Patents by Inventor Melissa E. Jansen

Melissa E. Jansen 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).

  • Free space optical communication
    Patent number: 9825701
    Abstract: An optical communications beacon receiver including a camera for capturing a plurality of beacon images. The plurality of beacon images includes a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon transmitter. The beacon receiver also including processing circuitry configured for determining the state of the beacon signal for each of the plurality of beacon images based on the known pattern, at least one beacon image of the plurality of beacon images includes a beacon on state and at least one beacon image of the plurality of beacon images includes a beacon off state, comparing the at least one beacon image including the beacon on state to the at least one beacon image including the beacon off state, and determining a beacon location based on the comparison of the at least one beacon image including the beacon on state to the at least one beacon image including the beacon off state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Juan C. Juarez, Radha A. Venkat, Ricardo Luna, David A. Kitchin, Melissa E. Jansen, David W. Young, Katherine T. Souza, Joseph E. Sluz, David M. Brown, Ryan P. DiNello-Fass, Hala J. Tomey
  • Free Space Optical Communication
    Publication number: 20160112124
    Abstract: An optical communications beacon receiver including a camera for capturing a plurality of beacon images. The plurality of beacon images includes a beacon signal transmitted from a beacon transmitter. The beacon receiver also including processing circuitry configured for determining the state of the beacon signal for each of the plurality of beacon images based on the known pattern, at least one beacon image of the plurality of beacon images includes a beacon on state and at least one beacon image of the plurality of beacon images includes a beacon off state, comparing the at least one beacon image including the beacon on state to the at least one beacon image including the beacon off state, and determining a beacon location based on the comparison of the at least one beacon image including the beacon on state to the at least one beacon image including the beacon off state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Juan C. Juarez, Radha A. Venkat, Ricardo Luna, David A. Kitchin, Melissa E. Jansen, David W. Young, Katherine T. Souza, Joseph E. Sluz, David M. Brown, Ryan P. DiNello-Fass, Hala J. Tomey