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US 7,679,066 B2Granted
Multi-stage waveform detector
AssigneeSearete LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Edward K. Y. Jung, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
A waveform detector may include multiple stages.
Claims28
A method comprising:
- detecting a waveform with a first detector;
- redistributing the waveform with said first detector to form a first interference pattern;
- and
- detecting the redistributed waveform with a second detector positioned according to the first interference pattern.
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A method comprising:
- detecting a waveform in a first energy range with a first detector;
- detecting the waveform in a second energy range, different from the first energy range, with a second detector;
- redistributing the waveform with said first and second detectors to form a first interference pattern;
- and
- detecting the redistributed waveform with a third detector positioned according to the first interference pattern.
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A method comprising:
- detecting a waveform with a first detector;
- redistributing the waveform with said first detector to form a first diffraction pattern;
- and
- detecting the redistributed waveform with a second detector positioned according to the first diffraction pattern.
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A computer program product comprising:
- an article of manufacture including a recordable signal bearing medium bearing:
- one or more instructions for determining a distribution pattern of a first set of receiving elements;
- one or more instructions for determining a reception response of the first set of receiving elements according to the determined distribution pattern;
- one or more instructions for determining a wave transmission response of the first set of receiving elements according to the determined distribution pattern;
- and
- one or more instructions for determining an arrangement of a second set of receiving elements corresponding to the wave transmission response.
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A method comprising:
- arranging a first detector assembly in a first pattern, said first detector assembly being configured to receive a first portion of energy from a first electromagnetic wave and responsive to produce a first signal corresponding to the first portion of the energy, said first detector assembly pattern further being selected to form a second portion of the energy from the first wave into a second electromagnetic wave;
- and
- arranging a second detector assembly in a second pattern according to said second electromagnetic wave, the second detector assembly being responsive to produce a second signal corresponding to the second portion of energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.