Patents by Inventor Barry A. Wealand

Barry A. Wealand 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).

  • Massively-parallel three-axis stabilization of focal plane data
    Patent number: 8022991
    Abstract: A system and method for three-axis stabilization of focal plane data. The system and method include performing a two-dimensional vertical shear transformation and a two-dimensional horizontal shear transformation. The system and method further incorporate a SIMD computer architecture and an array of addressable processing elements that process the field-of-view for a target image received by a focal plane array of detector elements. Each processing element includes a calculation device that calculates the row and column address of virtual pixels for a virtual field-of-view. The system and method further include a plurality of memory modules configured to store data in a plurality of addressable storage locations by column and row, and each memory module is identified with a different processing element. A dedicated memory routing network for the processing elements and memory modules permits the exchange of information between processing elements and memory modules associated with each processing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Henry C. Kancler, Tsi-Pin Choong, Barry A. Wealand, Leon K. Wood, Katarina Van Heusen, John T. Reagan, Theodore J. Mills, Michael A. Levin
  • Massively-parallel three-axis stabilization of focal plane data
    Patent number: 7511738
    Abstract: A system and method for three-axis stabilization of focal plane data. The system and method include performing a two-dimensional vertical shear transformation and a two-dimensional horizontal shear transformation. The system and method further incorporate a SIMD computer architecture and an array of addressable processing elements that process the field-of-view for a target image received by a focal plane array of detector elements. Each processing element includes a calculation device that calculates the row and column address of virtual pixels for a virtual field-of-view. The system and method further include a plurality of memory modules configured to store data in a plurality of addressable storage locations by column and row, and each memory module is identified with a different processing element. A dedicated memory routing network for the processing elements and memory modules permits the exchange of information between processing elements and memory modules associated with each processing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Henry C. Kancler, Tsi-Pin Choong, Barry A. Wealand, Leon K. Wood, Katarina Van Heusen, John T. Reagan, Theodore J. Mills, Michael A. Levin