Patents by Inventor Jill A. Shea

Jill A. Shea 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).

  • Threat launch detection system and method
    Patent number: 7899644
    Abstract: A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in response to the sensed radiation. A processing circuit is coupled to each temporal threat detector and is operable to analyze the detection signal from each detector as a function of time to detect the occurrence of a short-burn threat within the field of view of any of the temporal threat detectors. Each temporal threat detector may be a prism-coupled compound parabolic concentrator (PCCP).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Weber, John Mandzy, Paul I. Egbert, Kirby A. Smith, Jill A. Shea, John L. Downing, III
  • Threat Launch Detection System and Method
    Publication number: 20080208514
    Abstract: A threat launch detection system includes at least one temporal threat detector, each temporal threat detector including a single sensing element operable to sense radiation from various types of short-burn threats that occur within a field of view of the detector. The single sensing element generates a detection signal in response to the sensed radiation. A processing circuit is coupled to each temporal threat detector and is operable to analyze the detection signal from each detector as a function of time to detect the occurrence of a short-burn threat within the field of view of any of the temporal threat detectors. Each temporal threat detector may be a prism-coupled compound parabolic concentrator (PCCP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Weber, John Mandzy, Paul I. Egbert, Kirby A. Smith, Jill A. Shea