Patents by Inventor Benjamin Klaus

Benjamin Klaus 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).

  • Optical sensor system with built-in optical test capability
    Patent number: 7081614
    Abstract: An optical sensor system (20) has an optical detector (28) with an active detector area (38) and a detector output signal (40). A test-signal optical source (44) has a controllable optical source (48) having an output of a wavelength detectable by the optical detector (28), and a test-signal director (50) that directs the output of the optical source (48) to the active detector area (38) of the optical detector (28). A housing (22) encloses the optical detector (28) and the test-signal optical source (44). A test instrumentation controller (52) controls the operation of the optical source (48), and receives the detector output signal (40) for evaluation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Duncan, Benjamin Klaus, Robert J. Schaller
  • Optical sensor system with built-in optical test capability
    Publication number: 20050258352
    Abstract: An optical sensor system (20) has an optical detector (28) with an active detector area (38) and a detector output signal (40). A test-signal optical source (44) has a controllable optical source (48) having an output of a wavelength detectable by the optical detector (28), and a test-signal director (50) that directs the output of the optical source (48) to the active detector area (38) of the optical detector (28). A housing (22) encloses the optical detector (28) and the test-signal optical source (44). A test instrumentation controller (52) controls the operation of the optical source (48), and receives the detector output signal (40) for evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Duncan, Benjamin Klaus, Robert Schaller