Patents by Inventor Kelsey S. Nikerson

Kelsey S. Nikerson 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).

  • Integrated adaptive optical wavefront sensing and compensating system
    Patent number: 4737621
    Abstract: A wavefront sensing and compensating system for detecting and correcting for distortion in light wavefronts is described in which the wavefront is divided into a plurality of subapertures and light intensified and imaged as spots of light from each subaperture onto a detector array. The individual detector elements of the array form a plurality of electrical signals proportional to the local divergence of the vector gradient field (.gradient..sup.2 .phi.). This .gradient..sup.2 .phi. signal after interfacing or reconstruction is applied to corrective mirrors which may be of the deformable or membrane type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1988
    Assignee: Adaptive Optics Assoc., Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Gonsiorowski, Julius Feinleib, Peter F. Cone, Andrew J. Jankevics, Kelsey S. Nikerson, Lawrence E. Schmutz, Anthony Vidmar, Allan Wirth