序号 专利名 申请号 申请日 公开(公告)号 公开(公告)日 发明人
101 Ladar Stream Formatting and Processing Method US11944997 2007-11-26 US20080252874A1 2008-10-16 Jeffrey J. Hilde
A Lasar Stream format is provided which is a logical structure that encapsulates Ladar sensor data generated by a Ladar sensor. The data is packaged into message structures for transmission over a transport medium. The messages form a data stream and when the messages arrive at a destination the messages are processed and made available for use by signal processors such as automatic target recognition system.
102 USER-WORN RANGEFINDER SYSTEM AND METHODS US12125850 2008-05-22 US20080231829A1 2008-09-25 Thomas Hinchliff; Michael Pfau
Embodiments of an arm-worn rangefinder device includes a rangefinder body and a switch. The rangefinder body is shaped for coupling to a user's arm and has an electronic rangefinder circuit operable to emit an energy beam directed at a selected target, to receive a reflected beam from the target, and to calculate the target's approximate range based on properties of the reflected beam and indicate the calculated approximate range to the user. The switch is coupled to the rangefinder body, and the user can use the switch to selectively actuate the rangefinder circuit.
103 Police radar/laser detector with integral vehicle parameter display using a vehicle interface US11466963 2006-08-24 US07397416B2 2008-07-08 Steven K. Orr; John Kuhn; Jeffrey J. Clawson
Calibration of an acceleration detector is initiated by a user depressable button such as a button indicating a vehicle is at rest and/or by the detector reading an OBDII vehicle communication protocol to determine the condition of the vehicle. Calibration permits more accurate measurements in a vehicle performance test.
104 Angle detecting apparatus and scanning-type actuator using the angle detecting apparatus US10577044 2004-09-22 US20070150227A1 2007-06-28 Ryohei Shigematsu
The present invention is intended to enable even a scanning-type actuator using an elastic body such as a leaf spring to easily detect a scan angle with high accuracy. To do so, the scanning-type actuator includes an undeformable moving portion (3) provided on a tip end of a leaf spring (2) connected to a fixed portion (1), two-phase photo-sensors (SR, SL) provided on both ends of the moving portion (3), respectively, encoder slit plates (4R, 4L) provided in lower portions of the respective two-phase photo-sensors (SR, SL) and including slits (4), an origin sensor (SC), and a processing unit (13) that calculates an angle of the moving portion (3) based on detection values of the two-phase photo-sensors (SR, SL), count values (nA, nB) obtained by resetting the origin sensor (SC), and a distance (L) between the two-phase photo-sensors (SR, SL).
105 Coordinate tracking system, apparatus and method of use US11182392 2005-07-15 US20070016386A1 2007-01-18 Ernie Husted
A system enables indirect determination of a position vector (VR) of a point position (P). The system uses two fixed trackers (10 and 10′) whose absolute positions are known. A movable measuring device (20) provides a rigid rod (25) supporting a pair of reflectors (30 and 30′) which are mounted at fixed positions. A reference point (R) is mounted at a further fixed position on the rod (25) and is on a straight line (L) through the reflectors (30 and 30′). Light beams from the trackers (10 and 10′) acquire the reflectors (30 and 30′) so that when the reference point (R) is positioned at the point position (P), the position vector (VR) of point position (P) is determinate by vector addition.
106 Multi-channel fiber relays for high energy laser delivery to multi-beam ladar sensors US11069486 2005-03-01 US20060197013A1 2006-09-07 Lionel Liebman; Don Larson
A multi-beam LADAR apparatus and a method for use in a multi-beam LADAR system are disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of mission specific optics; a gimbal in which the mission specific optics are mounted; an off-gimbal laser; and a multi-fiber relay optically linking the laser output to the mission specific optics. The method includes gimbaling a plurality of mission specific optics; generating a laser signal off the gimbal; and optically relaying the laser signal to the mission specific optics through a plurality of discreet channels.
107 Device with at least one laser sensor and method of operating a laser sensor US09936412 2000-03-06 US06856919B1 2005-02-15 Andreas Bastian; Arthur Schneider
A device for a motor vehicle includes at least one laser sensor. The laser sensor includes a device configured to sweep a scanning area with at least one laser beam emitted by the laser sensor and a power supply device for the laser sensor. In a method for operating a laser sensor in a scanning area with at least one laser beam, the power of the laser beam emitted by the laser sensor is varied in accordance with its direction of radiation.
108 Combined airbag inflation and occupant displacement enabling method and apparatus US10097082 2002-03-13 US06755273B2 2004-06-29 David S. Breed
Combined airbag inflation and occupant displacement enabling system including a seat movably attached to a floor pan of the vehicle for supporting an occupant, an airbag which is inflated to protect the occupant during a crash, a sensor which detects that a crash requiring deployment of the airbag is required and an inflator which inflates the airbag. The inflator is coupled to the sensor and is triggered to inflate the airbag in response to the detection by the sensor of a crash requiring deployment of the airbag. The seat is arranged to move upon inflation of the airbag whereby movement of the seat causes displacement of the occupant. If an anticipatory sensor is provided, the seat can be designed to move at any time after a determination is made that a crash will occur.
109 Airbag inflation control system and method US09825173 2001-04-03 US06623033B2 2003-09-23 David S. Breed
Airbag inflation control system and method for a vehicle including an airbag module having a housing mounted in combination with the seat back and an inflatable airbag arranged therein. An anticipatory sensor detects that an impact requiring deployment of the airbag is required based on data obtained prior to the crash and initiates inflation of the airbag in the event an impact requiring deployment of the airbag is detected prior to the start of the impact. An inflator responds to the detection by the anticipatory sensor that an impact requiring deployment of the airbag is required and inflates the airbag. The occupant may be displaced upon inflation of the airbag.
110 Hyperspectral analysis tool US09876525 2001-06-07 US06622100B2 2003-09-16 Stephen J. Whitsitt; William M. Bruno; Mark Slater
A system and method for assessing the probability of detection of a target of a hyperspectral sensing system. The system is adapted to calculate the probability of detection of targets based on various sensor parameters, atmospheric conditions, and a specified combination of targets and backgrounds for a given false alarm rate. The system may be executed, for example, on an IBM compatible PC to allow the user to optimize the hyperspectral sensor and subsequent signal processing to a particular set of backgrounds and targets. The sensor models, atmospheric models and target and background profiles are initially applied to the system in the form of the databases. As such, the system enables the user to select among the various parameters to optimize a hyperspectral sensor and the subsequent signal processing for a particular set of parameters.
111 Microsatellite system for high-volume orbital telemetry US847931 1997-04-28 US5909299A 1999-06-01 L. Philip Sheldon, Jr.; Robert Sheldon
Detailed mapping of the magnetosphere is made possible by deploying hundreds of attitude-impervious microsatellites, in the form of small corner reflectors with piezoelectric mirror surfaces, from a single mother satellite at spacings of as little as 1 km in equatorial and elliptical orbits. The microsatellites carry magnetosensors whose output is transmitted to a ground station by modulating the reflection of a laser beam transmitted to the microsatellite by the ground station. Various refinements of the laser data link are also disclosed.
112 Optical identification and monitoring system using pattern recognition for use with vehicles US474782 1995-06-07 US5835613A 1998-11-10 David S. Breed; Wilbur E. DuVall; Wendell C. Johnson
A vehicle interior monitoring system to identify, locate and monitor occupants, including their parts, and other objects in the passenger compartment and objects outside of a motor vehicle, such as an automobile or truck, by illuminating the contents of the vehicle and objects outside of the vehicle with electromagnetic, and specifically infrared, radiation and using one or more lenses to focus images of the contents onto one or more arrays of charge coupled devices (CCD arrays). Outputs from the CCD arrays, are analyzed by appropriate computational means employing trained pattern recognition technologies, to classify, identify or locate the contents or external objects. In general, the information obtained by the identification and monitoring system is used to affect the operation of some other system in the vehicle. When system is installed in the passenger compartment of an automotive vehicle equipped with an airbag, the system determines the position of the vehicle occupant relative to the airbag and disables deployment of the airbag if the occupant is positioned so that he/she is likely to be injured by the deployment of the airbag.
113 Visual recognition system for LADAR sensors US371284 1995-01-11 US5644386A 1997-07-01 Gary Kim Jenkins; Bruno Jack Evans; David Collis Williams, Jr.; Arthur Steven Bornowski
A visual recognition system is disclosed for detecting a target within a scene. A LADAR system and method is employed for scanning laser light signals across a scene having a target to be characterized. Laser light reflected from the target is detected and processed into a three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional image is segmented to separate the target from the overall scene. Substantially, only the segmented target data is either displayed locally or transmitted via a narrow bandwidth transmission medium to a remote site for display. The invention finds particular application in military situations where enemy armor is detected and the segmented version of the armor is transmitted via SINCGARS.
114 Distance measuring apparatus for automotive vehicles that compensates for the influence of particles floating in the air US520692 1995-08-30 US5627511A 1997-05-06 Kiyokazu Takagi; Yoshiaki Hoashi
A distance measuring system for an automotive vehicle is provided. The distance measuring system outputs laser pulse signals at given angular intervals over an object detectable zone, and receives a signal produced by reflection of one of the outputted signals from a reflective object to determine the distance to the object. The distance measuring system also includes an object type determining function of determining a type of the object present in the object detectable zone. When there are a plurality of signals produced by dispersion of a single shot of the laser pulse signals, and when distances derived by signals reflected from most of the object detectable zone show given shorter distance values, the object present in the object detectable zone is identified as a particle such as snow or fog floating in the air.
115 Retroreflector target for laser ranging US401188 1995-03-09 US5589981A 1996-12-31 Michel Kasser; Glenn Lund
Retroreflective target for laser ranging embodying at least one hollow cube corner retroreflector constituted by three reflective surfaces which are substantially planar and perpendicular to each other and intersect at three edges which are substantially orthogonal and converge at an apex (S), the cube corner retroreflector being associated with a geometrical normal at the same angle to each of the edges, the target including a reference point (O) substantially on the normal on the opposite side to the reflective surfaces at a distance e..sqroot.3 from the apex (S), where e is the distance of this reference point from each of the surfaces, the target being characterized in that it has, facing each reflective surface, a parallel-sided plate (E1, E2, E3) which is transparent to the light to be retroreflected and made from a material having a known refractive index the plates (E1, E2, E3, CV) associated with the retroreflector having the same thickness e' such that, at least approximately: ##EQU1##
116 Bispectral lane marker US378139 1995-01-24 US5567950A 1996-10-22 David L. Meeker; Kenneth G. Hall
A passive, rigid, durable and inexpensive lane marker device that allows remote observations of visual and infrared electromagnetic (EM) signatures. The rugged and rigid construction of the device permits flexible deployment thereof, either by manual placement or by air drop thereof. The lane marker is particularly suitable for hostile military environments which in turn enhances the survivability of military equipment. The lane marker herein is a bispectral lane marker (BLM) that functions as a "thermal mirror" such that thermal EM radiation is reflected in the direction of an approaching moving object such as a plane or land vehicle that are equipped with a thermal imaging system (TIS). The device is a rigid dihedral structure that reflects ambient radiant conditions for intended observation by a TIS.
117 Dual mode radar transparency and method of fabricating same US230564 1994-04-20 US5515054A 1996-05-07 Kenneth C. Radford; Deborah P. Partlow; Jay E. Lane; Andrew J. Piloto
A dual mode radar transparency allowing passage of both RF radiation and IR radiation comprises an aerogel base and ceramic skin overlaying the aerogel base. The aerogel base comprises a low density ceramic material. A method of fabricating a dual mode radar transparency allowing passage of both RF radiation and IR radiation comprises the steps of preparing a colloidal dispersion of a ceramic material in a medium, increasing a concentration of the colloidal dispersion by evaporation to create a suspension, and placing the suspension in a mold. The suspension is solidified to form an aerogel and the aerogel is joined to a ceramic skin.
118 Identification friend or foe discriminator US100299 1993-08-02 US5355241A 1994-10-11 Clifford W. Kelley
An IFF device comprises a beam generator for directing an unmodulated beam at a target. The target has a plurality of retro-reflectors mounted on it. These retro-reflectors have internal reflecting surfaces for reflecting the unmodulated beam penetrating the retro-reflector. A device is associated with the internal reflecting surfaces for modulating the beam at a predetermined frequency so that the reflected beam emerging from the retro-reflector is modulated at the same frequency. A tuner is positioned in the path of the reflected modulated beam and tuned to predetermined frequency, so that if the tuner receives a signal, it indicates the target is friendly.
119 DYNAMIC FILTERING DEVICE FOR SENSOR US15796149 2017-10-27 US20190131788A1 2019-05-02 Guillaume Hamard; Erick Mok
A filtering device includes a filtering circuit that connects a voltage source to a sensor and a switching circuit connected in parallel with the filtering circuit that allows current from the voltage source to bypass the filtering circuit and flow through the switching circuit. The switching circuit receives a mode signal from the sensor that indicates whether the sensor is in a high current or a low current mode, the switching circuit closes when the sensor is in the high current mode, and the switching circuit is opens when the sensor is in the low current mode.
120 LASER BEAM CONTROL METHOD, CORRESPONDING DEVICE, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT US15692689 2017-08-31 US20180246188A1 2018-08-30 Danilo Pietro Pau; Emanuele PLEBANI
A laserbeam light source is controlled to avoid light sensitive regions around the laserbeam light source. One or more laserlight-sensitive regions are identified based on images of an area around the laserbeam light source, and indications of positions corresponding to the laserlight-sensitive regions are generated. The laserbeam light source is controlled based on the indications of the positions. The laserbeam light source may be controlled to deflect a laserlight beam away from laserlight-sensitive regions, to reduce an intensity of a laserlight beam directed towards a laserlight-sensitive region, etc. Motion estimation may be used to generate the indications of positions corresponding to the laserlight-sensitive regions.
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