Patents by Inventor Michelle Simkulet

Michelle Simkulet 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).

  • Direct-to-digital holography and holovision
    Patent number: 6078392
    Abstract: Systems and methods for direct-to-digital holography are described. An apparatus includes a laser; a beamsplitter optically coupled to the laser; a reference beam mirror optically coupled to the beamsplitter; an object optically coupled to the beamsplitter, a focusing lens optically coupled to both the reference beam mirror and the object; and a digital recorder optically coupled to the focusing lens. A reference beam is incident upon the reference beam mirror at a non-normal angle, and the reference beam and an object beam are focused by the focusing lens at a focal plane of the digital recorder to form an image. The systems and methods provide advantages in that computer assisted holographic measurements can be made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp.
    Inventors: Clarence E. Thomas, Larry R. Baylor, Gregory R. Hanson, David A. Rasmussen, Edgar Voelkl, James Castracane, Michelle Simkulet, Lawrence Clow