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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7236346 | Semiconductor apparatus and method of charging desired number of capacitors A capacitor charging semiconductor apparatus including a plurality of serially connected capacitors to be charged. A direct current source is applied to the plurality of capacitors. A plurality of bypass transistors is provided to bypass charge current supplied to t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230755 | Building with roof mounted periscope A periscope is mounted through the roof and into a room within a building, such as a house or the like, whereby people in the building can view scenes outside without leaving the building. The periscope extends from a room in the building, such as a living room of a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7110102 | Working position measuring system A working position measuring system, comprising a rotary laser device for irradiating and rotating a laser beam and a photodetection sensor device for receiving the laser beam and for detecting a working position, wherein the rotary laser device comprises a laser pr... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7056119 | Periscopic optical training system for operators of vehicles A periscopic optical training system for displaying simulation and real images includes a microprocessor for generating at least one simulation image, at least one display for displaying the simulation image, at least one periscopic device each with a viewing window... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6965471 | Astrometry system using two telescopes, one of which is an astrometry telescope An astrometry system comprises an astrometry first telescope having first and second sightlines respectively corresponding to first and second fields of view and a first star detector system in a first focal plane. A first optical system combines first and second li... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6496259 | Optical device providing relative alignment The present invention is directed to an optical apparatus that provides for relatively aligning a first object with respect to a second reference object. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a generally rectangular substrate member with a reflective ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6020955 | System for pseudo on-gimbal, automatic line-of-sight alignment and stabilization of off-gimbal electro-optical passive and active sensors A system that automatically aligns and stabilizes off-gimbal electro-optical passive and active sensors of an electro-optical system. The alignment and stabilization system dynamically boresights and aligns one or more sensor input beams and an output bea... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5161242 | Automated repeating sextant (ARS) The automated repeating sextant (ARS) is a navigational instrument suitable for air, sea and land use. The ARS uses an electronic artificial horizon, an A/D conversion board and either microchips or a computer, with software, to read a celestial body's al... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5007175 | System for materializing a point in space, applications thereof and a tooling assembly for said system A system is disclosed for materializing in space a point whose coordinates in a system of reference axes are known, comprising: an optical aiming apparatus, occupying a pre-determined position with respect to said system of axes and making it possible to deter... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4902128 | Apparatus for harmonizing a plurality of optical/optronic axis of sighting apparatus to a common axis Appartaus is disclosed for harmonizing onto a common reference axis the optical/optronic axes (4;5;18) of an aiming apparatus consisting of day sight channel (3) and combined thermal image/laser reception channel (1) with a stand alone laser transmitter (... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4730104 | Peripheral vision guidance display A display is disclosed for indicating in the peripheral vision of a viewer the deviation between the actual position of a target and a reference position such as an aiming point. Light sources are arranged around a common circle which is of a particular s... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4462684 | Single wheel celestial navigator Single wheel celestial navigational instrument and method of determination of local latitude and local hour angle of Aries by a single sighting on the night sky. Greenwich hour angle of Aries and latitude are obtained by simple reference to the instrument... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4449817 | Celestial navigator Celestial navigational instrument and method of determination of local latitude and local hour angle of Aries by a single sighting on the night sky. Greenwich hour angle of Aries and latitude are obtained by simple reference to the instrument's scales and... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4428671 | Optical device for vertically positioning a sextant An optical device for vertically positioning a sextant to minimize the "tilt error" which occurs in a measured angle of altitude whenever the sextant is not held orthogonal to the horizon. The optical device can be fixed to the sextant and provides in the... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4413906 | Passive optical rangefinder/sextant having search capability Uniquely integrating a search mirror and a deflection mirror with a passive ptical rangefinder and a remote sextant, enhances the operation of both devices. The improved rangefinder/sextant provides day/night 360° azimuthal and at least -5° to about 60°... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4352556 | Reflector for electrooptical distance measurement A reflector for electrooptical measurement of the distance between a first (3) and a second point (4) is arranged with a right angle sighting device (13) in a common case (8). The reflector (6) may thus be set up at a point (5) where the directions to the... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4294541 | Bi-periscopic instrument for use in determining terrestrial positions through celestial observation An instrument having an annular body and a pair of independently and selectively-adjustable periscopes for transmitting the superimposed images of two reference stars (or other selected celestial objects) to a viewer for the purpose of directing orientati... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4173413 | Navigation instrument An instrument for taking bearings of objects, particularly for use in coastal navigation, has a main body with one or two arms pivoted to the body. A first object is sighted through the main body, over the top of a plane mirror. Once a zero line of the ma... | 11/06/1979 |
