Patents by Inventor Bruce Allen Poirier

Bruce Allen Poirier 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).

  • Synchronized infrared beacon / infrared detection system
    Patent number: 9887775
    Abstract: A synchronized infrared beacon/infrared detector system. The system may include (A) an infrared beacon module configured to generate a time-varying encoded infrared signal, (B) an infrared detector module configured to capture the encoded infrared signal generated by the beacon module, (C) a synchronizer configured to generate a synchronization signal that controls timing of the beacon module and the detector module, and (D) a processor, in communication with the detector module, configured to analyze the infrared signal captured by the detector module. The infrared signal may be modulated at frequencies undetectable by human vision. The synchronizer signal may be produced independent of the capture of, and without input from, the infrared signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Irina Puscasu, Bruce Allen Poirier
  • SYNCHRONIZED INFRARED BEACON / INFRARED DETECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150263806
    Abstract: A synchronized infrared beacon/infrared detector system. The system may include (A) an infrared beacon module configured to generate a time-varying encoded infrared signal, (B) an infrared detector module configured to capture the encoded infrared signal generated by the beacon module, (C) a synchronizer configured to generate a synchronization signal that controls timing of the beacon module and the detector module, and (D) a processor, in communication with the detector module, configured to analyze the infrared signal captured by the detector module. The infrared signal may be modulated at frequencies undetectable by human vision. The synchronizer signal may be produced independent of the capture of, and without input from, the infrared signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Irina PUSCASU, Bruce Allen Poirier