Patents by Inventor Brian Saar

Brian Saar 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).

  • Ground-based system for geolocation of perpetrators of aircraft laser strikes
    Patent number: 10718613
    Abstract: Laser light source geolocation. The system includes two spaced-apart ground based sensors for receiving light from a laser source that has been off-axis scattered by air molecules and particulates to form scattered light imagery. A processor operates on the imagery from the two sensors to geolocate the laser light source on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Julia A. Fang, Brian Saar, Tom Reynolds, James K. Kuchar, Richard Charles Westhoff, Erin Tomlinson
  • Ground-Based System for Geolocation of Perpetrators of Aircraft Laser Strikes
    Publication number: 20180010911
    Abstract: Laser light source geolocation. The system includes two spaced-apart ground based sensors for receiving light from a laser source that has been off-axis scattered by air molecules and particulates to form scattered light imagery. A processor operates on the imagery from the two sensors to geolocate the laser light source on the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Julia A. Fang, Brian Saar, Tom Reynolds, James K. Kuchar, Richard Charles Westhoff, Erin Tomlinson