Patents by Inventor Catherine Marx

Catherine Marx 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).

  • System and method of optical axis alignment monitor and feedback control for a spectrometer
    Patent number: 10113908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of a real-time, monitoring and control feedback system for a 2-D spectrometer application, to correct for active optical axis pointing misalignments or jitter (i.e., tip, tilt), that result in degraded scientific image integrity, unwanted spatial crosstalk and image blurring artifacts which severely limit the applications for high resolution spectrometer image data. The present invention provides a unique system architecture which ensures the most direct optical axis motion detection and control capability that will enable sub-pixel image motion monitoring and boresight control stability, thus, maximizing the science image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Catherine Marx, Irving Linares, Peter Shu, James Smith