(19)
(11) EP 1 295 223 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.01.2003

(43) Date of publication:
26.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/13

(21) Application number: 01946473.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.06.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/50
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0119/430
(87) International publication number:
WO 0109/8953 (27.12.2001 Gazette 2001/52)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 21.06.2000 US 213102 P

(71) Applicants:
  • HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Malibu, CA 90265-4799 (US)
  • Ottusch, John Jacob
    Malibu, CA 90265 (US)
  • Wandzura, Stephen M.
    Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (US)
  • Contopanagos, Harry F.
    Santa Monica, CA 90403 (US)
  • Visher, John L.
    Malibu, CA 90265 (US)
  • Rokhlin, Vladimir
    Hamden, CT 06514 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • OTTUSCH, John, Jacob
    Malibu, CA 90265 (US)
  • WANDZURA, Stephen, M.
    Agoura Hills, CA 91301 (US)
  • CONTOPANAGOS, Harry, F.
    Santa Monica, CA 90403 (US)
  • VISHER, John
    Malibu, CA 90265 (US)
  • ROKHLIN, Vladimir
    Hamden, CT 06514 (US)

(74) Representative: Pluckrose, Anthony William et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODELING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING FROM ARBITRARILY SHAPED THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS