Patents by Inventor Michael Steven McBeth

Michael Steven McBeth 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).

  • Fringe-free laser inteferometric sound detection system and method
    Patent number: 11320301
    Abstract: A system for detecting sound comprising a laser beam transmitter transmitting at least two parallel modulated laser beams through a medium having a measurable index of refraction, a beam termination mechanism configured to terminate the laser beams' transmission through the medium, a guide mechanism used to guide the terminated laser beam to at least one beam combiner, an envelope detector optically coupled to the beam combiner, wherein the envelope detector is configured to receive the terminated laser beam from the beam combiner, creating an angle modulated signal; a processor used to process the angle modulated signal to recover the sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Michael Steven McBeth, Robert Alexander Younts
  • Fringe-Free Laser Inteferometric Sound Detection System and Method
    Publication number: 20200018638
    Abstract: A system for detecting sound comprising a laser beam transmitter transmitting at least two parallel modulated laser beams through a medium having a measurable index of refraction, a beam termination mechanism configured to terminate the laser beams' transmission through the medium, a guide mechanism used to guide the terminated laser beam to at least one beam combiner, an envelope detector optically coupled to the beam combiner, wherein the envelope detector is configured to receive the terminated laser beam from the beam combiner, creating an angle modulated signal; a processor used to process the angle modulated signal to recover the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Steven McBeth, Robert Alexander Younts
  • Fringe-Free Laser Inteferometric Sound Detection System and Method
    Publication number: 20180335339
    Abstract: A system for detecting sound comprising a laser beam transmitter transmitting at least two parallel modulated laser beams through a medium having a measurable index of refraction, a beam termination mechanism configured to terminate the laser beams' transmission through the medium, a guide mechanism used to guide the terminated laser beam to at least one beam combiner, an envelope detector optically coupled to the beam combiner, wherein the envelope detector is configured to receive the terminated laser beam from the beam combiner, creating an angle modulated signal; a processor used to process the angle modulated signal to recover the sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Steven McBeth, Robert Alexander Younts