114 patents
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Microbolometer systems and methods
21 Nov 23
Microbolometer systems and methods are provided herein.
Eric A. Kurth, Marin Sigurdson, Robert F. Cannata, James L. Dale, Christopher Chan
Filed: 7 Jun 21
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Spooler for unmanned aerial vehicle system
30 May 23
In an aspect, in general, a spooling apparatus includes a filament feeding mechanism for deploying and retracting filament from the spooling apparatus to an aerial vehicle, an exit geometry sensor for sensing an exit geometry of the filament from the spooling apparatus, and a controller for controlling the feeding mechanism to feed and retract the filament based on the exit geometry.
Jason S. Walker, John W. Ware, Samuel A. Johnson, Andrew M. Shein
Filed: 5 Nov 21
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People counting and tracking systems and methods
18 Apr 23
Various techniques are provided for counting and/or tracking objects within a field of view of an imaging system, while excluding certain objects from the results.
Shuen Yan Stephen Se, Ralph Newton Crabtree
Filed: 17 Sep 20
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Pilot display systems and methods
11 Apr 23
A method for providing enhanced sonar images includes ensonifying a target column of water with sonar beams corresponding to pulses of continuous wave (CW) and pulse compression (FM) signals.
Paul Stokes, Mark Rivers
Filed: 21 Apr 17
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Mounting a sensor module to an unmanned ground vehicle
21 Mar 23
An unmanned ground vehicle includes a main body, a drive system supported by the main body, a manipulator arm pivotally coupled to the main body, and a sensor module.
Annan Michael Mozeika, Mark Robert Claffee
Filed: 23 Nov 20
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Occlusion-based directionality and localization of radiation sources with modular detection systems and methods
3 Jan 23
Various techniques are provided to detect the direction and location of one or more radiation sources.
Kemper Talley, Felix J. Liang, William T. Milam, Leslie Hoy, Kyle Hawes, Hartmut Brands, Steve W. Fleetwood
Filed: 12 May 21
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Ranging systems and methods with staggered multichannel transducers
20 Dec 22
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide a staggered multichannel transducer in a ranging system configured to perform remote sensing.
Paul Stokes, Patrick Lamontagne, Pierre Poitevin
Filed: 21 Nov 19
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High dynamic range micromirror imaging array systems and methods
20 Sep 22
A system comprises a digital micromirror device (DMD), an image sensor comprising an array of sensors operable to capture an image of a scene, a readout integrated circuit (ROIC) operable to generate signals from the sensors corresponding to the captured image of the scene, and an image reconstruction module.
Aram Danielyan, Cristóvão Cruz, Alessandro Foi
Filed: 7 Nov 19
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Imager with array of multiple infrared imaging modules
13 Sep 22
An imager array may be provided as part of an imaging system.
Nicholas Högasten, Mark Nussmeier, Eric A. Kurth, Theodore R. Hoelter, Katrin Strandemar, Pierre Boulanger, Barbara Sharp
Filed: 28 Sep 18
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Compositions and methods for detoxifying chemical warfare agents
6 Sep 22
Doped metal oxide compositions are provided that consist essentially of: fluoride; alumina; and less than 10% H2O.
Anna M. Leech, Jeremy P. Walker, Jennifer L. Poole, Robert J. Sovesky
Filed: 23 Sep 19
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Sensor channel isolation systems and methods
9 Aug 22
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide accurate and reliable compact sonar systems for mobile structures.
Paul Stokes, William Sayer, Paul Muller, David Wellcome, Gordon Pope
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Extensible architecture for surveillance and targeting imaging systems and methods
2 Aug 22
Extensible architecture systems and methods are provided.
Bruce Poirier, George B. Rouse, Marc Norvig
Filed: 18 Nov 19
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Systems and methods for image super-resolution using iterative collaborative filtering
2 Aug 22
Various techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide image resolution enhancement.
Rakesh Mehta, Karen Egiazarian
Filed: 11 Jul 18
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Sealed radiation detector module systems and methods
19 Jul 22
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide a radiation detector module for a radiation detector.
Hartmut Brands, Stephen W. Fleetwood, Leslie D. Hoy, Jason K. Smith, Felix J. Liang, Matthew D. Waggoner, Kyle Hawes, Jeffrey Robert Preston, Jeffrey A. Verity
Filed: 11 Sep 20
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Techniques for determining emitted radiation intensity
12 Jul 22
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for determining an emitted radiation intensity of an object in a thermal image.
Steffen De Muynck
Filed: 3 Apr 17
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Wideband sonar receiver and sonar signal processing algorithms
12 Jul 22
A wideband sonar receiver is provided that includes: a selectable bandpass filter adapted to filter a received sonar signal to produce a filtered signal and a correlator adapted to correlate the baseband samples with baseband replica samples to provide a correlated signal.
Paul Stokes, Phil Webb
Filed: 28 Jun 19
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Airborne inspection systems and methods
5 Jul 22
Flight based infrared imaging systems and related techniques, and in particular UAS based thermal imaging systems, are provided to improve the monitoring capabilities of such systems over conventional infrared monitoring systems.
Jeffrey D. Frank, Michael Kent, Anna-Karin Lindblom, Lei Bennett, Andrew C. Teich
Filed: 18 May 18
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Point cloud denoising systems and methods
7 Jun 22
Techniques are disclosed for point cloud denoising systems and methods.
Zhongwei Xu, Alessandro Foi
Filed: 24 Jun 20
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Nested gimbal assembly
29 Mar 22
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for nested gimbal assemblies.
Sean L. Delaney, John Nolan, Mark Stinnett
Filed: 16 Sep 20
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Carbon filled polymer structure for high temperature chemical detector systems and methods
15 Feb 22
Various techniques are provided to implement, operate, and manufacture a chemical detection device.
Chris Willis, Craig A. Aker
Filed: 26 Feb 20