Patents by Inventor Frank Oliver Clark

Frank Oliver Clark 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).

  • Remote optical sensing of the integrity of a structure using reflected or scattered light
    Patent number: 9442002
    Abstract: A method and device for remotely detecting structural integrity using reflections or scattering from windows or other portions of a structure. The long geometrical lever arm of a reflection on a building window, when viewed with suitable instruments, produces detectable modulation in the reflected light from minute vibrational changes upon the glass surface, revealing fundamental resonances and structural changes and failure in the building housing the window. By sensing very small changes in intensity and polarization, information may be obtained on fundamental resonances and structural changes, including failure or imminent failure of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Spectral Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Oliver Clark
  • Remote Optical Sensing of the Integrity of a Structure Using Reflected or Scattered Light
    Publication number: 20140211207
    Abstract: A method and device for remotely detecting structural integrity using reflections or scattering from windows or other portions of a structure. The long geometrical lever arm of a reflection on a building window, when viewed with suitable instruments, produces detectable modulation in the reflected light from minute vibrational changes upon the glass surface, revealing fundamental resonances and structural changes and failure in the building housing the window. By sensing very small changes in intensity and polarization, information may be obtained on fundamental resonances and structural changes, including failure or imminent failure of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Spectral Sciences, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Oliver Clark