Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Earth science
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-12
2011-12-06
Kundu, Sujoy (Department: 2857)
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Earth science
C702S002000, C702S003000, C702S008000, C702S016000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073622
ABSTRACT:
A long-range lightning detection and characterization system and method. Electromagnetic radiation produced by a lightning strike is sensed at a sensing location and a measured signal representative of the strike is produced that defines an amplitude versus time. A set of reference data containing waveforms comparable to the measured signal is established. The set of reference data defines a set of reference amplitudes versus time, representative of one or more predetermined reference lightning strikes at various predetermined distances, where for each of the distances, the reference lightning strikes have associated therewith various predetermined day
ight percentages. The measured signal is compared with the reference data, the comparison including finding a correlation between the measured signal and a correlating waveform in the reference data. At least one of a propagation distance, a time-of-arrival, a polarity, and an amplitude of the measured signal is inferred by reference to the correlating waveform.
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Inan Umran Savas
Said Ryan Khalil
Kundu Sujoy
Portland Intellectual Property, LLC
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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