Patents by Inventor Charles T. Lakin

Charles T. Lakin 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).

  • Patent number: 4446363
    Abstract: A target for optically activated seekers and trackers (TOAST) which provi for calibrated and variable target characteristics such as size, intensity, spatial position, color and interfering background. The TOAST has a first ilumination system providing a target light beam through an adjustable iris which controls image size. The target beam passes through a collimator lens which focuses the light at infinity. With the target beam focused at infinity, the motion of an elevation plate lengthens or shortens the distance from the collimator lens to a one motion mirror. The target beam is attenuated by a variable filter driven by a servo-motor, and a color selection process is provided by passing the beam through spectral filters. A focusing lens and attendant mirror lengthen or shorten the distance from the one motion mirror to the focusing lens and mirror, which is orthogonal with the one motion mirror, thus providing an X-Y movement of the target image formed by the focusing lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Charles T. Lakin, Norman F. Willett