Patents by Inventor Eugene L. Cloud

Eugene L. Cloud 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).

  • System and method for identifying non-cooperative pulsed radiation sources in a field-of-view of an imaging sensor
    Patent number: 8946647
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying a pulsed radiation source may include an imaging sensor having a frame rate that is less than a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of the pulsed radiation source. A processing unit may be in communication with the imaging sensor, and be configured to (i) process a sequence of image data of a scene captured by the imaging sensor to determine whether radiation of the pulsed radiation source is detected, (ii) determine a PRF code of the pulsed radiation source from possible multiple different PRF codes based on the processed sequence of image data, and (iii) notify a user of the PRF code or information associated with the PRF code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: DRS RSTA, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene L. Cloud, Alan Rakes, John Bailey
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NON-COOPERATIVE PULSED RADIATION SOURCES IN A FIELD-OF-VIEW OF AN IMAGING SENSOR
    Publication number: 20120211665
    Abstract: A system and method for identifying a pulsed radiation source may include an imaging sensor having a frame rate that is less than a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of the pulsed radiation source. A processing unit may be in communication with the imaging sensor, and be configured to (i) process a sequence of image data of a scene captured by the imaging sensor to determine whether radiation of the pulsed radiation source is detected, (ii) determine a PRF code of the pulsed radiation source from possible multiple different PRF codes based on the processed sequence of image data, and (iii) notify a user of the PRF code or information associated with the PRF code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: DRS RSTA, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene L. Cloud, Alan Rakes, John Bailey
  • Method and system for enhancing short wave infrared images using super resolution (SR) and local area processing (LAP) techniques
    Patent number: 8200046
    Abstract: A high resolution image of a scene or object is generated by collecting a plurality of images, enhancing the plurality of images to produce a sequence of enhanced images, registering the sequence of enhanced images, accumulating the intensities of the registered sequence of enhanced images to produce a composite image, and enhancing the composite image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: DRS RSTA, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene L. Cloud, Harry C. Lee, Richard A. Manville
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SHORT WAVE INFRARED IMAGES USING SUPER RESOLUTION (SR) AND LOCAL AREA PROCESSING (LAP) TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20090257683
    Abstract: A high resolution image of a scene or object is generated by collecting a plurality of images, enhancing the plurality of images to produce a sequence of enhanced images, registering the sequence of enhanced images, accumulating the intensities of the registered sequence of enhanced images to produce a composite image, and enhancing the composite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Eugene L. Cloud, Harry C. Lee, Richard A. Manville