Patents by Inventor David B. Kanaly

David B. Kanaly 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: 5835062
    Abstract: A flat panel-configured electronically steered phased array antenna includes a planar distribution of densely nested microstrip dipole sub-arrays, arranged and controlled in a manner similar to microstrip `reflect-array` antenna elements. The resultant phase of a circularly polarized wave for a reflect-array fan-out distribution of dipole antenna elements is controlled by an associated plurality of triode-configured field emission devices. Each dipole element sub-array is plated to a resistive sub-layer on an interior surface of a flat first millimeter wave transmissive panel member of an evacuated flat panel type support structure. Mounted to a similar resistive layer on the interior surface of a second, flat panel member is a microstrip conductive layer partially overlapped around its periphery by respective fan-configured microstrip dipole antenna elements plated on the first panel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas E. Heckaman, David B. Kanaly
  • Patent number: 5225823
    Abstract: A field sequential liquid crystal display has a backlight that provides different color fields and a liquid crystal display panel that has a matrix of cells. Data lines are coupled to the cells and provide gray level data to the cells. Select lines are coupled to the cells and enable the cells. The cells include integrated memories coupled to the data lines, these integrated memories storing gray level data received via the data lines. The integration of the memories on the display panel allows all of the cells on the panel to be charged approximately simultaneously so that the time any one color is backlighting the entire display approaches an optimum fraction of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: David B. Kanaly
  • Patent number: 5121233
    Abstract: A display having as a light source thereof an electron tube. The electron tube has disposed in an evacuated envelope thereof a plurality of cathode means, each one thereof adapted to emit electrons in response to a control signal. A plurality of sets of at least one cathodoluminescent stripe is disposed within the envelope. Each one of said sets is associated with a corresponding one of the cathode means and adapted to emit light with a predetermined one of a set of primary colors in response to electrons emitted by the corresponding cathode means striking such stripe. An anode for collecting electrons emitted by said cathode is also disposed within the evacuated envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignees: Harris Corporation, Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Gordon R. Spencer, David B. Kanaly
  • Patent number: 4405943
    Abstract: In a video imaging and transmission system, the entire field of view of camera equipment aboard a remotely piloted vehicle is imaged as high resolution data. This high resolution data is digitized and stored in memory aboard the remote vehicle. In order to reduce the bandwidth of the information which is to be transmitted to a ground-based operator, only a selected portion of the stored high resolution data, corresponding to the output of oculometer and head position equipment that monitors the operator's look angle at a display, is read out from memory and transmitted as high resolution data. The remaining portion of the image provided on the operator's display is comprised of low resolution data derived from the high resolution data stored in memory. Because the high resolution data is obtained from memory and not from the camera equipment directly, the camera is effectively decoupled from the data link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: David B. Kanaly