Patents by Inventor Joseph Thomas Traynor

Joseph Thomas Traynor 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).

  • System and method for despeckling an image illuminated by a coherent light source
    Patent number: 7969644
    Abstract: A method and system for reducing speckle in an image produced from a coherent source of radiation is provided. The method includes coupling a source beam received from a coherent optical source into an optical fiber. A position of at least a portion of the fiber may be modulated using a ditherer. The source beam may be refracted by a lens after it is decoupled from the optical fiber, such that the source beam is aimed at a microlens diffuser. In accordance with a particular embodiment, the source beam may be projected from the microlens diffuser onto a spatial modulator. The spatial modulator may be positioned to project the source beam via an imaging lens, to a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Elbit Systems of America, LLC
    Inventors: Michael M. Tilleman, Joseph Thomas Traynor
  • System and Method for Despeckling an Image Illuminated by a Coherent Light Source
    Publication number: 20100053729
    Abstract: A method and system for reducing speckle in an image produced from a coherent source of radiation is provided. The method includes coupling a source beam received from a coherent optical source into an optical fiber. A position of at least a portion of the fiber may be modulated using a ditherer. The source beam may be refracted by a lens after it is decoupled from the optical fiber, such that the source beam is aimed at a microlens diffuser. In accordance with a particular embodiment, the source beam may be projected from the microlens diffuser onto a spatial modulator. The spatial modulator may be positioned to project the source beam via an imaging lens, to a target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: EFW Inc.
    Inventors: Michael M. Tilleman, Joseph Thomas Traynor