Patents by Inventor John Maksymowicz

John Maksymowicz 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).

  • Electro-optical focal plane array digital sensor system
    Patent number: 7301134
    Abstract: A laser beam detection and tracking system includes a focal plane array sensor providing pixel data and a field programmable gate array controller receiving the pixel data for determining a centroid of the illuminating spot of the impinging laser beam and for determining variably sized windows of interest disposed around the spot for selecting a subset of pixels of the array for communicating a subset of the pixel of a window frame of data from the array to the controller for increasing the array frame rate for reducing laser jitter during tracking of the beam for improved beam tracking performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventor: John Maksymowicz
  • Electro-optical focal plane array digital sensor system
    Publication number: 20070007436
    Abstract: A laser beam detection and tracking system includes a focal plane array sensor providing pixel data and a field programmable gate array controller receiving the pixel data for determining a centroid of the illuminating spot of the impinging laser beam and for determining variably sized windows of interest disposed around the spot for selecting a subset of pixels of the array for communicating a subset of the pixel of a window frame of data from the array to the controller for increasing the array frame rate for reducing laser jitter during tracking of the beam for improved beam tracking performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventor: John Maksymowicz