and used to detect and classify helicopter targets. The radar return of a target is fast Fourier...
US-5,689,267 Automatic VSWR sensing for aircraft-mounted pulse radar systems
An aircraft mounted pulse radar unit transmits a low-energy, test output pulse and processes the resulting test return signal to determine the VSWR and whether...
US-5,689,266 Testing apparatus for ATC transponder FAR compliance
Airplanes have transponders which receive and transmit signals to communicate information regarding the flight of the airplane. A transponder testing apparatus...
US-5,689,265 Device for measuring a level of material using microwaves
A level measuring device using microwaves comprises an antenna for sending transmitted waves toward the surface of a material whose level is to be measured, and...
US-5,689,264 Obstacle detecting system for vehicles
An obstacle detection system for vehicles detects kinetic attributes relative to a vehicle equipped with the system of an object present in a forward path of...
US-5,689,263 Antipilferage markers
An antipilferage tag is disclosed which includes a resonant circuit adapted to receive an RF signal and to transmit a response signal when interrogated by said...
US-5,689,262 Electronic baffle and baffle controlled microwave devices
Microwave devices incorporate at least one photosensitive baffle that is selectively illuminated, changing the baffle's electronic characteristic from being...
US-5,689,261 Remote control system for ceiling fan and light
An RF remote control system for operating a ceiling fan and its light is disclosed. The remote control system comprises a receiver and two remote controllers,...
US-5,689,260 Analog-to-digital converter using scaled signal to initialize coarse conversion circuit
An analog-to-digital converter includes a coarse conversion circuit, a fine conversion circuit, a scaling circuit, and a logic circuit. An analog input signal is...
US-5,689,259 Differental D/A converter with N-bits plus sign
The present invention provides a digital-to-analog converter which uses two separate digital-to-analog converters for the first N-bits. The N+1 bit, which is the...
US-5,689,258 Multiple current digital-analog converter capable of reducing output glitch
A digital-analog converter has unit current source cells each having a differential switch circuit and a constant current source. The differential switch circuit...
US-5,689,257 Skewless differential switch and DAC employing the same
A differential switch accepts a binary control signal and its complement (which may be skewed with respect to the control signal) and latches both signals...
US-5,689,256 Tree decoder
Apparatus for decoding information which has been coded with a tree code including a tree decoder. The tree decoder includes a tree input port at which a token...
US-5,689,255 Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing image data
Image data such as text or half-tone images is compressed and decompressed. A compressor has three phases: a bit-run length phase that counts the length of each...
US-5,689,254 Decoding circuit for runlength codes
After all the data words stored in a first scan transform RAM are initialized to "0"s, only signed level data words are overwritten, based on zero runlength data...
US-5,689,253 Ergonomic keyboard apparatus
A keyboard for use with a standard personal computer includes an alphanumeric key array having a plurality of alphanumeric keys arranged in a generally...
US-5,689,252 Navigation system for an automotive vehicle
A navigation system for an automotive vehicle designed to display a road map image around the vehicle in correlation with the current position of the automotive...
US-5,689,251 Airspeed prediction filter
An air data computer outputs a data stream indicative of measured airspeed of an aircraft, for use in generating a display of airspeed to a pilot. To correct for...
US-5,689,250 Ultrasound obstacle detecting process
The invention provides a process and apparatus for the detection of obstacles by means of ultrasound waves having an enhanced ability to distinguish between...
US-5,689,249 Off-lane alarm apparatus
An off-lane alarm apparatus is disclosed in which upon the increase of the height of a pickup sensor mounted on a car, the increased portion is provided for an...
US-5,689,248 Methods for reducing power consumption in remote sensing applications
The methods of this invention reduce the amount of power consumed by a remotely positioned (i.e. downhole) sensor/transmitter used in applications such as well...
US-5,689,247 Automated system for identifying authorized system users
A method and apparatus for identifying authorized users of a secure system. A user of the secure system is prompted to enter a personal identification code which...
US-5,689,246 Intraoral communication system
An intraoral interactive communication system wherein through a mouthpiece tongue pressure coded electrical signals are delivered to a processor. The mouthpiece...
US-5,689,245 Integrated communications terminal
An electronic device for use as a communications terminal including means for determining a location of the electronic device, means for storing that location in...
US-5,689,244 Communication system and electronic apparatus
A method of controlling communication for a communication system for connecting a plurality of electronic apparatuses through a communication control bus and...
US-5,689,243 System and method for tamper detection
A system and method that provides an electronic indication that unauthorized access has been gained to a system. The mechanisms used by the present invention...
US-5,689,242 Connecting a portable device to a network
A tag associated with a device and that identifies the device with respect to other devices is connected to a communication link with the same connector used to...
US-5,689,241 Sleep detection and driver alert apparatus
A sleep detection and driver alert apparatus has a compact housing that can be placed around the rearview mirror or on the dashboard. It contains all lenses and...
US-5,689,240 Child monitor system
A system that transmits and receives signals comprising a master unit and a remote unit, wherein a separation distance between the master unit and remote unit is...
US-5,689,239 Identification and telemetry system
The present invention relates to a system for automated identification of articles such as baggage or carrier cargo wherein an electronic sub system called an...
US-5,689,238 Object locator system and methods therefor
Methods and systems for locating objects are disclosed. An electronic tag is attached to an object before storing the object. The electronic tag is identifiable...
US-5,689,237 Antitheft security tag and electronic article surveillance security system
An antitheft security tag is used in combination with an article surveillance security system. The antitheft security tag comprises a tagging part to be tagged...
US-5,689,236 Remote garage door position indicator
A remote garage door position indicator comprises a magnetic sensor device; a transmitter device being operatively coupled to the magnetic sensor device, the...
US-5,689,235 Electronic security system
An electronic security system includes a detector (S1, S2) for detecting unauthorized entry of a trespasser into a predetermined outdoor area (A1) or an indoor...
US-5,689,234 Integrated firefighter safety monitoring and alarm system
A system which allows the firefighter to monitor a variety of safety related parameters during firefighting activities through audible and/or visual means. The...
US-5,689,233 Emergency information offering system
An emergency information offering system collects and offers information of lifeline facilities upon emergency properly by combining information infra-structures...
US-5,689,232 Vehicle signalling device
A bicycle signalling device (1) has flexible arms (4) carrying lamps (5). The arms (4) are mounted on a holder (2) having spring clamps (3) for snap engagement...
US-5,689,231 Brake monitor
A brake monitor for monitoring air brake adjustment as measured by push rod travel distance is comprised of a bracket straddling the push rod clevis of the brake...
US-5,689,230 Energy monitoring and control system using reverse transmission on AC line
An energy monitoring and control system (10) for use with a conventional AC source (12) having a hot wire and a neutral wire (28). The energy monitoring and...
US-5,689,229 Patient care and communication system
The present invention relates to a patient care and communication system which utilizes a central processing system and a plurality of remote stations...
US-5,689,228 Parallel magnitude comparison using manchester carry chains
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for performing magnitude comparisons within a shift-merge unit (SMU). A programmable or partially programmable...
US-5,689,227 Circuit board material with barrier layer
A circuit board material is disclosed which includes a support layer, at least one electrical resistance layer having a preselected resistivity adhered to the...
US-5,689,225 Method for driving magneto-resistive element
A method for driving a magneto-resistive effect element in which a bias magnetic field is applied by a bias conductor fed with a bias current to a ...
US-5,689,224 Reactor to modify environment and create electro-magnetic fields
An apparatus and its mechanism, and more specifically to a reactor that comprehends in combination, one or several continuous walls made with glass and non...
US-5,689,223 Superconducting coil
In order to make it possible to produce superconducting coils with small overall height, they are made from a plurality of coil subunits, optionally with a...
US-5,689,222 Electromagnetic relay and method for the production thereof
An electromagnetic relay having a coil core which carries a coil. The coil is connected to one end to the short limb of an L-shaped magnet yoke, on a long limb...
US-5,689,221 Radio frequency filter comprising helix resonators
The invention relates to a radio frequency filter comprising at least two helix resonators (HX1-HX2) placed at a distance from each other, each of which is wound...
US-5,689,220 Laterally coupled piezoelectric resonator ladder-type filter with at least one width expansion mode resonator
A ladder-type filter having a circuit structure obtained by connecting a plurality of series resonators and a plurality of parallel resonators with each other....
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