Patents by Inventor William E. Hackett, Jr.

William E. Hackett, Jr. 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).

  • Monocular scene generator for biocular wide field of view display system
    Patent number: 4757378
    Abstract: A visual display apparatus for producing a wide field of view picture to an operator includes television cameras directed parallel to a reference axis and disposed angularly left and right of the axis, monitors on which the pictures produced by the cameras are displayed, and lens for magnifying and focusing the monitor pictures. The angularly disposed cameras and their corresponding monitors are disposed in the horizontal picture format; the centrally directed camera and their corresponding monitors are disposed in the vertical picture format. Mirrors located between the monitor surfaces and the magnifying lens directs the pictures on the monitors into the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William E. Hackett, Jr., John E. Burkam