Patents by Inventor Georg Voetterl

Georg Voetterl 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).

  • Method and apparatus for recognizing the start and motion of objects
    Patent number: 5001348
    Abstract: A recognition system for alarming and early warning against starting and approaching flying objects with an active engine evaluates the "plume signature" of such an engine. Image signal generating electro-optical sensors, which operate in a preselected spectral range, are combined with an image processing and evaluating arrangement for producing output signals that can initiate countermeasures semi-automatically or automatically after a threat analysis has established that a threat exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Dirscherl, Ernst-August Seiffarth, Georg Voetterl