Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Gill

Nathaniel Gill 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).

  • Space-based LiDAR system
    Patent number: 12146990
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a light detecting and ranging (LiDAR) system including: a space-qualified transmitter including a space-qualified microelectromechanical system (MEMS); a space-qualified receiver; a space-qualified short-range imager connected to the space-qualified receiver; a space-qualified long-range imager connected to the space-qualified receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Nathaniel Gill, Kenneth McCaughey
  • Range and intensity image-based terrain and vehicle relative pose estimation system
    Patent number: 10024664
    Abstract: A navigation system includes an image acquisition device for acquiring a range image of a target vehicle, at least one processor, a memory including a target vehicle model and computer readable program code, where the processor and the computer readable program code are configured to cause the navigation system to convert the range image to a point cloud having three dimensions, compute a transform from the target vehicle model to the point cloud, and use the transform to estimate the target vehicle's attitude and position for capturing the target vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Nathaniel Gill, John M. Van Eepoel, Joseph M. Galante