| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5953229 |
Density-based emergent scheduling system |
September 14, 1999 |
| A computerized task scheduler for negotiating and scheduling resources with respect to various manufacturing tasks via computerized agent technology. A manufacturing-related customer asks a computerized uniform process broker for a bid on a manufacturing task by specifying the task and t |
| 5815936 |
Detachable hologram assembly and windage/elevation adjuster for a compact holographic sight |
October 6, 1998 |
| Detachable hologram assembly for a compact holographic sight includes a hologram of a reticle image or other desired alignment indicia mounted within a resilient, detachable frame. The frame includes a pair of generally planar, non-parallel registration surfaces and an aperture exten |
| 5777742 |
System and method for holographic imaging with discernible image of an object |
July 7, 1998 |
| A system and method for three-dimensional imaging utilize a lens to perform a two-dimensional Fourier transform of an interference pattern while focusing the pattern on a two-dimensional detector array which is positioned in the image plane of the lens. This allows immediate previewi |
| 5686922 |
Super spatially variant apodization (Super - SVA) |
November 11, 1997 |
| In systems wherein signal compression is performed using matched filters or transforms, as in the case of radar, multiple extrapolations are used to resolve beyond the limits of defraction. In one example, development of the method begins with a complex, uniformly weighted SAR or inverse |
| 5627363 |
System and method for three-dimensional imaging of opaque objects using frequency diversity and |
May 6, 1997 |
| A system and method for creating a three-dimensional image of an opaque object utilize frequency diverse coherent illumination in combination with an opacity constraint in performing three-dimensional phase retrieval and/or profile retrieval. An opaque object is one which exhibits only |
| 5588091 |
Dynamically stable associative learning neural network system |
December 24, 1996 |
| A dynamically stable associative learning neural network system includes, in its basic architectural unit, at least one each of a conditioned signal input, an unconditioned signal input and an output. Interposed between input and output elements are "patches," or storage areas of dynamic |
| 5544259 |
Apparatus and method for separating handwritten characters by line and word |
August 6, 1996 |
| A computer system and a method for a mail sorting operation in which the computer system determines the location of the ZIP code within a digital image of an address block from a piece of mail. An interstroke distance is calculated for the image and the strokes of the image are thinned t |
| 5490042 |
Programmable silicon circuit board |
February 6, 1996 |
| A signal line network on a substrate for interconnecting IC chips is programmable after manufacture to define the desired connections. The signal lines comprise line segments arranged end-to-end in both horizontal and vertical directions and are connectible at their ends and the vertical |
| 5483362 |
Compact holographic sight |
January 9, 1996 |
| A holographic sight which includes a base having at least one connector for mounting the base on a small arm, and a hologram of a reticle pattern, a compact laser light source for illuminating the hologram, and a power source for the laser diode, each mounted on the base. The sight also |
| 5429328 |
Spacecraft payload exchange system |
July 4, 1995 |
| A method of manufacturing in space and a spacecraft assembly to accomplish such manufacture. The spacecraft assembly includes a spacecraft including a plurality of canister compartments circumferentially spaced about the central axis of the spacecraft and opening in a docking face of the |
| 5402522 |
Dynamically stable associative learning neural system |
March 28, 1995 |
| A dynamically stable associative learning neural network system include a plurality of synapses (122,22-28), a non-linear function circuit (30) and an adaptive weight circuit (150) for adjusting the weight of each synapse based upon the present signal and the prior history of signals app |
| 5384455 |
Measurement-diverse speckle imaging |
January 24, 1995 |
| A method and apparatus for obtaining fine resolution imaging of extended objects in the presence of unknown time-varying aberrations, wherein the method is accomplished by obtaining data corresponding to multiple, measurement-diverse images of the extended object collected for each of a |
| 5364046 |
Automatic compliant capture and docking mechanism for spacecraft |
November 15, 1994 |
| This invention is an automatic capture and docking mechanism for a pair of spacecraft. A largely passive capture mechanism disposed on a first spacecraft includes a concave cone section with the narrower interior end to admit a ball of a predetermined diameter. When tripped, a capture |
| 5355767 |
Radio emission locator employing cannon launched transceiver |
October 18, 1994 |
| A system for locating microwave radiation sources such as radar, jamming equipment and the like, employs a cannon launched shell including a frequency scanning receiver for the microwave emissions. Received information is processed on the shell and can derive signals that are used to |
| 5355215 |
Method and apparatus for quantitative fluorescence measurements |
October 11, 1994 |
| Measurement of the fluorescence of a layer of cells, disposed in a well, with supernatant liquid thereabove, is greatly enhanced in sensitivity by illuminating the cell layer with a beam of light incident thereupon at a first angle and detecting fluorescence emitted by the cells with a |
| 5349359 |
Spatially variant apodization |
September 20, 1994 |
| Spatially variant apodization is a digital image processing technique for eliminating sidelobes produced by Fourier transform of finite data sequences without compromising mainlobe width. This process allows each sample or pixel in an image to receive its own frequency domain aperture |
| 5337370 |
Character recognition method employing non-character recognizer |
August 9, 1994 |
| A method for recognition of an unconstrained written character image employs at least one non-character recognizer in addition to character recognizers for each candidate character. The input image is rejected if any of the non-character recognizers produces a match. The input image is |
| 5329283 |
Synthetic aperture radar digital signal processor |
July 12, 1994 |
| A digital signal processor optimized for synthetic aperture radar image formation provides two separate stages of arithmetic processing along independent in-phase and quadrature channels. The first stage accepts a first reference input and integrates a multiplier/accumulator for each |
| 5325447 |
Handwritten digit normalization method |
June 28, 1994 |
| A handwritten character image normalization technique provides predetermined pixel dimensions and a normalized skew. The skew slope of the input image is calculated. This skew slope is employed to determine the bounds of the smallest parallelogram which completely encloses all of the |
| 5325177 |
Optical, interferometric hole gauge |
June 28, 1994 |
| An optical gauge for measuring the dimension of a hole in a workpiece employs an interferometric technique using a partially coherent radiation source. A beam of the radiation is directed to a beam splitter positioned a known distance from one of the known surfaces to produce a first |
| 5309522 |
Stereoscopic determination of terrain elevation |
May 3, 1994 |
| Digitized stereo image pairs are analyzed by first aggregating the images to produce several levels of lower resolution images, bandpass filtering each of the images by applying a Laplacian filter to edge enhance the features, matching the features of low resolution images while generati |
| 5271702 |
Robotic substrate manipulator |
December 21, 1993 |
| A robotic substrate manipulator constructed for substrate handling during thin film deposition in the vacuum of outer space. The robotic substrate manipulator includes a cassette holding a plurality of substrates preferably including six cassettes in a carousel. A circular cylinder e |
| 5260708 |
Three dimensional interferometric synthetic aperture radar terrain mapping with unambiguous phas |
November 9, 1993 |
| Synthetic aperture radar data is used to produce a terrain map. Two synthetic radar antennas are placed on an aircraft, which moves in a set of substantially parallel flight paths. At least one antenna repeatedly transmits radar signals whose return echoes are received by both the an |
| 5222195 |
Dynamically stable associative learning neural system with one fixed weight |
June 22, 1993 |
| A dynamically stable associative learning neural network system include a plurality of synapses (122,22-28), a non-linear function circuit (30) and an adaptive weight circuit (150) for adjusting the weight of each synapse based upon the present signal and the prior history of signals app |
| 5216725 |
Apparatus and method for separating handwritten characters by line and word |
June 1, 1993 |
| A computer system and a method for a mail sorting operation in which the computer system determines the location of the ZIP code within a digital image of an address block from a piece of mail. An interstroke distance is calculated for the image and the strokes of the image are thinned t |
| 5208685 |
Compact optical processor |
May 4, 1993 |
| This invention is a compact optical processor including a coherent light source, plural optical elements that together form a Fourier transform interferometer, and a two dimensional detector array. The light source generates a two dimensional input optical wavefront intensity modulated |
| 5202657 |
Transmission lines for wafer-scale integration and method for increasing signal transmission spe |
April 13, 1993 |
| A method and apparatus for optimizing the signal transmission speed between a signal source and a signal receiver of a microelectronic circuit is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a signal transmission path whose length provides a predetermined ratio between its resist |
| 5189424 |
Three dimensional interferometric synthetic aperture radar terrain mapping employing altitude me |
February 23, 1993 |
| Synthetic aperture radar data is used in conjunction with altimeter data to produce a terrain map corrected for platform roll angle. The technique uses two synthetic radar antennas and a ranging altimeter placed on an aircraft. The aircraft is moved in a set of substantially parallel fli |
| 5179422 |
Contamination detection system |
January 12, 1993 |
| A system for detecting minute amounts of water contaminant in semi-conductor microelectronic integrated circuits (MIC) includes two lasers 11,12 producing electromagnetic radiation at two discrete wavelengths. Each laser beam being sent through a chopper 13 and 14 respectively and co |
| 5175651 |
Multi-focus system for a low light level vision apparatus |
December 29, 1992 |
| A night vision apparatus 10 includes a first focusing refracting lens 28 which focuses light rays 29 from distant scene 14 onto a light intensifier 30. The kinoform 40 or bifringent lens 78 are disposed in the light path to allow light rays 35 from near scene 18, 20, 22 and 24 to be focu |
| 5170171 |
Three dimensional interferometric synthetic aperture radar terrain mapping employing altitude me |
December 8, 1992 |
| Synthetic aperture radar data is used in conjunction with altimeter data to produce a terrain map corrected for platform roll angle. The technique uses two synthetic radar antennas and a ranging altimeter placed on an aircraft. The aircraft is moved in a set of substantially parallel fli |
| 5160931 |
Interferometric synthetic aperture detection of sparse non-surface objects |
November 3, 1992 |
| A technique for detecting non-surface objects from a moving platform using radiant ranging. The platform moves perpendicular to a line through a pair of first and second transducers. A transmitter repeatedly transmits a radiant signal via a first transducer. The return reflection signals |
| 5151800 |
Compact hologram displays & method of making compact hologram |
September 29, 1992 |
| A compact, self-contained monolith hologram display apparatus includes a laser diode mounted on an edge of a solid glass plate having a front surface with a hologram mounted thereon. The beam is expanded within the glass plate and is reflected off an opposing mirrored contoured edge |
| 5142589 |
Method for repairing images for optical character recognition performing different repair operat |
August 25, 1992 |
| A computer system and method for repairing address blocks and ZIP codes numerical groups before segmentation of the ZIP code in an optical character recognizer. The system repairs the image based upon classification of the image as normal or otherwise. If the class is otherwise, back |
| 5119469 |
Neural network with weight adjustment based on prior history of input signals |
June 2, 1992 |
| A dynamically stable associative learning neural network system include a plurality of synapses and a non-linear function circuit and includes an adaptive weight circuit for adjusting the weight of each synapse based upon the present signal and the prior history of signals applied to the |
| 5109356 |
Apparatus for computation of discrete Fourier transform using array parallel processor |
April 28, 1992 |
| An apparatus for computing the discrete Fourier transform of a linear array variable f(j) of length N or of a planar array variable f(j,k) of dimensions N.times.M, wherein both N and M are even positive integers. The computation is divided into three parts, each suitable for computation |
| 5097232 |
Transmission lines for wafer-scale integration and method for increasing signal transmission spe |
March 17, 1992 |
| A method and apparatus for optimizing the signal transmission speed between a signal source and a signal receiver of a microelectronic circuit is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a signal transmission path whose length provides a predetermined ratio between its resist |
| 5090807 |
Real time optical pre-detection processing of multispectral image data |
February 25, 1992 |
| The present invention is an apparatus for forming a spectrally weighted value from received multispectral radiation. The spectral weighting is done optically prior to detection of the received radiation by dispersing the received multispectral radiation into a plurality of wavelength bin |
| 5073021 |
Bifocal ophthalmic lens constructed from birefringent material |
December 17, 1991 |
| A dual focal length ophthalmic lens is formed from a birefringent material with its fast and slow axes perpendicular to the user's visual axis. The dual focal property arises due to the differing indices of refraction of the birefringent material for light polarized parallel to the fast |
| 5053781 |
High resolution passive microwave sensors for earth remote sensing |
October 1, 1991 |
| The present invention is a microwave radiometer for passive microwave remote sensing of the earth's surface. This microwave radiometer is formed as a cross array including a vertical linear array pointed toward nadir and a perpendicular horizontal linear array. A beamformer is coupled to |
| 5040135 |
Method of fringe-freezing of images in hybrid-optical interferometric processors |
August 13, 1991 |
| The invention is a method for obtaining fringe visibility in hybrid-optical interferometric processors. Encoded data defining an image is utilized to provide both a timing input signal and a method of modulating a light source in synchronization with the modulation of an optical-acoustic |
| 5004673 |
Method of manufacturing surface relief patterns of variable cross-sectional geometry |
April 2, 1991 |
| A method of manufacturing surface relief patterns of variable depth in solid materials is disclosed, which patterns, when seen in cross-section, are of variable geometry. After determining the properties of the desired surface relief pattern and of the material to be etched, the steps us |
| 4989984 |
System for measuring optical characteristics of curved surfaces |
February 5, 1991 |
| A system for evaluating the optical characteristics of curved surfaces includes a light source disposed to scan a beam of light across a surface and ranging means for measuring the distance from the light source to the point being scanned and a controller for controlling the position of |
| 4957362 |
Method and apparatus for electro-optical phase detection |
September 18, 1990 |
| The present invention detects the difference in phase between the modulation of a received optical beam and a reference RF signal or a second modulated optical beam. The received optical beam is modulated by the reference signal and by this reference signal phase shifted 90 degrees. |
| 4953972 |
Range dispersion sensor |
September 4, 1990 |
| A range dispersion sensor operative to detect objects of a preselected height "h" operates on quarterwave interference principles. Electromagnetic energy is modulated at a first frequency f.sub.1 such that objects of the preselected height h disposed upon a background create a quarte |
| 4934815 |
Aperture sampling coherence sensor and method |
June 19, 1990 |
| In a speckle imaging process, the contribution of non-uniform, incoherent background illumination is removed via an aperture sampling technique. A pair of uncorrelated speckle images are produced and subtracted from one another to eliminate the non-coherent background contribution. The r |
| 4931021 |
Reversible high density electrical connector apparatus |
June 5, 1990 |
| The present invention comprises apparatus for connecting and disconnecting substantially planar arrays of electrical contact sites in a mechanically secure and functionally rapid and reversible manner. The invention utilizes technology availalble in the zipper manufacturing industry, to |
| 4930847 |
Multicolor holographic element and apparatus for head-up display applications |
June 5, 1990 |
| A method for producing multicolor holographic optical elements useful in presentation of multicolor holographic images in a head-up display (HUD) system. Because of restricted geometries, such HUDs should allow for reconstruction of wavefronts employing all readout beams coming from the |
| 4886331 |
Thermo-optically induced waveguide |
December 12, 1989 |
| A waveguide created by thermo-optically induced changes in the refractive index of a medium resultant from absorption of light focused thereupon. The medium absorbs optical energy of a preselected wavelength to cause a refractive index change in response thereto. A pulsed optical switch |
| 4872051 |
Collision avoidance alarm system |
October 3, 1989 |
| The following invention is a passive collision avoidance alarm system. An optical sensor (which may optionally be visable, infrared or ultraviolet) is disposed to provide a continuous raster scan of the scene within a wide angle of the direction of travel of the vehicle. This sensor outp |
