Patents by Inventor John R. HOLDER

John R. HOLDER 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).

  • Intelligent sensor pointing for remote sensing applications
    Patent number: 10302551
    Abstract: A technique for measuring atmospheric conditions includes: at a computing device, receiving, from an imager, image data representing an image of an atmospheric region; creating a cloud mask from the image data, the cloud mask including a cloud area corresponding a first area in the image that is cloud covered and a non-cloud area corresponding a second area in the image that is substantially without cloud cover; determining a measurement location in the non-cloud area that is spaced apart from a boundary of the cloud area and from edges of the cloud mask; steering a line of sight of a sensor to correspond to the measurement location; and measuring an atmospheric condition with the sensor at the measurement location within the non-cloud area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher E. Lietzke, John R. Holder, Anthony Wayne New
  • Intelligent Sensor Pointing for Remote Sensing Applications
    Publication number: 20190064055
    Abstract: A technique for measuring atmospheric conditions includes: at a computing device, receiving, from an imager, image data representing an image of an atmospheric region; creating a cloud mask from the image data, the cloud mask including a cloud area corresponding a first area in the image that is cloud covered and a non-cloud area corresponding a second area in the image that is substantially without cloud cover; determining a measurement location in the non-cloud area that is spaced apart from a boundary of the cloud area and from edges of the cloud mask; steering a line of sight of a sensor to correspond to the measurement location; and measuring an atmospheric condition with the sensor at the measurement location within the non-cloud area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Christopher E. LIETZKE, John R. HOLDER, Anthony Wayne NEW