Patents by Inventor James V. Thorn

James V. Thorn 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).

  • Correction of spatial non-uniformities in sonar, radar, and holographic acoustic imaging systems
    Patent number: 3942150
    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus for processing electronic signals for use n establishing an improved image display includes storing the electronic and acoustic response of all the detectors in response to impingement thereon by a plane wave-front as stored in a memory. In the operational environment, these stored signals are combined with the transducer response and the signals are combined in such a fashion as to compensate for spatial nonuniformities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Newell O. Booth, Benjamin A. Saltzer, James V. Thorn, Jerry L. Sutton