Patents by Inventor Fred Davis Roe, Jr.

Fred Davis Roe, Jr. 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: 7006203
    Abstract: A video guidance sensor system for use, e.g., in automated docking of a chase vehicle with a target vehicle. The system includes an integrated rangefinder sub-system that uses time of flight measurements to measure range. The rangefinder sub-system includes a pair of matched photodetectors for respectively detecting an output laser beam and return laser beam, a buffer memory for storing the photodetector outputs, and a digitizer connected to the buffer memory and including dual amplifiers and analog-to-digital converters. A digital signal processor processes the digitized output to produce a range measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Michael L. Book, Thomas C. Bryan, Richard T. Howard, Fred Davis Roe, Jr., Joseph L. Bell