System and method of using variable pulses for symbology

• US 9,077,441 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2014
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lightwaves Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: Melick, Bruce D., Snyder, David M., Baych, Leslie D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sedighian, M. R.
• Application Number:
  US14/284,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20140254633A1
• Time in Patent Office: 411 Days
• Field of Search: 398/140, 398/141, 398/189, 398/201, 398/190, 398/191, 375/239, 375/238, 375/237
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 7/08 Duration or width modulation ; Duty cycle modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/69 Spread spectrum techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7163 using impulse radio
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7172 Pulse shape in general H04L25/03834
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/7176 Data mapping, e.g. modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 14/026 using pulse time characteristics modulation, e.g. width, position, interval
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5416 by adding signals to the wave form of the power source
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/52 Systems for transmission between fixed stations via waveguides
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/0384 Design of pulse shapes pulse shape for impulse radio H04B1/7172
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 25/4902 Pulse width modulation; Pulse position modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/0004 using wavelets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/1469 using time-sharing

Abstract

A method and system for storing and transmitting data using variable pulse characteristics to represent ASCII or UNICODE characters, of the value of a string of data using a number base higher than 2. Pulse characteristics are modified to correspond to different data values. Pulse characteristics can include pulse durations, pulse spacings, pulse amplitudes, pulse phases, pulse polarities, pulse shapes and/or other pulse characteristics.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data, the method comprising:

receiving data from a memory unit, the data representing a symbol in a set comprising greater than two different symbols;

transforming the data into a transmission pulse, the transmission pulse being an ultra wide band pulse and having a first pulse characteristic selected from a first set of predetermined pulse characteristics, one of which is corresponding to the symbol, and a second pulse characteristic selected from a second set of predetermined pulse characteristics to represent meta data; and

transmitting the transmission pulse from a transmitter to a receiver;

receiving the transmission pulse at the receiver; and

recovering the symbol and the meta data from the transmission pulse.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first pulse characteristic is a pulse duration.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the second pulse characteristic is a pulse spacing.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the different symbols include the numbers 0 to 9.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the different symbols include the letters A to Z.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting the transmission pulse comprises transmitting the transmission pulse over a guided medium connecting the transmitter and the receiver.