Patents by Inventor Laurence C. Toops

Laurence C. Toops 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).

  • X-Y translational imaging device with housing supporting means for a camera body including image sensing means
    Patent number: 5206503
    Abstract: An imaging device has a lens for focusing light and a sensor for imaging that light. The lens is selected such that the focus coverage area projected from the lens is much greater in area than the area of the sensor. The sensor is moved through the coverage area of the lens linearly along mutually perpendicular axes that are also perpendicular to the axis of the lens allowing the field of view of the lens to be systemically scanned by the sensor utilizing only linear translational motion of the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Northrop Corporation
    Inventor: Laurence C. Toops