Patents by Inventor Keith Alter

Keith Alter 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).

  • Handheld synthetic vision device
    Patent number: 7737965
    Abstract: A handheld synthetic vision system includes a display, a sensor suite and a computer all housed in a handheld unit. The system enhances normal vision by displaying to a user actual or digitally created visual scenes of objects and information that may or may not be perceptible to unaided human senses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Alter, Andrew Kevin Barrows, Chad Jennings
  • HANDHELD SYNTHETIC VISION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090293012
    Abstract: A handheld synthetic vision system includes a display, a sensor suite and a computer all housed in a handheld unit. The system enhances normal vision by displaying to a user actual or digitally created visual scenes of objects and information that may or may not be perceptible to unaided human senses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: NAV3D CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith Alter, Andrew Kevin Barrows, Chad Jennings
  • REAL-TIME, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SYNTHETIC VISION DISPLAY OF SENSOR-VALIDATED TERRAIN DATA
    Publication number: 20090040070
    Abstract: A terrain database that is rendered in three-dimensional perspective on a Synthetic Vision display in a moving vehicle is updated in real-time in response to data from a ranging sensor. The updated database may be stored and shared with users of displays in other vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicants: MERCURY COMPUTER SYSTEMS, INC., AIREYES, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Alter, Andrew Kevin Barrows, Chad Jennings, Carlo Tiana
  • Real-time, three-dimensional synthetic vision display of sensor-validated terrain data
    Patent number: 7352292
    Abstract: A terrain database that is rendered in three-dimensional perspective on a Synthetic Vision display in a moving vehicle is updated in real-time in response to data from a ranging sensor. The updated database may be stored and shared with users of displays in other vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Inventors: Keith Alter, Andrew Kevin Barrows, Chad Jennings, Carlo Tiana
  • Real-time, three-dimensional synthetic vision display of sensor-validated terrain data
    Publication number: 20070171094
    Abstract: A terrain database that is rendered in three-dimensional perspective on a Synthetic Vision display in a moving vehicle is updated in real-time in response to data from a ranging sensor. The updated database may be stored and shared with users of displays in other vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Keith Alter, Andrew Barrows, Chad Jennings, Carlo Tiana