Patents by Inventor Thomas P. Delker

Thomas P. Delker 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).

  • Electronically steered flash LIDAR
    Patent number: 8736818
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adaptively controlling the illumination of a scene are provided. In particular, a scene is illuminated, and light reflected from the scene is detected. Information regarding levels of light intensity received by different pixels of a multiple pixel detector, corresponding to different areas within a scene, and/or information regarding a range to an area within a scene, is received. That information is then used as a feedback signal to control levels of illumination within the scene. More particularly, different areas of the scene can be provided with different levels of illumination in response to the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Carl S. Weimer, Tanya M. Ramond, Carl M. Adkins, Jeff T. Applegate, Thomas P. Delker, Lyle S. Ruppert
  • ELECTRONICALLY STEERED FLASH LIDAR
    Publication number: 20120038903
    Abstract: Methods and systems for adaptively controlling the illumination of a scene are provided. In particular, a scene is illuminated, and light reflected from the scene is detected. Information regarding levels of light intensity received by different pixels of a multiple pixel detector, corresponding to different areas within a scene, and/or information regarding a range to an area within a scene, is received. That information is then used as a feedback signal to control levels of illumination within the scene. More particularly, different areas of the scene can be provided with different levels of illumination in response to the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Carl S. Weimer, Tanya M. Ramond, Carl M. Adkins, Jeff T. Applegate, Thomas P. Delker, Lyle S. Ruppert