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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7126610 | System and method for image luminance transformation An image conversion system for altering an image to adjust the overall brightness of the image when displayed is provided. The image conversion system includes a luminance transformer and a color adjuster. To adjust the overall brightness of the image, the luminance... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7088264 | Flight safety system monitoring combinations of state values A method and system compares combinations of vehicle or aircraft state variables against known combinations of potentially dangerous states. Alarms and error messages are selectively generated based on such comparisons. In one embodiment, pairs of aircraft state var... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7039139 | System for increasing digital data demodulator synchronization timing resolution using training sequence correlation values A demodulator for demodulating digital data includes a receiver for receiving a digital data signal, a determining device to determine if a fractional sample delay added to a demodulator's symbol sampling timing would improve synchronization timing, an implementing ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035634 | In-flight e-mail system Systems and methods for sending and receiving e-mail from a terminal on a vehicle are provided. According to one embodiment, a passenger in a vehicle, such as an airplane, has access to a terminal and can send and receive e-mail messages between the terminal and a f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030892 | Methods and apparatus for displaying information A display system according to various aspects of the present invention provides systems and methods for an integrated graphical user interface which facilitates the interactive and dynamic display aircraft data. In accordance with various aspects of the present inve... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029124 | Distortion control for a seamless tile display system A modular and scalable seamless tiled display apparatus includes multiple display devices, a screen, and multiple lens assemblies. Each display device is subdivided into multiple sections, and each section is configured to display a sectional image. One of the lens ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027898 | Weather information network including graphical display An apparatus for providing weather information onboard an aircraft includes a processor unit and a graphical user interface. The processor unit processes weather information after it is received onboard the aircraft from a ground-based source, and the graphical user... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7024287 | Flight management computer lateral route recapture An aircraft flight management system having a flight management computer that stores a pre-planned lateral route of flight of the aircraft comprising a plurality of successive waypoints to be overflown, the next proximate waypoint being an active waypoint, a method ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009996 | Method and system for transmitting periodic and aperiodic data over a critical avionics databus A network architecture (100) that supports periodic and aperiodic data transmissions over a network databus. The network (100) comprising a plurality of Network Interface Controller (NIC) modules (120, 169) configured to communicate with each ot... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7002306 | Lamp driver system with improved redundancy A lamp driver system that facilitates improved reliability and performance for a display system is provided. The lamp driver system includes a fault detector and an output steering device. The fault detector determines when a failure occurs in a lamp illuminating th... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003138 | System and method for geographically referencing an improvement image The instant invention is a system and method for converting improvement images to geographically referenced chart symbols and for combining improvement images with other geographically referenced information to create composite images. The instant invention provides... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003383 | Flight management system using holding pattern entry algorithms The present invention provides a set of holding pattern entry algorithms used to define flight segments for entry into holding patterns. These geometries preferably describe the specific location and distance of various segments used in the holding pattern and holdi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999318 | Heatsinking electronic devices Method and apparatus are provided for thermally coupling one or more electronic devices to a heatsink. The apparatus comprises a heatsink having a substantially planar upper surface, a wiring board (PWB) with a through-hole for receiving the device such that a princ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6980377 | Chromatic vignetting in lens systems Methods and apparatus are provided for chromatic vignetting in lens systems. The apparatus includes a projection lens unit having an aperture stop, and a selective filter positioned at the aperture stop. The aperture stop defines a ray bundle boundary of an image pa... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6875993 | Systems and methods for optically detecting and identifying objects in an environment Laser optical sensing systems and methods for detecting object characteristics are disclosed. The system includes a laser source with at least two emission apertures from which laser signals are emitted. The system also includes at least one detector, which is opera... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6844537 | Method and device for measuring the velocity of a moving surface The invention includes a device for measuring the velocity of a target that includes an array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers having an energy output, a first lens configured to capture the energy output of the array and project it onto the target whose v... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6817528 | Reflective apparatus and method for optically sensing relative torque employing Moirè fringes Systems and methods analyze the performance of a mechanical system having two identical rotating members therein. Light is directed from two identical light sources to intercept encoded portions of the rotating members. A portion of the light is reflected from the e... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6787756 | Semiconductor laser-based area scanner Multiple laser optical sensing systems and methods for detecting target characteristics are disclosed. The present invention detects the presence of an object in a monitored area using an laser-based object detection system and may selectively cause a controlled res... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6774348 | Method and apparatus for monitoring the power of a multi-wavelength optical signal Methods and apparatus for monitoring the power level of a multi-wavelength optical signal are provided. Also provided are methods and apparatus for adjusting the power level of selected optical emitters to compensate for the changes in power levels. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761817 | Smart determination of dissolved oxygen probe operating bias A method and system for determining dissolved oxygen is disclosed. One or more constant currents are driven through amperometric-type dissolved oxygen probes to develop reference electrode potentials defining the envelope of oxygen electrochemistry. The reference el... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6738409 | Current confinement, capacitance reduction and isolation of VCSELs using deep elemental traps A VCSEL having a current confinement structure comprised of deep traps formed by implanting either iron (Fe) or chrome (Cr) into a group III-V compound, such as InP or GaAs. Beneficially, the VCSEL is part of an array of VCSELs produced on a common substrate. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734981 | Multiple laser optical systems and methods A multiple laser optical sensing system and method for detecting target characteristics are disclosed. The system includes a laser source with at least two emission apertures from which laser signals are emitted. The system also includes at least one detector, which... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6728280 | Apparatus and method providing a balancing load to a laser differential drive circuit A die having a semiconductor laser driven by a differential drive circuit is provided. The die provides a matched load to the drive circuit by also having a balancing load with an impedance, including both resistive and reactive components substantially identical to... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6727520 | Spatially modulated reflector for an optoelectronic device Improved resonant reflectors are provided for increased mode control of optoelectronic devices. Some of the resonant reflectors provide improved mode control while not requiring significant additional processing steps, making them ideal for commercial applications. ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6724798 | Optoelectronic devices and method of production The invention includes both devices and methods of production. A device in accordance with the invention includes a top surface and a bottom surface, a through wafer via extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, an optoelectronic structure and an ion imp... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6721476 | Optical demultiplexer based on three-dimensionally periodic photonic crystals The invention provides photonic crystal optical demultiplexer devices produced from a three-dimensionally-periodic, porous, dielectric, photonic crystalline structure, which has surfaces or interfaces that are inverse replicas of the surfaces of a monodispersed sphe... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6712273 | Versatile method and system for VCSEL-based bar code scanner A versatile system and method for VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) bar code and data scanning is disclosed, including a housing (102) having a scanning surface (116), a detector element (106) disposed within the housing in close pr... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6709607 | Flexible optic connector assembly A self-aligned optical coupler, and method of manufacturing thereof, for conducting light from and to vertical and/or horizontal ports on optical devices or optoelectric integrated circuits. The device or circuit having the respective port has keys and/or slots on t... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6697396 | Laser light sources having integrated detector and intensity control and methods of producing same A device to monitor light output from a light source, including a V-groove substrate with a reflective coating deposited on at least one surface, an optical fiber, a light source positioned so that an amount of the light emitted, which is less than 100%, ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6693311 | Wavelength selective detector A wavelength selective detector having a first absorbing layer for absorbing light with a wavelength below a lower band cutoff, a second absorbing layer downstream of the first absorbing layer for absorbing light with a wavelength below an upper band cuto... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6693933 | Vertical cavity master oscillator power amplifier In accordance with the invention, there is provided a device having a first portion with at least one quantum well, where the first portion emits light, a spacer layer, and a second portion with an amplifying region with at least one quantum well, where t... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6693934 | Wavelength division multiplexed vertical cavity surface emitting laser array Vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays that emit light at different wavelengths and that are suitable for wavelength multiplexed applications. Such arrays are beneficially produced using binary masks that control the thickness elements of a spacer,... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6674777 | Protective side wall passivation for VCSEL chips Methods for sealing or passivating the edges of chips such as vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSEL) is disclosed. One method includes oxidizing the edges of die at the wafer level prior to cutting the wafer into a plurality of die. This may be a... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6674941 | Optical coupling for optical fibers A method and system for coupling a laser (e.g., vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)) to an optical fiber is disclosed. A plurality of optical modes associated with a laser, e.g., a VCSEL, are scrambled, and radiation from the VCSEL can be focus... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6606199 | Graded thickness optical element and method of manufacture therefor A graded optical element is provided that includes graded layers of optical material, wherein the layers may or may not have different indexes of refraction. A method for making such a graded thickness optical element is also provided. A masking layer is ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6603784 | Mechanical stabilization of lattice mismatched quantum wells In order to achieve a long wavelength, 1.3 micron or above, VCSEL or other semiconductor laser, layers of strained quantum well material are supported by mechanical stabilizers which are nearly lattice matched with the GaAs substrate, or lattice mismatche... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6597205 | High accuracy method for determining the frequency of a pulse input signal over a wide frequency range A method and system for determining the frequency of a pulse input signal is disclosed. A pulse count and a timer count can be captured at a start and end of a predetermined measurement interval to thereby obtain a start pulse count and an end pulse count... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6586776 | Top-emitting and top-illuminated optoelectronic integrated circuit device An opto-electronic integrated circuit device includes top emitter/detector devices on a substrate. The top emitter/detector devices have top and bottom sides. The top emitter/detector devices are capable of emitting and detecting light beam from the top s... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6558973 | Metamorphic long wavelength high-speed photodiode A method and apparatus for fabricating a metamorphic long-wavelength, high-speed photodiode, wherein a buffer layer matching a substrate lattice constant is formed at normal growth temperatures and a thin grading region which grades past the desired latti... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6246582 | Interchangeable stiffening frame with extended width wedgelock for use in a circuit card module A circuit card module having increased cooling efficiency which comprises at least one printed wiring board (PWB), at least one component mounted on the PWB, a heatsink, an interchangeable frame, and a wedgelock for use with a chassis cold wall. One embod... | 06/12/2001 |
