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Patent No. 5307162

Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage

A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.

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Assignee: Polatis Photonics, Inc.


Location: Billerica, MA
No. of patents: 4

NumberTitleIssue Date
7313295Method and apparatus for variable optical attenuation for an optical switch
A controller in an optical switch providing optical coupling of an optical signal between a source port and a target port employs, in at least one axis, gradient control using a feedback loop that compensates for alignment error between a source port and a target po...
12/25/2007
7239771Method and system for controlling an optical switch using dynamic compensation
A free space optical switch that uses both an open loop control mode and a closed loop control mode. The open loop control mode is used to transition to a state where at least some light is sensed at a destination port. A closed loop control mode is then used, where...
07/03/2007
7105982System for optimal energy harvesting and storage from an electromechanical transducer
A device for collection of energy from mechanical disturbances and distribution of that energy to an electrical load. A transducer converts mechanical energy in the form of forces and displacements into electrical energy in the form of charge pulses. The charge puls...
09/12/2006
7095916Beam-steering optical switching apparatus
The systems and methods described herein are directed to motion transformers as well as their integration and/or assembly, for use in directing optical beams and positioning of small optical elements for creating a variety of tunable optical components. More particu...
08/22/2006
 
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