Patents by Inventor Aaron O. Schweiger

Aaron O. Schweiger 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).

  • Apparatus for conformal identification of stars and other distant objects
    Patent number: 6028721
    Abstract: A conformal identification apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus presents to an observer through an aided eye at least first and second representational objects corresponding to first and second actual objects. The apparatus includes a map that contains the first and second representational objects; a magnifier disposed between the map and the aided eye that presents a magnified image of a portion of the map including the first and second representational objects; and a support structure that supports the map and the magnifier. The apparatus enables the observer to view the first and second actual objects through an unaided eye simultaneously with viewing the magnified image with the aided eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2000
    Assignee: Brown University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Hendrik J. Gerritsen, Aaron O. Schweiger