Patents by Inventor Christopher Robert Baxter

Christopher Robert Baxter 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).

  • Method and apparatus for an on-chip variable acuity imager array incorporating roll, pitch and yaw angle rates measurement
    Patent number: 7808528
    Abstract: A variable acuity imager incorporates an array of detection elements for light energy, in the visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or light energy in another region of the electromagnetic spectrum with a means to change the spatial configuration of the array to include “superpixels” by combining energy detected by adjacent elements, thus permitting any number of high-resolution “foveal” regions to be placed within the confines of the focal plane array and moved around at the frame rate of the imaging device. Detectors to measure the pitch, yaw and roll angle rates of background imagery using velocity-sensing circuitry are employed for variation of the foveal regions to accommodate motion of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Nova Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Massie, Jon Paul Curzan, Christopher Robert Baxter, Ralph Roch Etienne-Cummings
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ON-CHIP VARIABLE ACUITY IMAGER ARRAY INCORPORATING ROLL, PITCH AND YAW ANGLE RATES MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20090051796
    Abstract: A variable acuity imager incorporates an array of detection elements for light energy, in the visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or light energy in another region of the electromagnetic spectrum with a means to change the spatial configuration of the array to include “superpixels” by combining energy detected by adjacent elements, thus permitting any number of high-resolution “foveal” regions to be placed within the confines of the focal plane array and moved around at the frame rate of the imaging device. Detectors to measure the pitch, yaw and roll angle rates of background imagery using velocity-sensing circuitry are employed for variation of the foveal regions to accommodate motion of the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: NOVA RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Massie, Jon Paul Curzan, Christopher Robert Baxter, Ralph Roch Etienne-Cummings
  • Method and apparatus for an on-chip variable acuity imager array incorporating roll, pitch and yaw angle rates measurement
    Patent number: 7408572
    Abstract: A variable acuity imager incorporates an array of detection elements for light energy, in the visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or light energy in another region of the electromagnetic spectrum with a means to change the spatial configuration of the array to include “superpixels” by combining energy detected by adjacent elements, thus permitting any number of high-resolution “foveal” regions to be placed within the confines of the focal plane array and moved around at the frame rate of the imaging device. Detectors to measure the pitch, yaw and roll angle rates of background imagery using velocity-sensing circuitry are employed for variation of the foveal regions to accommodate motion of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Nova Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Baxter, Ralph Roch Etienne-Cummings, Mark Alan Massie, Jon Paul Curzan
  • Method and apparatus for an on-chip variable acuity imager array incorporating roll, pitch and yaw angle rates measurement
    Publication number: 20040095492
    Abstract: A variable acuity imager incorporates an array of detection elements for light energy, in the visible, infrared, ultraviolet, or light energy in another region of the electromagnetic spectrum with a means to change the spatial configuration of the array to include “superpixels” by combining energy detected by adjacent elements, thus permitting any number of high-resolution “foveal” regions to be placed within the confines of the focal plane array and moved around at the frame rate of the imaging device. Detectors to measure the pitch, yaw and roll angle rates of background imagery using velocity-sensing circuitry are employed for variation of the foveal regions to accommodate motion of the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Nova Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Robert Baxter, Ralph Roch Etienne-Cummings, Mark Alan Massie, Jon Paul Curzan