Patents by Inventor Irwin Kaplan

Irwin Kaplan 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: 6693561
    Abstract: An above-the-water system for and method of finding targets, both animate and inanimate, in a marine environment, especially by determining the distance and depth of targets at, above or below the surface of, the water. An optical transmitter transmits infrared and ultraviolet light beams toward different zones of coverage on the water. An optical receiver equipped with a segmented detector separately detects return target reflections. An indicator, including range and depth indicators, provides information as to the distance to the target and, if it is below the water, its depth. A rotating deviation prism increases the target search area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Optical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Irwin Kaplan
  • Publication number: 20020126024
    Abstract: An above-the-water system for and method of finding targets, both animate and inanimate, in a marine environment, especially by determining the distance and depth of targets at, above or below the surface of, the water. An optical transmitter transmits infrared and ultraviolet light beams toward different zones of coverage on the water. An optical receiver equipped with a segmented detector separately detects return target reflections. An indicator, including range and depth indicators, provides information as to the distance to the target and, if it is below the water, its depth. A rotating deviation prism increases the target search area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Irwin Kaplan
  • Patent number: 6380871
    Abstract: An above-the-water system for and method of finding targets, both animate and inanimate, in a marine environment, especially by determining the distance and depth of targets at, above or below the surface of, the water. An optical transmitter transmits infrared and ultraviolet light beams toward different zones of coverage on the water. An optical receiver equipped with a segmented detector separately detects return target reflections. An indicator, including range and depth indicators, provides information as to the distance to the target and, if it is below the water, its depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Optical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Irwin Kaplan
  • Patent number: 4632547
    Abstract: An autocollimating alignment telescope automatically turns a lamp on in the autocollimating operational mode, and automatically turns the lamp off in the alignment telescope operational mode. The telescope has reticles which are replaceable in the field, as well as eyepiece and lamp housings whose mountings are interchangeable. The telescope also has an assembly for preventing jamming of the traveling lens assembly of the telescope, as well as independently operable coarse and fine adjustments for the traveling lens assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Assignee: Broomer Research Corporation
    Inventors: Irwin Kaplan, William B. Schneider