Patents by Inventor Frank H. Webb

Frank H. Webb 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).

  • Systems and methods for advanced rapid imaging and analysis for earthquakes
    Patent number: 10145972
    Abstract: Many embodiments provide a hybrid data processing system (HySDS) of an end-to-end geodetic imaging data system enabling near-real-time science, assessment, response, and rapid recovery. The HySDS may be an operation data processing system that integrates data from many different geodetic data sources and/or sensors, including interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), GPS, pixel tracking, seismology, and/or modeling, and processes the data to generate actionable high quality science data products. The HySDS may provide for an automated imaging and analysis capabilities that is able to handle the imminent increases in raw data from new and existing geodetic monitoring sensor systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Susan Ethel Owen, Angelyn W. Moore, Zhen Liu, Sang Ho Yun, Hook Kian Hua, Gian Franco Sacco, Timothy M. Stough, Costin Radulescu, Eric J. Fielding, Paul A. Rosen, Frank H. Webb, Jennifer W. Cruz, Mark Simons, Piyush Shanker Agram, Paul Randall Lundgren, Gerald John Maramba Manipon, Michael David Starch, Brian Wilson
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED RAPID IMAGING AND ANALYSIS FOR EARTHQUAKES
    Publication number: 20160047940
    Abstract: Many embodiments provide a hybrid data processing system (HySDS) of an end-to-end geodetic imaging data system enabling near-real-time science, assessment, response, and rapid recovery. The HySDS may be an operation data processing system that integrates data from many different geodetic data sources and/or sensors, including interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), GPS, pixel tracking, seismology, and/or modeling, and processes the data to generate actionable high quality science data products. The HySDS may provide for an automated imaging and analysis capabilities that is able to handle the imminent increases in raw data from new and existing geodetic monitoring sensor systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Susan Ethel Owen, Angelyn W. Moore, Zhen Liu, Sang Ho Yun, Hook Kian Hua, Gian Franco Sacco, Timothy M. Stough, Costin Redulescu, Eric J. Fielding, Paul A. Rosen, Frank H. Webb, Jennifer W. Cruz, Mark Simons, Piyush Shanker Agram, Paul Randall Lundgren, Gerald John Maramba Manipon, Michael David Starch, Brian Wilson
  • Damage proxy map from interferometric synthetic aperture radar coherence
    Patent number: 9207318
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to generate a damage proxy map. A master coherence map and a slave coherence map, for an area prior and subsequent to (including) a damage event are obtained. The slave coherence map is registered to the master coherence map. Pixel values of the slave coherence map are modified using histogram matching to provide a first histogram of the master coherence map that exactly matches a second histogram of the slave coherence map. A coherence difference between the slave coherence map and the master coherence map is computed to produce a damage proxy map. The damage proxy map is displayed with the coherence difference displayed in a visually distinguishable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Yun, Eric Jameson Fielding, Frank H. Webb, Mark Simons
  • DAMAGE PROXY MAP FROM INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR COHERENCE
    Publication number: 20120319893
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to generate a damage proxy map. A master coherence map and a slave coherence map, for an area prior and subsequent to (including) a damage event are obtained. The slave coherence map is registered to the master coherence map. Pixel values of the slave coherence map are modified using histogram matching to provide a first histogram of the master coherence map that exactly matches a second histogram of the slave coherence map. A coherence difference between the slave coherence map and the master coherence map is computed to produce a damage proxy map. The damage proxy map is displayed with the coherence difference displayed in a visually distinguishable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Yun, Eric Jameson Fielding, Frank H. Webb, Mark Simons