Patents by Inventor Douglas N. McMartin

Douglas N. McMartin 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for configuring a receiver
    Patent number: 8279105
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to configuring a receiver. In some embodiments, when a receiver is executing a dwell, configuration settings for one or more next possible dwells to be executed by the receiver may be sent to the receiver. In this way, when the receiver completes execution of the current dwell, the receiver need not wait to receive configuration settings for the next dwell to be executed as they may be already loaded into the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Kunz, Walter S. Richter, Jerry L. Twoey, Barrett L. Snedaker, Shawn Halferty, Douglas N. McMartin, Stephen A. Orzechowski
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A RECEIVER
    Publication number: 20080180309
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to configuring a receiver. In some embodiments, when a receiver is executing a dwell, configuration settings for one or more next possible dwells to be executed by the receiver may be sent to the receiver. In this way, when the receiver completes execution of the current dwell, the receiver need not wait to receive configuration settings for the next dwell to be executed as they may be already loaded into the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Scott Kunz, Walter S. Richter, Jerry L. Twoey, Barrett L. Snedaker, Shawn Halferty, Douglas N. McMartin, Stephen A. Orzechowski
  • Method and system for calibration of time delay integration imaging devices
    Patent number: 6782334
    Abstract: Methods and systems for calibrating and aligning Time Delay Integration (TDI) Charge Coupled Device (CCD) sensors. A TDI sensor for linear imaging (line sensor) is calibrated by generating a two dimensional image from the line sensor, analyzing the two dimensional image, and calibrating the line sensor based on the analysis. An alignment correction can then be generated, the correction applied to the line sensor placement and the line sensor re-tested. A calibration system includes means for generating a two dimensional image from the TDI line sensor, means for analyzing the two dimensional image, and means for calibrating the line sensor based on the analysis of the two dimensional image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Peggi J. Eller, Robert M. Krohn, Douglas N. McMartin, Steven J. Pratt