Patents by Inventor George W. Gigioli, Jr.

George W. Gigioli, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 5789735
    Abstract: An optical system is coupled between a one-dimensional line image and a two-dimensional detector array. The line image is segmented and reimaged onto respective image cells of the detector array, each image cell being a row of detector cells. The optical system positionally segments the line image into lengths of a predetermined length. The predetermined length of the segments optically fit within the width of image cells within the array. The optical system reimages the line segments to image cell positions on the detector array. The optical system preferably employs diffractive (binary) optic elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: George W. Gigioli, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5745226
    Abstract: An optical velocity measuring device includes a pair of V/H sensors effectively located at two different distances from a moving object. Each sensor is used to determine an image velocity and a corresponding angular velocity of the object. The angular velocity measurements and the difference in distance or optical path length of the individual sensors are used to determine the absolute linear tangential speed of the object without determining the absolute distance to the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: George W. Gigioli, Jr.