Patents by Inventor Andrew J. Griffis
Andrew J. Griffis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230007171Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Andrew J. GRIFFIS, Michael B. POWELL, Mark J. HOWELL
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Patent number: 11336824Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: DIVERSIFIED INNOVATIONS FUND LLLPInventors: Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
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Publication number: 20210037184Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Andrew J. GRIFFIS, Michael B. POWELL, Mark J. HOWELL
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Patent number: 10805533Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Diversified Innovations Fund, LLLPInventors: Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
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Publication number: 20190174059Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Andrew J. GRIFFIS, Michael B. POWELL, Mark J. HOWELL
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Patent number: 10122920Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Diversified Innovations Fund, LLLPInventors: Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
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Publication number: 20180176466Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Andrew J. GRIFFIS, Michael B. POWELL, Mark J. HOWELL
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Patent number: 9813618Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2013Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Diversified Innovations Fund, LLLPInventors: Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
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Publication number: 20140247323Abstract: The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2013Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: STRONGWATCH CORPORATIONInventors: Andrew J. Griffis, Michael B. Powell, Mark J. Howell
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Patent number: 7652752Abstract: Pushbroom and flash lidar operations outside the visible spectrum, most preferably in near-IR but also in IR and UV, are enabled by inserting—ahead of a generally conventional lidar receiver front end—a device that receives light scattered from objects and in response forms corresponding light of a different wavelength from the scattered light. Detailed implementations using arrays of discrete COTS components—most preferably PIN diodes and VCSELs, with intervening semicustom amplifiers—are discussed, as is use of a known monolithic converter. Differential and ratioing multispectral measurements, particularly including UV data, are enabled through either spatial-sharing (e. g. plural-slit) or time-sharing.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: January 26, 2010Assignee: Arete' AssociatesInventors: Gregory J. Fetzer, David N. Sitter, Jr., Douglas Gugler, William L. Ryder, Andrew J. Griffis, David Miller, Asher Gelbart, Shannon Bybee-Driscoll
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Patent number: 7617167Abstract: A system for use in managing activity of interest within an enterprise is provided. The system comprises a computer configured to (i) receive sensor data that is related to key activity to the enterprise, such key activity comprising a type of object and the object's activity at a predetermined location associated with the enterprise, the sensor providing information from which an object's type and activity at the predetermined location can be derived, (ii) process the sensor data to produce output that is related to key activity to the enterprise, and (ii) store the information extracted from the processed data in a suitable manner for knowledge extraction and future analysis. According to a preferred embodiment, the object is human, machine or vehicular, and the computer is further configured to correlate sensor data to key activity to the enterprise and the output includes feedback data based on the correlation.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Avisere, Inc.Inventors: Andrew J. Griffis, Roger Karl Mikael Undhagen, Tinku Acharya
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Publication number: 20020067845Abstract: A sensing device and method for use in imaging surface features of an object is provided. A surface along which an object can slide in a predetermined direction includes an array of contact sense elements configured to form a single array oriented transverse to the predetermined direction and at least one additional contact sense element located in spaced relation to the single array in a manner that enables a velocity measurement of the object in the predetermined direction. A scanning device is configured to provide a periodic scan of the array of contact sense elements, and a processor in circuit communication with the scanning device is configured to receive data from the scanning device and to produce image and velocity data related to the object. Preferably, the contact sense elements are electrically conductive elements disposed on a ceramic or polymeric substrate, using printed circuit board construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventor: Andrew J. Griffis