Patents by Inventor Matthew Keegan

Matthew Keegan 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).

  • Patent number: 11802940
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for deployment of an electronic warfare (EW) asset are provided. The system includes a projectile launching device capable of launching a projectile round. An EW asset is detachably carried by the projectile round. A deployable parachute is attached to the EW asset, wherein the EW asset is configured to be suspended from the parachute when the EW asset is detached from the projectile round. The related method is used for suppression or obscuration of enemy counterfire radar (CFR) system by initiating an EW effect by the EW asset as the EW asset floats towards a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LEONARDO ELECTRONICS US INC
    Inventors: Matthew Keegan, John R. M. Innes, Steven T. Rehermann
  • Publication number: 20210109192
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for deployment of an electronic warfare (EW) asset are provided. The system includes a projectile launching device capable of launching a projectile round. An EW asset is detachably carried by the projectile round. A deployable parachute is attached to the EW asset, wherein the EW asset is configured to be suspended from the parachute when the EW asset is detached from the projectile round. The related method is used for suppression or obscuration of enemy counterfire radar (CFR) system by initiating an EW effect by the EW asset as the EW asset floats towards a ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew KEEGAN, John R.M. INNES, Steven T. REHERMANN
  • Patent number: 10457391
    Abstract: A system and method for conducting electronic warfare on a target site includes the use of a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) having a fuselage and a Prandtl wing, wherein at least two electric ducted fans are positioned on the fuselage. A power system of the SUAS has a plurality of hydrogen fuel cells positioned within the Prandtl wing. An electronic warfare payload is carried by the fuselage, wherein the electronic warfare payload and the at least two electric ducted fans are powered by at least a portion of the plurality of hydrogen fuel cells. During an operation, the SUAS may launch near an IAD site and initiate an electronic warfare effect on an integrated air defense site with electronic warfare payload carried by the SUAS to interfere with at least one surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SELEX GALILEO INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Keegan, Stephen Leonard Engelson Wyatt
  • Patent number: 10291878
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing image capture and exploitation by optically transmitting a disruptive effect to a digital imaging system. The disruptive effect interferes with the algorithms used to compress and analyze digital images and can be used to disable the imaging equipment or inject foreign code into the imaging system or image processing computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SELEX GALILEO INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Keegan, Mark McElhinney, Jean Michel Maillard
  • Publication number: 20180009525
    Abstract: A system and method for conducting electronic warfare on a target site includes the use of a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) having a fuselage and a Prandtl wing, wherein at least two electric ducted fans are positioned on the fuselage. A power system of the SUAS has a plurality of hydrogen fuel cells positioned within the Prandtl wing. An electronic warfare payload is carried by the fuselage, wherein the electronic warfare payload and the at least two electric ducted fans are powered by at least a portion of the plurality of hydrogen fuel cells. During an operation, the SUAS may launch near an IAD site and initiate an electronic warfare effect on an integrated air defense site with electronic warfare payload carried by the SUAS to interfere with at least one surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Keegan, Stephen Leonard Engelson Wyatt
  • Publication number: 20170347058
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preventing image capture and exploitation by optically transmitting a disruptive effect to a digital imaging system. The disruptive effect interferes with the algorithms used to compress and analyze digital images and can be used to disable the imaging equipment or inject foreign code into the imaging system or image processing computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Keegan, Mark McElhinney, Jean Michel Maillard
  • Patent number: 9740949
    Abstract: Described is a system for detecting objects of interest in imagery. The system is configured to receive an input video and generate an attention map. The attention map represents features found in the input video that represent potential objects-of-interest (OI). An eye-fixation map is generated based on a subject's eye fixations. The eye-fixation map also represents features found in the input video that are potential OI. A brain-enhanced synergistic attention map is generated by fusing the attention map with the eye-fixation map. The potential OI in the brain-enhanced synergistic attention map are scored, with scores that cross a predetermined threshold being used to designate potential OI as actual or final OI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Khosla, Matthew Keegan, Lei Zhang, Kevin R. Martin, Darrel J. VanBuer, David J. Huber