28 April 2004
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[Federal Register: April 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 82)]
[Notices]
[Page 23174-23175]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability of U.S. Patent and U.S. Patent Applications for Non-
Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive Licensing

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR part 404
announcement is made of the availability for licensing of the U.S.
Patents for non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive licensing
listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The inventions listed have been
assigned to the United States Government as represented by the
Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Laura Rothenberg Haug, Chief
Counsel, U.S. Army Developmental Test Command, 314 Longs Corner Road,
ATTN: CSTE-DTC-CC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-5055, phone: (410)
278-1059; fax: (410) 278-3733 or e-mail: cc@dtc.army.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Title: ``Apparatus for Providing GPS
Positioning Information to a Plurality of Computers from only one GPS
Receiver.''
    Description: The present invention comprises an apparatus for
providing GPS positioning information to a master computer and a
plurality of slave computers from only one GPS receiver. The apparatus
includes a circuit adapted to be coupled between the GPS receiver and
the computers for providing each computer with a replica of a
positioning information signal from the GPS receiver so that each
computer receives all of the positioning information it would have
received if it had been connected to its own GPS receiver. In addition,
the apparatus includes a circuit adapted to be coupled between the GPS
receiver and the computers for providing each computer with a replica
of a synchronizing signal from the GPS receiver so that each computer
receives the synchronizing signal it would have received if it had been
connected to its own GPS receiver. Further, the apparatus includes a
circuit adapted to be coupled between the GPS receiver and the master
computer for passing a control signal from the master computer to the
GPS receiver to set up and control the state of the GPS receiver.
    Patent Number: 6,674,400.
    Issue Date: January 6, 2004.
    2. Title: ``GPS Tracker.''
    Description: The present invention comprises a vehicle tracking
system that includes a plurality of trackers, each adapted to be
attached to a respective movable vehicle, and a remotely located
controller for individually polling by radio each of the trackers to
determine the position of the polled tracker. Each tracker includes a
positioning receiver which receives satellite signals from a Global
Positioning System and transmits a first positioning signal containing
the position of the tracker to a micro controller unit. The micro
controller unit receives the signal and transmits a second positioning
signal containing the position of the tracker to a communicator. The
communicator radios the second positioning signal to the remotely
located controller to communicate the position of the tracker in
response to a radioed polling signal from the remotely located
controller.
    Patent Number: 6,628,232.
    Issue Date: September 30, 2003.
    3. Title: ``Large Dynamic Range Digitizing Apparatus and Method.''

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    Description: The present invention comprises an apparatus and
method for digitizing an analog signal and optimizing the dynamic range
of the digitized signal. Dual analog-to-digital converters are preceded
by respective amplifiers with different gains for receiving an analog
input signal. The digital output signal from the analog-to-digital
converter preceded by the amplifier of higher gain is selected and
stored when it is not clipped. Otherwise, the analog-to-digital
converter preceded by the amplifier of lower gain is selected and its
digital output signal is stored. Once digital memory is filled, an
adaptive formatting program selects the most appropriate parts of the
memory words to achieve maximum resolution and dynamic range in an
output word size.
    Patent Number: 6,445,328.
    Issue Date: September 3, 2002.
    4. Title: ``Equipment Roller/Slide Support.''
    Description: The present invention comprises a roller slide
apparatus for mounting heavy equipment on support structures and which
allows safe repositioning of the equipment for servicing and repair
includes a lower plate assembly connected to a support structure, an
upper mounting plate connected to the equipment, and a bearing assembly
connected to both the lower mounting plate assembly and the upper
mounting plate for facilitating movement of the upper mounting plate
from a first operative position where the upper mounting plate is
substantially superimposed over the lower mounting plate assembly to a
second operative position where the upper mounting plate is moved away
from the lower mounting plate assembly. Locking devices for maintaining
the upper mounting plate in either the first or second operative
positions, includes flanges formed on the mounting plates and
extensions that slide into holes formed in flange or plate elements.
    Patent Number: 6,254,047.
    Issue Date: July 3, 2001.
    5. Title: ``System for Detecting Gunshots.''
    Description: The present invention provides a system for detecting
gunshots includes an input device including a microphone for converting
acoustic noises into signals and amplifiers for amplifying the input
signals, a threshold detector for receiving the amplified signals and
comparing the signals with a predetermined threshold value and for
producing an output signal when the threshold value is exceeded. A
pulse width detector is connected to the threshold detector for
producing an output signal only if the width of the threshold detector
output signal is within a predetermined range of values. A pulse count
detector is also connected to the threshold detector for producing an
output signal when the level of the threshold output signal is above a
peak threshold level or the number of threshold level output signals
that exceed a threshold level are less than a preset limit. An output
device indicates that a gunshot has occurred only when signals are
received from the pulse width detector and the pulse count detector
during a sampling period.
    Patent Number: 6,185,153.
    Issue Date: February 6, 2001.
    6. Title: ``System and Method for Performing Jamming Testing on
Communication Networks.''
    Description: The present invention comprises a system is tested for
jamming resistance by supplying a simulated jamming signal. The
simulated jamming signal is produced by calculating a propagation path
loss in the terrain between the system under test and a location where
the jammer would be, predicting a jamming level in accordance with the
propagation path loss, and generating a simulated jamming signal. The
simulated jamming signal is supplied to the antenna port of the system
under test. The testing does not require the use of either a real
jammer or a pilot signal generator at the location where the jammer
would be.
    Patent Number: 5,886,626.
    Issue Date: March 23, 1999.
    7. Title: ``Ballistic Optical Camera Trigger.''
    Description: The present invention comprises a ballistic optical
camera trigger having an integrated circuit capable of converting light
to a proportional frequency, wherein the integrated circuit has a fast
response time and a wide dynamic range which allows it to sense
positive or negative changes in light fast enough to trigger without
delay for high speed imaging without computational delays or jitter
causing interference. The frequency output of the integrated circuit is
tracked by a phase lock loop/voltage controlled oscillator to allow it
to follow slow changes in light, but not fast changes in light caused
by, for example, a projectile such as a bullet. The frequency output
from the integrated circuit is provided to one input of a logic gate
which receives at another input thereof, a shaped pulse from the phase
lock loop/voltage controlled oscillator circuit, wherein the output of
the logic gate is applied to a one-shot for outputting a trigger
signal.
    Patent Number: 5,581,078.
    Issue Date: December 3, 1996.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Alternate Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-9599 Filed 4-27-04; 8:45 am]

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