Patents by Inventor E. Theodore Bick

E. Theodore Bick 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).

  • Sonar system
    Patent number: 5400300
    Abstract: A system for providing advance warning of underwater navigation hazards that threaten safe ship passage is provided. The system includes a sonar transmitter/receiver adapted for mounting on the ship in a forward looking direction. A processor, in response to sonar returns produced by the sonar transmitter/receiver, produces a sonar produced slope profile of a region of the sea bottom in front of the path of the vessel. A memory stores a slope profile of the region of the sea bottom in front of the vessel, such profile being developed from charted depth data. The stored charted depth data developed slope profile is compared with the sonar return produced slope profile to determine whether the sonar produced slope profile and the charted depth data slope profile are consistent with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: E. Theodore Bick, Scott D. Carter, Bradford W. Edgerton, Cheryl A. Suglia
  • Sonar system
    Patent number: 5309408
    Abstract: A system for providing advance warning of underwater navigation hazards that threaten safe ship passage is provided. The system includes a sonar transmitter/receiver adapted for mounting on the ship in a forward looking direction. A processor, in response to sonar returns produced by the sonar transmitter/receiver, produces a sonar produced slope profile of a region of the sea bottom in front of the path of the vessel. A memory stores a slope profile of the region of the sea bottom in front of the vessel, such profile being developed from charted depth data. The stored charted depth data developed slope profile is compared with the sonar return produced slope profile to determine whether the sonar produced slope profile and the charted depth data slope profile are consistent with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: E. Theodore Bick, Scott D. Carter, Bradford W. Edgerton, Cheryl A. Suglia