Patents by Inventor Geary K. Schwemmer

Geary K. Schwemmer 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: 6479808
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing light from multiple fields (48, 54, 55) of view without excessive machinery for scanning optical elements. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, multiple holographic optical elements (41, 42, 43, 44, 45), integrated on a common film (4), diffract and project light from respective fields of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Geary K. Schwemmer
  • Patent number: 5184241
    Abstract: A laser transmitting and receiving system includes doppler compensation for large doppler shifts in frequency caused by relative motion between a collocated transceiver and a target or relative motion between separated transmitters and receivers. The system includes a tunable laser, a dithered laser optical frequency standard, and a computer for calculating the estimated doppler shift at a given time using platform navigation and attitude control inputs as well as inputs relating to pointing data controlling the direction of transmission. The frequency standard and the computer output are employed to develop a doppler compensation signal which may be used to shift the frequency of the laser transmitter or shift the bandpass of a laser receiver filter. The doppler compensation is provided by a feedback loop which may include r.f. components, a timing trigger from the computer, or wavemeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Admininstration
    Inventor: Geary K. Schwemmer