Patents by Inventor Mark William Smith

Mark William Smith 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).

  • Apparatus for gas filter correlation radiometry and methods for 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional atmospheric sounding
    Patent number: 6756592
    Abstract: A system for tomographic sounding using infrared radiation, said system comprising a plurality of gas correlation cameras, each of said cameras comprising at least two gas correlation cells, one of said cells filled with a first gas capable of absorbing infrared radiation at one infrared band and another of said cells filled with a second first gas capable of absorbing infrared radiation at another inked band, and a camera with imaging optics for determining both the spectral and energy content of said first infrared band and the spectral and energy content of said second infrared band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Mark William Smith, Boris Vyacheslavovich Khattatov