Patents by Inventor Benjamin C. Flores

Benjamin C. Flores 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).

  • Method and apparatus for detecting subsurface targets using data inversion and a temporal transmission line model
    Patent number: 9291710
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detects one or more subsurface targets by receiving a reflectivity data from two or more subsurface reflectors using a ground penetrating radar. The two or more subsurface reflectors may include the one or more subsurface targets and a medium surrounding the one or more subsurface targets. An impedance data for the two or more subsurface reflectors is calculated by inverting the reflectivity data using a temporal transmission line model with a “layer-peeling” method. One or more constitutive parameters of the two or more subsurface reflectors are calculated based on the impedance data. The one or more subsurface targets are detected based on a change in the one or more constitutive parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignees: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Patrick S. Debroux, Benjamin C. Flores
  • Method and Apparatus for Detecting Subsurface Targets Using Data Inversion and a Temporal Transmission Line Model
    Publication number: 20140240162
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for detects one or more subsurface targets by receiving a reflectivity data from two or more subsurface reflectors using a ground penetrating radar. The two or more subsurface reflectors may include the one or more subsurface targets and a medium surrounding the one or more subsurface targets. An impedance data for the two or more subsurface reflectors is calculated by inverting the reflectivity data using a temporal transmission line model with a “layer-peeling” method. One or more constitutive parameters of the two or more subsurface reflectors are calculated based on the impedance data. The one or more subsurface targets are detected based on a change in the one or more constitutive parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABRATORY
    Inventors: Patrick S. Debroux, Benjamin C. Flores