Patents by Inventor Gary Vanstone

Gary Vanstone 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).

  • Mechanisms for obtaining information from a scene
    Patent number: 9426401
    Abstract: A method and device for obtaining information from a scene. A beam of photons associated with a scene is separated into a plurality of photon sub-beams. At least two photon sub-beams are optically encoded to generate at least two corresponding encoded photon sub-beams. Each encoded photon sub-beam is encoded based on a corresponding encoding function. The encoded photon sub-beams are combined to generate a combined photon beam. A detection device detects the combined photon beam to generate image data. The image data is decoded based on the plurality of encoding functions to generate a plurality of sub-images. Each sub-image corresponds to one of the at least two photon sub-beams of the plurality of photon sub-beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Twede, Robert R. Muise, Del E. Vicker, Gary Vanstone
  • PHOTON SEPARATION, ENCODING, MULTIPLEXING AND IMAGING
    Publication number: 20140027616
    Abstract: A method and device for obtaining information from a scene. A beam of photons associated with a scene is separated into a plurality of photon sub-beams. At least two photon sub-beams are optically encoded to generate at least two corresponding encoded photon sub-beams. Each encoded photon sub-beam is encoded based on a corresponding encoding function. The encoded photon sub-beams are combined to generate a combined photon beam. A detection device detects the combined photon beam to generate image data. The image data is decoded based on the plurality of encoding functions to generate a plurality of sub-images. Each sub-image corresponds to one of the at least two photon sub-beams of the plurality of photon sub-beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: David R. Twede, Robert R. Muise, Del E. Vicker, Gary Vanstone