Raytheon Company

Hughes Aircraft Company

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USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

National Instrument Company

Hughes Electronics Corporation

National Instruments Corporation

Rotonix Hong Kong Limited

Rotonix China Co., Limited

Robert A Rosen

Kapriel V Krikorian

Mark A Bennett

Irwin L Newberg

Nicholas J Perazzo

John M Chopper

John G Grosskopf, Jr

Mary Krikorian

Jar Jar Lee

Steven R Wilkinson

Thomas A Kennedy

Keith P Arnold

Michael Gubala

John G Grosskopf

Shailendra Kumar Parihar

Gregory L Tangonan

Robert Y Loo

Willie W Ng

Robert R Hayes

Timothy J McGrath

Garry N Hulderman

Richard N Bennett

Keian Christopher

Claude Michael Kalev

Ralston S Robertson

Samuel S Blackman

J J Lee

Gib F Lewis

Wieslaw Bergandy

Robert J Dempster

I-Ping Yu

Lawrence A Humm

Arnold E Victor

Robert C Carlson

William M Hamilton

Alfred Steven Hamori

Kapriel A Krikorian

Arthur S Zinkin

Kapriel V Kirkorian

James G Chow

Leonard J Schultz

Richard P McGarrity

Arthur C Chevalier

Brock G McCaman

David W Stubbs

William P Laney

Han S Pan

Frank K Li

Richard Mozelack

Joseph Spiteri-Gonzi

George R Dold

D Bruce Cohen

John G Grosskop, Jr

Bruce D Cohen

John Grosskopf

Christopher Keian

A semi-automated system () suitable for use in a hospital setting for filling patient-specific liquid medication prescriptions from bulk medicine containers () into oral/enteral syringes (S) for administration on a just-in-time basis. The system enables hospital pharmacists to simplify and streamline their task, increasing the number of prescriptions that can be filled in a day, improving patient safety and care by minimizing medication errors and the consequences that ensue.

Syringe filling and packaging system for hospital pharmacies

A semi-automated system () suitable for use in a hospital setting for filling patient-specific liquid medication prescriptions from balk medicine containers () into oral syringes (S) for administration on a just-in-time basis. The system enables hospital pharmacists to simplify and streamline their task, increasing the number of prescriptions mat can be filled in a day, improving patient safety and care by minimizing medication errors and the consequences that ensue. The present invention also includes a novel adapter cap for use in interfacing between bulk medicine containers () and syringes (S) having a Luer-lock fitting.

Syringe packaging system for hospital pharmacies

An electromechanical flywheel machine includes a flywheel mass enclosed in an evacuable housing.

Electromechanical flywheel with evacuation system

A fully-automated system suitable for use in a hospital setting for filling patient-specific liquid prescriptions to be administered by oral syringes on a just-in-time basis. The system enables hospital pharmacists to simplify and streamline their task, increasing the number of prescriptions that can be filled in a day, improving patient safety and care by minimizing medication errors and the consequences that ensue.

Automated oral syringe packaging system for hospital pharmacies

A semi-automated system suitable for use in a hospital setting for filling patient-specific liquid prescriptions to be administered by oral syringes on a just-in-time basis. The system enables hospital pharmacists to simplify and streamline their task, increasing the number of prescriptions that can be filled in a day, improving patient safety and care by minimizing medication errors and the consequences that ensue.

Oral syringe packaging system for hospital pharmacies

Methods for resolving radar ambiguities using multiple hypothesis tracking are described. One such method includes (a) choosing a single waveform for each of a plurality of dwells of a first scan, wherein the single waveforms of consecutive scans are different, (b) generating the first scan using the single waveform for each of the dwells of the first scan, (c) receiving observation data as a result of the first scan, the observation data comprising measured positions of true targets and false targets, (d) generating, using multiple hypothesis tracking, position predictions for true targets and false targets, (e) comparing the predicted positions and measured positions, repeating (a)-(e) until a preselected process condition is met, and determining the true targets based on the results of the comparisons.

Methods for resolving radar ambiguities using multiple hypothesis tracking

A process for detecting and discriminating a particular target, such as an ambulating human, amidst an environment crowded with other objects or humans having similar doppler profiles to the desired target. A method according to one embodiment includes generating an initial radar image corresponding to a received doppler profile of a target, and generating a matched filter signal corresponding to the received doppler profile. The matched filter signal is correlated with subsequently received radar images to detect and discriminate the target.

Dismount step discrimination with temporal adaptive matched filtering of doppler spectral features

A process for detecting the harmonic motion characterizing a desired target. An exemplary method includes generating a radar image of the target utilizing a pulse doppler radar. A plurality of matched filter signals are generated in the receiver, each matched filter signal corresponding to a doppler profile of harmonic acceleration for the desired target. The matched filter signals are generated by an array of matched filters, with each matched filter signal corresponding to a predetermined doppler profile. The received radar image is then correlated to the matched filter signals to detect the desired target.

Dismount harmonic acceleration matched filtering for enhanced detection and discrimination

A system and method for concurrently operating a plurality of agile beam radar modes by pulse-to-pulse interleaving groups of the radar modes. Radar modes are grouped, each radar mode being allocated a certain amount of time for operation and a suitable pulse repetition frequency to improve or optimize the duty cycle of the antenna while concurrently operating the plurality of modes. Priorities may be assigned to groups or to individual radar modes within each group. In some embodiments, TDM communications are further interleaved within the radar modes to enhance the operation of the radar antenna.

Agile beam pulse to pulse interleaved radar modes

A LADAR system for coherently imaging a target within a volume has a modulated laser transmitter at a frequency and a receiver. The receiver has a plurality of lenses, each with its own detector. Each detector is supplied by a centrally located local oscillator tuned to the frequency. The paths from the local oscillator to each detector, as well as the delay within each lens/detector combination are measured during a calibration. A calibrating reflector reflects a test signal during the calibration at many frequencies, temperatures and accelerations. Measurements of paths and delays obtained during the calibration are stored, and used to phase compensate subsequent target reflections for coherent processing.

Rapid scan LADAR 3D imaging with compact digital beam formation

A hovering helicopter has a radar transmitter/receiver for transmitting radar pulses for illuminating a target for SAR imaging, and rotor blades for generating lift. Radar reflectors are on the rotor blades. The radar reflectors are oriented to reflect the radar pulses from the transmitter to the target as the rotor blades rotate. The radar pulses reflected by the moving reflector from the transmitter are timed to generate the synthetic aperture image using radar returns from the target. The receiver also receives blade returns directly reflected from the moving reflectors attached to the lift rotor blades. The receiver analyzes the blade returns to extract motion details of the reflectors and uses the motion details for motion compensation of target returns for SAR imaging.

Wide area high resolution SAR from a moving and hovering helicopter

A system for scanning an antenna array of the present invention. The system includes a first mechanism for modulating a desired signal on an optical carrier signal. The first mechanism includes a frequency-tunable optical oscillator with a phase shifter for changing an output frequency of the optical oscillator. A second mechanism employs the optical carrier signal to derive signals having predetermined phase relationships. A third mechanism receives the feed signals and radiates corresponding transmit signals in response thereto to the antenna array to steer the array. In more specific embodiment, the desired signal is a Radio Frequency (RF) signal, and the phase shifter is an electrically controlled optical RF phase shifter. The optical carrier signal includes a first optical carrier signal and a second optical carrier signal. The frequency-tunable optical oscillator includes a first tunable optical oscillator for providing the first optical carrier signal and a second tunable optical oscillator for providing the second optical carrier signal. The first and second optical oscillators include first and second optical RF phase shifters, respectively, that include feedback paths having optical and electrical sections.

Optically frequency generated scanned active array

A radar transmitter is at a first location on a moving platform and illuminates a target with a sequence of frequency modulated radar pulses. The frequency modulated pulses are linear frequency modulated, i.e. chirped. The target reflects the frequency modulated radar pulses. A receiving antenna has a difference pattern null and receives the reflections from the target as a main scatterer and an ambiguity of the main scatterer. The sequence of pulses change the start of their frequency modulation (chirp) over a SAR array. The change in start frequency from pulse to pulse allows to shift the range ambiguity so as to align with the delay/Doppler difference pattern null of the antenna. Thus, both the main scatterer as well as the shifted range ambiguity are on the difference pattern null, facilitating their cancellation.

Waveform ambiguity optimization for bistatic radar operation

A radar antenna has a reflector and maximum gain along its boresight. The reflector has a periphery, typically circular, rectangular or elliptical. A plurality of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite signal receiving antennas are rigidly, mechanically attached to the reflector near its periphery. The plurality of GPS satellite signal receiving antennas are connected pairwise to a phase comparator for comparing a plurality of first phase differences induced by a first GPS satellite signal received concurrently between the plurality of GPS satellite signal receiving antennas. A Phase comparator measures the phase difference of the signal received at GPS satellite signal receiving antennas pairwise thus performing a differential phase measurement. This differential phase measurement is supplied to a computer for identifying an ambiguous boresight position using the phase differences measured by the phase comparator. The position of the GPS satellites is known with respect to the geo-location of the antenna. Thus, the boresight angle is derived from the phase difference of the carrier signal from the GPS satellite being received and the mechanical alignment information between the GPS satellite receiving antennas and radar antenna boresight stored during calibration/manufacture of the radar antenna. The ambiguity in the computed boresight position is resolved by making differential phase readings using the same GPS antennas from a second GPS satellite signal supplied by a second satellite.

Technique for accurate estimate of large antenna inertial two dimensional orientation using relative GPS spatial phase

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Robert A Rosen