Patents by Inventor Loren M. Woody

Loren M. Woody 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).

  • Laser counter-measure using fourier transform imaging spectrometers
    Patent number: 6963405
    Abstract: In an imaging system providing an image of a target of interest, a method of reducing interference from a laser beam includes the steps of: (a) receiving optical energy from the target of interest and the laser beam; (b) forming an interferogram of spectral energy, at each spatial position of an image, based on the optical energy received in step (a); (c) detecting the interferogram of spectral energy, at each of the spatial positions, to provide a corresponding spectral band of intensity values; (d) selecting an intensity level in the spectral band, detected in step (c), that is greater than a predetermined value, and reducing the selected intensity level; and (e) forming an image of the target of interest, after reducing the selected intensity level of step (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Wheel, Loren M. Woody