Patents by Inventor Alan Witten

Alan Witten 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).

  • Patent number: 7330792
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reconstructing complex wave attributes from limited view measurements of a scattering object. The method involves the analytic continuation of the Fourier transform of the object function into the area in which there is an absence of K-space coverage by requiring objects to be an even function. (It is assumed that physical objects are even functions, and it is this assumption that allows analytic continuation.) When the object function is not centered at the origin, the measurements are shifted to the origin prior to determining the analytic continuation and returned to their original location following analytic continuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Inventor: Alan Witten
  • Publication number: 20070035438
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reconstructing complex wave attributes from limited view measurements of a scattering object. The method involves the analytic continuation of the Fourier transform of the object function into the area in which there is an absence of K-space coverage by requiring objects to be an even function. (It is assumed that physical objects are even functions, and it is this assumption that allows analytic continuation.) When the object function is not centered at the origin, the measurements are shifted to the origin prior to determining the analytic continuation and returned to their original location following analytic continuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventor: Alan Witten
  • Patent number: 7124044
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reconstructing complex wave attributes from limited view measurements of a scattering object. The method involves the analytic continuation of the Fourier transform of the object function into the area in which there is an absence of K-space coverage by requiring objects to be an even function. (It is assumed that physical objects are even functions, and it is this assumption that allows analytic continuation.) When the object function is not centered at the origin, the measurements are shifted to the origin prior to determining the analytic continuation and returned to their original location following analytic continuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Inventor: Alan Witten
  • Patent number: 7034740
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a system containing at least one GPR sensor, comprises a data processor for detecting spatial correlations in data received from a GPR sensor in the apparatus and an image processor capable of building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from data processed by the data processor. A method for identifying a buried object using GPR in a system containing a GPR sensor comprising detecting spatial correlations in data received from the GPR sensor in the system and building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Witten Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Witten
  • Publication number: 20050027769
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reconstructing complex wave attributes from limited view measurements of a scattering object. The method involves the analytic continuation of the Fourier transform of the object function into the area in which there is an absence of K-space coverage by requiring objects to be an even function. (It is assumed that physical objects are even functions, and it is this assumption that allows analytic continuation.) When the object function is not centered at the origin, the measurements are shifted to the origin prior to determining the analytic continuation and returned to their original location following analytic continuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventor: Alan Witten
  • Publication number: 20040155810
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a system containing at least one GPR sensor, comprises a data processor for detecting spatial correlations in data received from a GPR sensor in the apparatus and an image processor capable of building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from data processed by the data processor. A method for identifying a buried object using GPR in a system containing a GPR sensor comprising detecting spatial correlations in data received from the GPR sensor in the system and building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: Witten Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Witten
  • Patent number: 6700526
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a system containing at least one GPR sensor, comprises a data processor for detecting spatial correlations in data received from a GPR sensor in the apparatus and an image processor capable of building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from data processed by the data processor. A method for identifying a buried object using GPR in a system containing a GPR sensor comprising detecting spatial correlations in data received from the GPR sensor in the system and building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from the received data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Witten Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Witten
  • Publication number: 20030076254
    Abstract: An apparatus for identifying a buried object using ground penetrating radar (GPR) in a system containing at least one GPR sensor, comprises a data processor for detecting spatial correlations in data received from a GPR sensor in the apparatus and an image processor capable of building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from data processed by the data processor. A method for identifying a buried object using GPR in a system containing a GPR sensor comprising detecting spatial correlations in data received from the GPR sensor in the system and building a data structure corresponding to an image of the buried object from the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: Alan Witten