Patents Assigned to Cyan Systems
  • Patent number: 12412237
    Abstract: A method is described. The method includes receiving oversampled infrared data provided from an infrared pixel array. The method also includes performing at least one of selective median filtering, spatial-temporal filtering, or resolution enhancement for the oversampled infrared data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventor: Jon Paul Curzan
  • Patent number: 12075185
    Abstract: A method that can detect targets is described. The method includes setting an integration time for each of a plurality of readout circuits based on a speed of the target. The readout circuits are configured to read pixels in an image detector. The pixels have a pitch of less than ten micrometers. The integration time is not more than five hundred microseconds and corresponds to a subframe of a fast frame image. The method also includes performing integrations of each readout circuit based on the integration time. Thus, a plurality of subframes are provided. A number of the subframes are averaged to provide the fast frame image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: John Caulfield, Jon Paul Curzan
  • Patent number: 11994365
    Abstract: Techniques for tracing back a projectile to the projectile origin are described. A method includes detecting projectile track(s) in image(s). Each projectile track crosses multiple pixels in each image. The projectile track(s) correspond to projectile(s). The projectile track(s) in the image(s) are translated to traceback path(s). The traceback path includes a known location and a projectile origin (e.g. the location at which the projectile originated, also termed the shooter's location).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: Jon Paul Curzan, John Caulfield
  • Patent number: 11810342
    Abstract: A mechanism for radiation detection is disclosed. An integrated circuit usable in detecting radiation includes a plurality of readout circuits is described. A readout circuit of the plurality of readout circuits includes an integration capacitor and an averaging capacitor. The integration capacitor is coupled with a pixel of a photodetector pixel array. The pixel has a pixel area. An available area less than the pixel area is usable for layout of the integration capacitor. The integration capacitor has a capacitor area less than the available area. The averaging capacitor has an averaging capacitance greater than the integration capacitance of the integration capacitor. In some aspects, the integrated circuit further includes at least one cascaded averaging circuit coupled with the averaging capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: John Caulfield, Jon Paul Curzan, Kenton Veeder
  • Patent number: 11637972
    Abstract: A method that can detect targets is described. The method includes setting an integration time for each of a plurality of readout circuits based on a speed of the target. The readout circuits are configured to read pixels in an image detector. The pixels have a pitch of less than ten micrometers. The integration time is not more than five hundred microseconds and corresponds to a subframe of a fast frame image. The method also includes performing integrations of each readout circuit based on the integration time. Thus, a plurality of subframes are provided. A number of the subframes are averaged to provide the fast frame image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: John Caulfield, Jon Paul Curzan
  • Patent number: 11448483
    Abstract: Techniques for tracing back a projectile to the projectile origin are described. A method includes detecting projectile track(s) in image(s). Each projectile track crosses multiple pixels in each image. The projectile track(s) correspond to projectile(s). The projectile track(s) in the image(s) are translated to traceback path(s). The traceback path includes a known location and a projectile origin (e.g. the location at which the projectile originated, also termed the shooter's location).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: Jon Paul Curzan, John Caulfield
  • Patent number: 11436823
    Abstract: A mechanism for radiation detection is disclosed. An integrated circuit usable in detecting radiation includes a plurality of readout circuits is described. A readout circuit of the plurality of readout circuits includes an integration capacitor and an averaging capacitor. The integration capacitor is coupled with a pixel of a photodetector pixel array. The pixel has a pixel area. An available area less than the pixel area is usable for layout of the integration capacitor. The integration capacitor has a capacitor area less than the available area. The averaging capacitor has an averaging capacitance greater than the integration capacitance of the integration capacitor. In some aspects, the integrated circuit further includes at least one cascaded averaging circuit coupled with the averaging capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: John Caulfield, Jon Paul Curzan, Kenton Veeder
  • Patent number: D998685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: John Caulfield, Jon Paul Curzan
  • Patent number: D1061687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Cyan Systems
    Inventors: John Caulfield, Jon Paul Curzan