Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Sutton

Jerry L. Sutton 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).

  • Analog sound velocity calculator
    Patent number: 4121290
    Abstract: An analog apparatus for determining the velocity of sound at a selected position in a liquid media is provided with a means for representing the conductivity, temperature, and depth of the position in the form of analog voltages, and is further provided with an analog calculating means receiving each of the voltages for calculating the velocity of sound as a function of conductivity, temperature, and depth. The sound velocity may be calculated at a succession of positions to provide a sound velocity versus depth profile of the liquid media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Royce Allen, Jerry L. Sutton, Dan M. Griffin, Hal W. Frye, Joseph G. Colborn
  • Digital sound velocity calculator
    Patent number: 4118782
    Abstract: A digital apparatus for determining the velocity of sound at a selected position in a liquid media is provided with a means for representing the conductivity, temperature and depth of the position in the form of digital numbers, and provides a digital calculating means receiving each of the digital numbers for calculating the velocity of sound as a function of conductivity, temperature, and depth. The sound velocity may be calculated at a succession of positions to provide sound velocity versus depth profile of the liquid media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Royce H. Allen, Jerry L. Sutton, Dan M. Griffin, Hal W. Frye, Joseph G. Colborn
  • 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