Patents by Inventor Kellie Bucha

Kellie Bucha 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: 8837782
    Abstract: Data or electrooptic sensor (EOS) images are made of a star field and at least one, and possibly multiple, Earth satellites associated therewith. Calculations performed on the imaged locations of a satellite and two stars of a star field provide all the information needed to identify the observer's position. When the ephemerides of the satellite(s) are less accurately known, calculations performed on the imaged locations of at least two satellites and four stars of a star field provide all the information needed to identify the observer's position, because the along-track and cross-track ephemerides errors are different. Thus, the cross-track information of multiple satellites is preferentially used to determine the geolocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Alan M. Rosenwinkel, Jonathan Mercurio, Kellie Bucha