Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Schulz

Timothy J. Schulz 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).

  • Method for aligning a plurality of sub-apertures of a multiple-aperture imaging system
    Patent number: 8559017
    Abstract: A method for aligning a plurality of sub-apertures of a multiple-aperture imaging system including, but not limited to, identifying one sub-aperture to serve as a reference sub-aperture, actuating the reference sub-aperture in a series of piston steps of a known amount, collecting data relating to each image of a plurality of images of a point object, each image corresponding to a respective piston step, compiling the data into a three-dimensional data cube, detecting a plurality of fringes positioned within the three-dimensional data cube, determining the relative location of each sub-aperture of the plurality of sub-apertures based on a location of each fringe of the plurality of fringes within the three-dimensional data cube, and actuating a piston associated with at least one sub-aperture based, at least in part, on the relative location to move the at least one sub-aperture into alignment with another sub-aperture and repeating with each remaining sub-aperture until all sub-apertures are at substantially
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Schulz, Richard G. Paxman
  • METHOD FOR ALIGNING A PLURALITY OF SUB-APERTURES OF A MULTIPLE-APERTURE IMAGING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130056650
    Abstract: A method for aligning a plurality of sub-apertures of a multiple-aperture imaging system including, but not limited to, identifying one sub-aperture to serve as a reference sub-aperture, actuating the reference sub-aperture in a series of piston steps of a known amount, collecting data relating to each image of a plurality of images of a point object, each image corresponding to a respective piston step, compiling the data into a three-dimensional data cube, detecting a plurality of fringes positioned within the three-dimensional data cube, determining the relative location of each sub-aperture of the plurality of sub-apertures based on a location of each fringe of the plurality of fringes within the three-dimensional data cube, and actuating a piston associated with at least one sub-aperture based, at least in part, on the relative location to move the at least one sub-aperture into alignment with another sub-aperture and repeating with each remaining sub-aperture until all sub-apertures are at substantially
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Timothy J. Schulz, Richard G. Paxman