Patents by Inventor Hipatia V. Donoso

Hipatia V. Donoso 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).

  • Photonic synthesis of large aperture telescopes from multi-telescope arrays
    Patent number: 9995882
    Abstract: The present invention provides a telescope array and related components and methods. In various embodiments, the telescope array may include a plurality of telescopes, each telescope associated with a focal plane package and a telescope control system configured to control the focus and tracking of the telescope, such that each telescope may be independently focused and pointed. The focal plane package may comprise an optical fiber feed configured to provide a an optical signal to an optical fiber; and a mirror array configured to provide two shifted simultaneous signals to an image capture device. The telescope array may further comprise at least one switchable multi-fiber coupler configured to couple the signals of at least some of the plurality of telescopes and an array control system in communication with each of the telescope control systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Eikenberry, Hipatia V. Donoso
  • PHOTONIC SYNTHESIS OF LARGE APERTURE TELESCOPES FROM MULTI-TELESCOPE ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20160334582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a telescope array and related components and methods. In various embodiments, the telescope array may include a plurality of telescopes, each telescope associated with a focal plane package and a telescope control system configured to control the focus and tracking of the telescope, such that each telescope may be independently focused and pointed. The focal plane package may comprise an optical fiber feed configured to provide a an optical signal to an optical fiber; and a mirror array configured to provide two shifted simultaneous signals to an image capture device. The telescope array may further comprise at least one switchable multi-fiber coupler configured to couple the signals of at least some of the plurality of telescopes and an array control system in communication with each of the telescope control systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Eikenberry, Hipatia V. Donoso