Patents by Inventor Henrique Schmitt

Henrique Schmitt 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).

  • Phasing an optical interferometer using the radio emission from the target being observed
    Patent number: 10082382
    Abstract: An interferometry system including a first telescope for simultaneously receiving a first optical/infrared signal and a first radio signal from a target; a second telescope configured to simultaneously receive a second optical/infrared signal and a second radio signal from the target; a first beam splitter communicatively connected to the first telescope, where the first beam splitter is configured to separate the first optical/infrared signal from the first radio signal; a second beam splitter communicatively connected to the second telescope, where the second beam splitter is configured to separate the second optical/infrared signal from the second radio; and a first optical/infrared interferometer configured to detect an interferometry image of the target using the first and second optical/infrared and radio signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Henrique Schmitt, David Mozurkewich, John Thomas Armstrong, Sergio R. Restaino
  • Phasing an Optical Interferometer Using the Radio Emission from the Target Being Observed
    Publication number: 20170307351
    Abstract: An interferometry system including a first telescope for simultaneously receiving a first optical/infrared signal and a first radio signal from a target; a second telescope configured to simultaneously receive a second optical/infrared signal and a second radio signal from the target; a first beam splitter communicatively connected to the first telescope, where the first beam splitter is configured to separate the first optical/infrared signal from the first radio signal; a second beam splitter communicatively connected to the second telescope, where the second beam splitter is configured to separate the second optical/infrared signal from the second radio; and a first optical/infrared interferometer configured to detect an interferometry image of the target using the first and second optical/infrared and radio signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Henrique Schmitt, David Mozurkewich, John Thomas Armstrong, Sergio R. Restaino
  • Wide-band active antenna system for HF/VHF radio reception
    Patent number: 9225074
    Abstract: An active antenna system for receiving electromagnetic radiation at frequencies below 100 MHz. The system includes a vertical support mast; a front end electronics unit including an active balun, the front end electronics unit affixed to the support mast; two crossed-dipole antennas affixed oriented at about 90 degrees to each other, each crossed-dipole antenna having two arms formed of electrically conductive material, each arm having an isoceles triangular frame with an apex of the frame electrically connected to a feedpoint of the front end electronics unit, each arm also having a longitudinal member extending from the apex to the center of the base of the triangular shape and a cross member extending between sides of the triangular frame. The system can operate independently or as part of a long wavelength array for astronomical radio telescope applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brian C. Hicks, Kenneth P. Stewart, Tracy Clarke, Nagini P. Dalal, Henrique Schmitt, Paul S. Ray, Stephen J. Burns, Namir E. Kassim, Emil J. Polisensky, Norman R. Mcglothlin, Jr.
  • Wide-Band Active Antenna System for HF/VHF radio
    Publication number: 20140184463
    Abstract: An active antenna system for receiving electromagnetic radiation at frequencies below 100 MHz. The system includes a vertical support mast; a front end electronics unit including an active balun, the front end electronics unit affixed to the support mast; two crossed-dipole antennas affixed oriented at about 90 degrees to each other, each crossed-dipole antenna having two arms formed of electrically conductive material, each arm having an isoceles triangular frame with an apex of the frame electrically connected to a feedpoint of the front end electronics unit, each arm also having a longitudinal member extending from the apex to the center of the base of the triangular shape and a cross member extending between sides of the triangular frame. The system can operate independently or as part of a long wavelength array for astronomical radio telescope applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the US, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brian C. Hicks, Kenneth P. Stewart, Tracy Clarke, Nagini P. Dalal, Henrique Schmitt, Paul S. Ray, Stephen J. Burns, Namir E. Kassim, Emil J. Polisensky, Norman R. McGlothlin, JR.