Frederick A Morris

US Patent:

20120164940, Jun 28, 2012

Filed:

Feb 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/408901

Inventors:

Vasile Manea - Potomac MD, US
Michael Beeler - Jefferson MD, US
Frederick Morris - Gaithersburg MD, US
Jeffery Harig - Mesa AZ, US

Assignee:

COMTECH EF DATA CORP. - Tempe AZ

International Classification:

H04W 76/04
H04W 76/02
H04W 72/04

US Classification:

455 7, 455509, 455517

Abstract:

A method of provisioning a communications link between remote terminals within a hub-spoke network comprising receiving, by a first remote terminal, information about a second remote terminal from a hub, selecting, by the first remote terminal, a modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level based on the information received about the second remote terminal, transmitting, by the first remote terminal, a signal using at least one of the selected modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, and power level, to the second remote terminal such that a communications link is created, and adjusting the modulation factor, coding rate, symbol rate, center frequency, or power level of the transmitted signal such that performance of the link is increased while maintaining a presence of the link.

US Patent:

20120213174, Aug 23, 2012

Filed:

Mar 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/411062

Inventors:

Vasile Manea - Potomac MD, US
Naresh Jain - Tempe AZ, US
Michael Beeler - Jefferson MD, US
Wallace Davis - Scottsdale AZ, US
Cris M. Mamaril - Mesa AZ, US
Frederick Morris - Gaithersburg MD, US
John Baddick - Gettysburg PA, US

Assignee:

COMTECH EF DATA CORP. - Tempe AZ

International Classification:

H04W 72/04

US Classification:

370329

Abstract:

A method of controlling bandwidth allocation over a communications link comprising detecting, by a processor, a change in a power level of a composite signal transmitted by a transmitter, the composite signal comprising a plurality of carrier signals and having a constant center frequency and spectral allocation, adjusting at least one of a modulation factor and a forward error correction (FEC) rate of one or more of the plurality of carrier signals using a modulator, in response to the change in power level to maintain a predetermined data rate and spectral allocation of the composite signal, and maintaining, by the modulator, an uninterrupted communications link between the transmitter and a remote receiver while the at least one of the modulation factor and the FEC rate is adjusted.

US Patent:

20180015492, Jan 18, 2018

Filed:

Jun 1, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/610712

Inventors:

Frederick W. MORRIS - Gaithersburg MD, US

International Classification:

B05B 12/12
A01M 7/00
A01M 29/00
B05B 15/10
B05B 1/08
A01M 31/00
B05B 13/04
A01M 1/02
H04W 84/12
G01S 13/08
G01S 15/08
G01S 17/08

Abstract:

A device for repelling pests includes a housing, a positioning mechanism to move the housing, at least three range-finding elements affixed to the housing along a common plane to detect a presence of a pest (e.g., an animate pest such as an animal, or an inanimate pest such as a drone) by obtaining a signal indicative of a location of the pest relative to the device, a projectile launcher affixed to the housing to fire one or more projectiles therefrom, and a controller electronically coupled to the range-finding elements, the positioning mechanism, and the projectile launcher. The controller may be configured to move the housing using the positioning mechanism until a strength of the signal obtained from each of the range-finding elements is substantially equal thereby indicating that the projectile launcher is directed toward the location of the pest, and to fire projectiles from the projectile launcher toward the pest.