Patents by Inventor Maribeth Mason

Maribeth Mason 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).

  • Adaptive membrane shape deformation system
    Patent number: 8244066
    Abstract: A system and method determines the shape of a surface that preferably is a deployed space-based adaptive flexible membrane antenna, using patterned projections, image capturing, and membrane shape processing for producing membrane shape data describing the contour of the surface of the membrane with the membrane shape data then preferably used as inputs for a feedback control actuation system for deforming the membrane to a desired shaped so as to maintain the three-dimensional shape of the membrane in the desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Neil A. Ives, Chia-Hsin Suen, Martin S. Leung, Nicholas J. Marechal, Ivan Bekey, David C. Straw, Maribeth Mason
  • Adaptive membrane shape deformation system
    Publication number: 20090238470
    Abstract: A system and method determines the shape of a surface that preferably is a deployed space-based adaptive flexible membrane antenna, using patterned projections, image capturing, and membrane shape processing for producing membrane shape data describing the contour of the surface of the membrane with the membrane shape data then preferably used as inputs for a feedback control actuation system for deforming the membrane to a desired shaped so as to maintain the three-dimensional shape of the membrane in the desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Neil A. Ives, Chia-Hsin Suen, Martin S. Leung, Nicholas J. Marechal, Ivan Bekey, David C. Straw, Maribeth Mason