Patents by Inventor Kim Theodore Constantikes

Kim Theodore Constantikes 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).

  • Fiber optically coupled, multiplexed, and chopped laser rangefinder
    Patent number: 7586586
    Abstract: A CW phase-delay distance measuring device is described. The device fiber-optically couples an amplitude modulated laser and a detector though MEMS fiber optic switches to provide chopping and multiplexing capability, and to allow measurement of transmit and receive coupling. Phase continuous direct digital synthesizers are used to generate transmit and local oscillator frequencies in an agile frequency diverse way to disambiguate range. Fiber-optic coupling mitigates systematic errors such as variable detector group delay and provides for multiplexing multiple transmit and receive optics onto a single electro-optical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Associates Universities, Inc.
    Inventor: Kim Theodore Constantikes
  • FIBER OPTICALLY COUPLED, MULTIPLEXED, AND CHOPPED LASER RANGEFINDER
    Publication number: 20090046271
    Abstract: A CW phase-delay distance measuring device is described. The device fiber-optically couples an amplitude modulated laser and a detector though MEMS fiber optic switches to provide chopping and multiplexing capability, and to allow measurement of transmit and receive coupling. Phase continuous direct digital synthesizers are used to generate transmit and local oscillator frequencies in an agile frequency diverse way to disambiguate range. Fiber-optic coupling mitigates systematic errors such as variable detector group delay and provides for multiplexing multiple transmit and receive optics onto a single electro-optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Kim Theodore Constantikes