Patents by Inventor Bea Thai

Bea Thai 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: 7627170
    Abstract: The invention is a process for identifying an unknown object. In detail, the process includes the steps of: 1) compiling data on selected features on a plurality of segments of a plurality of known objects; 2) illuminating the unknown object with a laser radar system; 3) dividing the unknown object into a plurality segments corresponding to each of the segments of the known objects; 4) sequentially measuring selected features of each of the plurality of segments of the unknown object; and 5) comparing the sequentially measuring selected features of each of the plurality of segments of the unknown object to the selected features on the plurality of segments of the plurality of known objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Omar Aboutalib, Richard R. Ramroth, Bea Thai
  • Publication number: 20070081723
    Abstract: The invention is a process for identifying an unknown object. In detail, the process includes the steps of: 1) compiling data on selected features on a plurality of segments of a plurality of known objects; 2) illuminating the unknown object with a laser radar system; 3) dividing the unknown object into a plurality segments corresponding to each of the segments of the known objects; 4) sequentially measuring selected features of each of the plurality of segments of the unknown object; and 5) comparing the sequentially measuring selected features of each of the plurality of segments of the unknown object to the selected features on the plurality of segments of the plurality of known objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Omar Aboutalib, Richard Ramroth, Bea Thai