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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6327978 | Exploding thin film bridge fracturing fragment detonator An exploding thin film bridge fracturing fragment detonator comprises a base layer with a bridge layer vapor deposited, e.g., sputtered, thereon. The bridge layer is comprised of an electrically conductive material and includes a bridge portion which inte... | 12/11/2001 |
| 5680579 | Redundant array of solid state memory devices A device employing a redundant array of solid state memory devices is presented, whereby RAID technology architecture is uniquely combined with solid state memory devices. The devices comprises a plurality of circuit boards assemblies mounted within a hou... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5596486 | Hermetically sealed memory or PC card unit having a frame, header and covers in bonded engagement An improved PC Card element, particularly a PC card unit, is presented in which the unit is hermetically sealed. The unit has a metallic frame, a metallic header with glass or ceramic encapsulated through pins, and opposed outer metallic covers, all of th... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5457639 | Imaging lidar system for shallow and coastal water An imaging lidar system for underwater applications is presented which is well suited for imaging and detecting underwater targets suspended above and on the bottom in shallow and coastal water. The present invention provides the capability for rapid and ... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5450125 | Spectrally dispersive imaging lidar system An imaging UV/visible fluorosensing and Raman lidar system comprises an optical sensor for simultaneously measuring temporally, spatially and spectrally resolved laser backscatter from on the land, on or beneath the surface of bodies of water and in the a... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5442358 | Imaging lidar transmitter downlink for command guidance of underwater vehicle An underwater maneuverable vehicle is presented which carries an explosive charge and can be used for immediate removal or destruction of various menaces to navigation and other underwater hazards. The battery powered vehicle is air dropped from a platfor... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5409183 | Helicopter with leading edge servo flaps for pitch positioning its rotor blades In a helicopter having a main rotor with blades controlled in pitch by servo flaps the servo flaps are arranged in advance of the leading edges of the blade to provide increased lift efficiency of the rotor system. The signals for controlling the pitches ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5384589 | Spectrally dispersive imaging lidar system An imaging UV/visible fluorosensing and Raman lidar system comprises an optical sensor for simultaneously measuring temporally, spatially and spectrally resolved laser backscatter from on the land, on or beneath the surface of bodies of water and in the a... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5343284 | Imaging lidar system employing bistatic operation An imaging lidar system is presented which is adapted to decrease the backscattering at the receiver when a target is viewed in reflection and to increase the backscattered reflection when the target is viewed in obscuration by operating the airborne lida... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5335070 | Laser light beam homogenizer and imaging lidar system incorporating same A new and improved laser light beam homogenizer for transforming a laser beam with spatially inhomogeneous intensity into a beam with a more nearly spatially uniform intensity pattern is presented. The light beam is diverged by a lens and presented to an ... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5311272 | Optical buoys for oceanographic measurements by imaging lidar Deployed, air dropped buoys are presented which can be used as calibrated targets for imaging lidar systems. In this way, oceanographic optical measurements can be made to determine in advance how an imaging lidar system will perform at the time of its de... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5303084 | Laser light beam homogenizer and imaging lidar system incorporating same A new and improved laser light beam homogenizer for transforming a laser beam with spatially inhomogeneous intensity into a beam with a more nearly spatially uniform intensity pattern is presented. The light beam is diverged by a lens and presented to an ... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5287165 | High sensitivity-wide dynamic range optical tilt sensor A new and improved adaptive optics wavefront tilt sensor having both very high sensitivity and wide dynamic range is presented. In accordance with this invention, distortion is induced in each subaperture beam by passing a high f-number beam through a fie... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5257085 | Spectrally dispersive imaging lidar system An imaging UV/visible fluorosensing and Raman lidar system comprises an optical sensor for simultaneously measuring temporally, spatially and spectrally resolved laser backscatter from on the land, on or beneath the surface of bodies of water and in the a... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5249046 | Method and apparatus for three dimensional range resolving imaging A three dimensional range resolving imaging sensor is presented. The sensor comprises a transmitter for generating a light pulse which passes through beam homogenizer and a pair of Fresnel-Risley prisms. This pulse is then directed through an environmenta... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5248978 | Underwater guide vehicle for removal of submerged and floating navigational hazards An underwater maneuverable vehicle is presented which carries an explosive charge and can be used for immediate removal or destruction of various menaces to navigation and other underwater hazards. The battery powered vehicle is air dropped from a platfor... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5243541 | Imaging lidar system for shallow and coastal water An imaging lidar system for underwater applications is Presented which is well suited for imaging and detecting underwater targets suspended above and on the bottom in shallow and coastal water. The present invention provides the capability for rapid and ... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5241314 | Image lidar transmitter downlink for command guidance of underwater vehicle An underwater maneuverable vehicle is presented which carries an explosive charge and can be used for immediate removal or destruction of various menaces to navigation and other underwater hazards. The battery powered vehicle is air dropped from a platfor... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5233415 | Imaging lidar employing transmitter referencing An imaging lidar system is presented which utilizes internal or external transmitter beam pattern referencing for improved imaging lidar performance. In general, the present invention samples the laser output at or near the source to obtain a reference of... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5231480 | Airborne imaging lidar system employing towed receiver or transmitter An imaging lidar apparatus for detecting and imaging an object enveloped by a backscattering medium which is at least partially transmitting to light is presented. The imaging lidar apparatus is mounted on an airborne platform and including light pulse ge... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5223986 | Radiation projecting device A device is provided for expanding, reshaping, modifying the intensity distribution and projecting a beam of radiation such as light. The present invention comprises a four sided, internally mirrored tube of polygonal (i.e., rectangular) cross-section whe... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5200793 | Range finding array camera An electro-optical camera system is presented. In accordance with the present invention, a light source (e.g. laser) is modulated by an electro-optic modulator (such as a Pockels cell) and transmitted out through an optical system toward a static target s... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5192978 | Apparatus and method for reducing solar noise in imaging lidar, underwater communications and lidar bathymetry systems The present invention employs an optical filter which rejects substantially all wavelengths except for a selected wavelength. This invention eliminates most optical noise (e.g., solar noise) in LIDAR (light detection and ranging) imaging systems as well a... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5181135 | Optical underwater communications systems employing tunable and fixed frequency laser transmitters The present invention uses tunable and fixed frequency lasers as an optical light source in underwater communications systems. This invention provides a high energy, short pulse length laser output which is tunable to or set at a desired wavelength. The t... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5164823 | Imaging lidar system employing multipulse single and multiple gating for single and stacked frames An imaging lidar system is presented which employs a multipulse multiple gating system which is particularly well suited for underwater imaging. The imaging lidar system of this invention utilizes a multipulse Q-switched laser operating within the pumping... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5163011 | Real time load monitoring system with remote sensing A system for determining the magnitude of loads on rotating helicopter components from sensor signals remotely measured on the helicopter fuselage is characterized by a controller which samples the sensor signals according to phase. These measured signals... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5136168 | Atomic resonance filter detector employing inert buffer gas A method is provided in which the pulse stretching effects of radiation trapping can be minimized in atomic resonance filter detectors or QLORD filter detectors of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,292,526. The QLORD detector of this invention which c... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5130546 | Reduction of undesired hyperfine line absorption in optical resonance filters A spectral bandpass filter with a sharp angle independent absorption edge for reducing optical noise is used in conjunction with a known atomic resonance filter-detector or QLORD detector such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,292,526. The QLORD detector co... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5120128 | Apparatus for sensing wavefront aberration A wavefront aberration sensor includes a beam splitter, one or more aberration sensor modules and a photodetector for sensing total light power. The aberration sensor modules each provide two voltage outputs from a pair of photodetectors. Differences in t... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5109349 | Actively controlled segmented mirror A segmented mirror control system comprises an array of structural elements (e.g. mirrors) which can be actively positioned to maintain an accurate pre-determined overall shape. The present invention is "active" and so may be characterized as an Active Se... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5091778 | Imaging lidar systems and K-meters employing tunable and fixed frequency laser transmitters The present invention uses tunable and fixed frequency lasers as an optical light source in imaging laser detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems. This invention provides a high energy, short pulse length laser output which is tunable to or set at a desired... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5034810 | Two wavelength in-situ imaging of solitary internal waves A two wavelength lidar imaging system for underwater applications is presented which employs image subtraction. More specifically, a two wavelength lidar system is presented wherein two substantially simultaneously timed laser pulses of different waveleng... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5029009 | Imaging camera with adaptive range gating Variable time delay range gating across an image is accomplished using a single imaging camera. In a preferred embodiment, the imaging camera of the present invention accomplishes adapted range gating and comprises a lens which focuses light onto a substr... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5013917 | Imaging lidar system using non-visible light A system is presented for the remote detection and imaging of objects at night. In accordance with the present invention, a laser is used to generate short pulses of infrared light with pulse widths on the order of nanoseconds. The laser light is expanded... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4967270 | Lidar system incorporating multiple cameras for obtaining a plurality of subimages An improved imaging light detection and ranging (lidar) system is presented which provides variable time delay range gating across a selected image. Variable time delay range gating across an image is accomplished using a plurality of imaging cameras whic... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4964721 | Imaging lidar system A novel timing control method is utilized in conjunction with an imaging lidar system of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,862,257. This novel timing control is employed in applications wherein the lidar system is mounted on an airborne platform. The ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4963024 | Method and apparatus for determining K factor A system is presented for the remote detection of the diffuse attenuation coefficient or K factor over very large areas and over relatively short time periods; and for determining depth in a body of water or other medium. In accordance with the present in... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4950878 | Wavefront control system using optical coarse/fine gradient sensor An adaptive optics wavefront control system is presented wherein phase errors are reduced to a minimum using a coarse/fine gradient sensor.... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4905009 | Distance measuring device A distance measuring device transmits a continuous alternating wave from a wave source to a target which reflects it back toward the device. The wave source is activated until such time that a detector associated with the device senses the beginning of th... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4899641 | Electro-hydraulic helicopter system having individual blade control A novel electro-hydraulic control system for use with a helicopter includes a plurality of electro-hydraulic modules which provide control signals to corresponding blade actuators. A controller receives helicopter parameter input signals as well as pilot ... | 02/13/1990 |
