Patents by Inventor Harry John Finn
Harry John Finn 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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Patent number: 10570659Abstract: An electro-optic window is provided, together with a method of manufacturing the window. The window (3) is made of a material substantially transparent to at least one of infra-red, visible and UV radiation and treated to have reduced RF/MICROWAVE transmission characteristics by the provision of a grid (1) set into at least one surface (2) thereof. The grid (1) is formed of a material selected to be either reflective or absorptive to RF/MICROWAVE radiation.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: BAE Systems plcInventors: Sajad Haq, Hazel Anne Dyke, Michael Dunleavy, Harry John Finn
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Publication number: 20170191308Abstract: An electro-optic window is provided, together with a method of manufacturing the window. The window (3) is made of a material substantially transparent to at least one of infra-red, visible and UV radiation and treated to have reduced RF/MI-CROWAVE transmission characteristics by the provision of a grid (1) set into at least one surface (2) thereof. The grid (1) is formed of a material selected to be either reflective or absorptive to RF/MICROWAVE radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Sajad Haq, Hazel Anne Dyke, Michael Dunleavy, Harry John Finn
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Patent number: 9571733Abstract: A camera array and method are disclosed for capturing and processing images of an area of terrain. For each of a plurality of time-steps within a time period, using each of a plurality of cameras in a camera array, an exemplary method includes: generating an image of a respective portion of terrain, wherein the cameras in the camera array have substantially fixed positions relative to each other, and the portions of terrain are such that the whole of the area of terrain has been imaged by the end of the time period; selecting a subset of the images such that the whole of the terrain is covered by the portions of the terrain in the images in the subset; and for an image not in the subset, if an object of interest is in that image, extracting a sub-image containing the object from that image.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Harry John Finn, Andrew Christopher Tebay, David Robert Parker, Simon Graham Stockton
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Patent number: 9561869Abstract: A camera assembly is disclosed for mounting on a vehicle (e.g. an aircraft). An exemplary camera assembly can include: a fixture (e.g. a rotatable drum); a camera; and a mirror; wherein the fixture is arranged to be rotated relative to the vehicle about an axis; the camera is mounted on the fixture such that the camera has a substantially fixed position relative to the fixture; the mirror is mounted on the fixture such that, if the fixture rotates, the mirror rotates; the mirror is rotatable relative to the fixture about a further axis, the further axis being substantially perpendicular to the axis; and the camera is arranged to detect electromagnetic radiation reflected by the mirror. The axis and the further axis may intersect.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLCInventors: Harry John Finn, Andrew Christopher Tebay, David Robert Parker, Simon Graham Stockton
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Patent number: 9418299Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing surveillance comprising: imaging, at a first frame rate, an area (4) to produce images; detecting, using the images, a feature of interest (22) within the area (4); determining a region of interest (24), the region of interest (24) corresponding to a region within the area (4) in which the feature of interest (22) will be located at a later time-step; and, at the later time-step, using the region of interest (24), imaging the area (4) such that images of the region within the area (4) in which the feature of interest (22) is located are produced at a second frame rate, while images of the rest of the area (4) are produced at a third frame rate, the second rate being different to the third rate.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Harry John Finn, Peter Noble Hudson
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Publication number: 20150169964Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing surveillance comprising: imaging, at a first frame rate, an area (4) to produce images; detecting, using the images, a feature of interest (22) within the area (4); determining a region of interest (24), the region of interest (24) corresponding to a region within the area (4) in which the feature of interest (22) will be located at a later time-step; and, at the later time-step, using the region of interest (24), imaging the area (4) such that images of the region within the area (4) in which the feature of interest (22) is located are produced at a second frame rate, whilst images of the rest of the area (4) are produced at a third frame rate, the second rate being different to the third rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Harry John Finn, Peter Noble Hudson
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Publication number: 20130321635Abstract: A camera array and method are disclosed for capturing and processing images of an area of terrain. For each of a plurality of time-steps within a time period, using each of a plurality of cameras in a camera array, an exemplary method includes: generating an image of a respective portion of terrain, wherein the cameras in the camera array have substantially fixed positions relative to each other, and the portions of terrain are such that the whole of the area of terrain has been imaged by the end of the time period; selecting a subset of the images such that the whole of the terrain is covered by the portions of the terrain in the images in the subset; and for an image not in the subset, if an object of interest is in that image, extracting a sub-image containing the object from that image.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Harry John Finn, Andrew Christopher Tebay, David Robert Parker, Simon Graham Stockton
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Publication number: 20130321626Abstract: A camera assembly is disclosed for mounting on a vehicle (e.g. an aircraft). An exemplary camera assembly can include: a fixture (e.g. a rotatable drum); a camera; and a mirror; wherein the fixture is arranged to be rotated relative to the vehicle about an axis; the camera is mounted on the fixture such that the camera has a substantially fixed position relative to the fixture; the mirror is mounted on the fixture such that, if the fixture rotates, the mirror rotates; the mirror is rotatable relative to the fixture about a further axis, the further axis being substantially perpendicular to the axis; and the camera is arranged to detect electromagnetic radiation reflected by the mirror. The axis and the further axis may intersect.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventors: Harry John Finn, Andrew Christopher Tebay, David Robert Parker, Simon Graham Stockton
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Patent number: 7948674Abstract: An electro-optic window is made of a material substantially transparent to infra-red radiation and is treated to have reduced RF transmission characteristics by the provision of carbon nanotubes within the window or on at least one, surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: BAE Systems PLCInventors: Michael Dunleavy, Sajad Haq, Joseph Maurice Davies, Harry John Finn
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Publication number: 20100079842Abstract: An electro-optic window is made of a material substantially transparent to infra-red radiation and is treated to have reduced RF transmission characteristics by the provision of carbon nanotubes within the window or on at least one, surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2007Publication date: April 1, 2010Applicant: Bae Systems plcInventors: Michael Dunleavy, Sajad Haq, Joseph Maurice Davies, Harry John Finn