Patents by Inventor Egon Gersch

Egon Gersch 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: 8794119
    Abstract: A system and method for providing information for performing a registration correction for artillery employs two spaced apart optical imaging systems associated with a processing system. Outputs from the two imaging systems are monitored to detect potential shell trajectory events and then correlated to eliminate potential shell trajectory events not viewed by both optical imaging systems. Locations are determined for potential shell trajectory events viewed by both optical imaging systems. Shell firing data relating to firing of at least one shell is provided to determine at least one predicted trajectory time point for the shell, and this is used to identify a corresponding detected shell trajectory event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Dan Shlomo Shulman, Yair Bnayahu, Egon Gersch, Shlomo Cohen
  • Publication number: 20120325078
    Abstract: A system and method for providing information for performing a registration correction for artillery employs two spaced apart optical imaging systems associated with a processing system. Outputs from the two imaging systems are monitored to detect potential shell trajectory events and then correlated to eliminate potential shell trajectory events not viewed by both optical imaging systems. Locations are determined for potential shell trajectory events viewed by both optical imaging systems. Shell firing data relating to firing of at least one shell is provided to determine at least one predicted trajectory time point for the shell, and this is used to identify a corresponding detected shell trajectory event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd
    Inventors: Dan Shlomo Shulman, Yair Bnayahu, Egon Gersch, Shlomo Cohen
  • Patent number: 7714261
    Abstract: A system and method for protection of aircraft against surface-to-air missiles deploys sensors to provide coverage around an airport The use of a fixed (or slow moving) set of sensors around the airport allows detection of missile threats to all aircraft using the airport without requiring each individual aircraft to be provided with a threat detection system. Information about a detected threat is then typically transmitted in real time directly to the aircraft under threat to allow timely deployment of aircraft-based countermeasures. The detection system and method preferably employ spaced-apart sensors with overlapping fields of view to provide enhanced tracking through triangulation and reduced false alarm rates by redundancy of information. Airborne systems with overlapping coverage may be also used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Yair Bnayahu, Yaakov Lichter, Egon Gersch
  • Publication number: 20070052806
    Abstract: A system and method for protection of aircraft against surface-to-air missiles deploys sensors to provide coverage around an airport The use of a fixed (or slow moving) set of sensors around the airport allows detection of missile threats to all aircraft using the airport without requiring each individual aircraft to be provided with a threat detection system. Information about a detected threat is then typically transmitted in real time directly to the aircraft under threat to allow timely deployment of aircraft-based countermeasures. The detection system and method preferably employ spaced-apart sensors with overlapping fields of view to provide enhanced tracking through triangulation and reduced false alarm rates by redundancy of information. Airborne systems with overlapping coverage may be also used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Yair Bnayahu, Yaakov Lichter, Egon Gersch