Inventor
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS
US46 patents
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GEN ELECTRIC
31 patentsUS6497656B1Dec 24, 2002
Integrated wireless broadband communications network
GEN ELECTRIC179 citations99
US6262672B1Jul 17, 2001
Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters
GEN ELECTRIC129 citations99
US7499711B2Mar 3, 2009
Transmitter location for ultra-wideband, transmitted-reference CDMA communication system
GEN ELECTRIC74 citations98
US7269427B2Sep 11, 2007
Transmitter location for ultra-wideband, transmitted-reference CDMA communication system
GEN ELECTRIC62 citations98
US6914539B2Jul 5, 2005
System and method for a low rate, in-band broadcast communication for medical telemetry
GEN ELECTRIC79 citations98
US6810087B2Oct 26, 2004
Ultra-wideband communications system
GEN ELECTRIC66 citations96
US6607489B2Aug 19, 2003
Focus correction for ultrasound imaging through mammography compression plate
GEN ELECTRIC56 citations96
US6506160B1Jan 14, 2003
Frequency division multiplexed wireline communication for ultrasound probe
GEN ELECTRIC58 citations96
US6288632B1Sep 11, 2001
Apparatus and method for power line communication (PLC)
GEN ELECTRIC53 citations96
US5903594AMay 11, 1999
Power line communications spread spectrum protocol
GEN ELECTRIC83 citations96
US6898460B2May 24, 2005
Method and apparatus for uterine contraction monitoring using linear predictive modeling of abdominal surface EMG signals
GEN ELECTRIC65 citations95
US7099422B2Aug 29, 2006
Synchronization of ultra-wideband communications using a transmitted-reference preamble
GEN ELECTRIC22 citations93
US6895362B2May 17, 2005
Active broken rail detection system and method
GEN ELECTRIC33 citations93
US6816360B2Nov 9, 2004
Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters
GEN ELECTRIC34 citations93
US6583392B2Jun 24, 2003
Apparatus and method for determining properties of a cooktop using ultrasound techniques
GEN ELECTRIC38 citations93
US7425199B2Sep 16, 2008
Method and apparatus for ultrasonic continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring
GEN ELECTRIC35 citations92
US7068715B2Jun 27, 2006
Ultra-wideband communications system and method using a delay hopped, continuous noise transmitted reference
GEN ELECTRIC24 citations92
US6522243B1Feb 18, 2003
Geometric harmonic modulation signaling and detection
GEN ELECTRIC32 citations92
US7925068B2Apr 12, 2011
Method and apparatus for forming a guide image for an ultrasound image scanner
GEN ELECTRIC33 citations91
US7573398B2Aug 11, 2009
System and method of communicating signals
GEN ELECTRIC30 citations91
US7466261B1Dec 16, 2008
Method and system for radio detection and ranging intrusion detection system
GEN ELECTRIC24 citations91
US9622324B2Apr 11, 2017
Geolocation aid and system
GEN ELECTRIC8 citations84
US7313127B2Dec 25, 2007
Method and apparatus for synchronizing a radio telemetry system by way of transmitted-reference, delay-hopped ultra-wideband pilot signal
GEN ELECTRIC16 citations84
US7548223B2Jun 16, 2009
Reduced cost automatic meter reading system and method using locally communicating utility meters
GEN ELECTRIC8 citations82
US7262729B1Aug 28, 2007
Radio detection and ranging intrusion detection system
GEN ELECTRIC12 citations82
US6674997B2Jan 6, 2004
AM band transmission using multi-tone modulation
GEN ELECTRIC7 citations74
US9366753B2Jun 14, 2016
Systems and methods for ultrasound retrospective transmit focus beamforming
GEN ELECTRIC5 citations70
US9100307B2Aug 4, 2015
Systems and methods for communicating ultrasound data by adjusting compression rate and/or frame rate of region of interest mask
GEN ELECTRIC2 citations63
US7109920B2Sep 19, 2006
Moving platform position determination system and method
GEN ELECTRIC4 citations63
US7154934B2Dec 26, 2006
Robust, low complexity communications system with interference mitigation
GEN ELECTRIC1 citations52
US6919835B2Jul 19, 2005
Infinite electronic integrator
GEN ELECTRIC1 citations52
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS
7 patentsUS8080800B2Dec 20, 2011
Method and apparatus for image reconstruction for a synthetic aperture gamma ray imager
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS56 citations97
US8315224B2Nov 20, 2012
Methods and systems for reuse of radio resources in medical telemetry networks
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS76 citations96
US8388544B2Mar 5, 2013
System and method for measuring blood viscosity
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS29 citations92
US9538987B2Jan 10, 2017
System and method for ultrasound imaging
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS6 citations65
US8582865B2Nov 12, 2013
Ultrasound imaging with ray casting and software-based image reconstruction
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS2 citations62
US8574157B2Nov 5, 2013
Method and apparatus for generating an ultrasound image of moving objects using deformable models
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS4 citations61
US9759690B2Sep 12, 2017
Method and system for nondestructive ultrasound testing
HOCTOR RALPH THOMAS0 citations39
LOCKHEED CORP
4 patentsUS6480139B1Nov 12, 2002
Jammer counting using cholesky factor diagonal elements
LOCKHEED CORP43 citations93
US6792058B1Sep 14, 2004
Digital receiving system for dense environment of aircraft
LOCKHEED CORP47 citations92
US7385705B1Jun 10, 2008
Imaging spectroscopy based on multiple pan-chromatic images obtained from an imaging system with an adjustable point spread function
LOCKHEED CORP36 citations87
US8379967B1Feb 19, 2013
Swarm control systems and methods
LOCKHEED CORP12 citations81