Patents by Inventor Mark A. Klaerner

Mark A. Klaerner 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).

  • Method and apparatus for protecting troops
    Patent number: 8754943
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting the troops when they exit an armored vehicle is provided by utilizing the universal tail light assembly and providing the assembly with wide field-of-view cameras and other sensors, with screens or displays located within the vehicle to provide situational awareness of the rear of the vehicle, thus to alert troops and their commanders as to external threats prior to troop deployment. In one embodiment, two wide-angle infrared cameras are retrofitted to existing universal tail light assemblies to either side of the vehicle, with the cameras having overlapping fields of view to permit generation of a panoramic view. Moreover, additional sensors such as ultrasonic sensors, LIDARs and laser range finders can be located in the universal tail light assembly, with the subject system not requiring breach of the already-existing armor for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Klaerner, Evan Corwin, Mark A. Middione, Christopher J. Kelly
  • Method and apparatus for protecting troops
    Publication number: 20100238288
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for protecting the troops when they exit an armored vehicle is provided by utilizing the universal tail light assembly and providing the assembly with wide field-of-view cameras and other sensors, with screens or displays located within the vehicle to provide situational awareness of the rear of the vehicle, thus to alert troops and their commanders as to external threats prior to troop deployment. In one embodiment, two wide-angle infrared cameras are retrofitted to existing universal tail light assemblies to either side of the vehicle, with the cameras having overlapping fields of view to permit generation of a panoramic view. Moreover, additional sensors such as ultrasonic sensors, LIDARs and laser range finders can be located in the universal tail light assembly, with the subject system not requiring breach of the already-existing armor for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Mark A Klaerner, Evan Corwin, Mark A. Middione, Christopher J. Kelly
  • Vehicle-Mountable Imaging Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20100231716
    Abstract: Imaging systems, methods, and vehicles having imaging systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Mark A. Klaerner, Danny L. Plemons, Allister McNeish, C. Rodger Claycomb, JR., David K. Breakfield